‘Mummy, I got poo in my pants,’ William says accusingly as if it is my fault.
‘What happened?’ I ask absentmindedly, as if I didn’t already know. I’m concentrating on getting breakfast on the table. It takes a great deal of effort to think about anything before my first cup of coffee.
‘DO NOT throw them on the rug,’ I shout suddenly as I remember he is getting dressed. Which usually involves getting entirely undressed and running about the house naked for five minutes first.
Harry pipes up in his teacher’s voice. ‘I’ll tell you what happened, Bubby. You were in bed this morning and you decided to have a fart and, well, you…. wait for it, Bubby…. you FOLLOWED THROUGH.’
‘Followed through?’ William screeches, rolling around on the floor with the hilarity of this thought.
I sigh. It’s not even seven o’clock in the morning and already this house full of boys is reduced to joking about bodily functions.
While watching the movie Along Came Polly last week I learnt the correct term for follow-through farting which is, of course, ‘sharted’.
Although I don’t think I’ll be teaching my children that word any time soon.
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Your life will be so much richer for knowing it though. Honestly.
Do you know, I really didn’t need to add that word to my vocabulary. Although maybe it will come in handy one day.
It’s funny but sometimes it feels I’ve got all boys here, too. My daughter will copy anything her older brother says and does and she particularly is fond of scatological humor. Anything having to do with poop is hilarious to her. I’m guessing (hoping) at some point, she won’t be so amused.
That was so funny. I know it wasn’t at the time but hindsight is a wonderful thing, and I learnt a new word – sharted. A followed through fart.. he hee. Won’t be telling that one to my daughters anytime soon though.
My two oldest are boys and it is eye opening. We haven’t gotten to the concept of follow through yet but they have video taped each others naked butts while singing, “butt, butt, butt, buttttttttttt” and giggling maniacally the entire time. I can truly picture the scene you’re describing! (I’m laughing with you, I promise)