There are some things in life that are just too funny not to mention and to leave as a memory. Sitting in a publc place with not many chairs left, I sat down next to a man and a woman with two children aged 6 and 4. I was talking to the father for a while and we were discussing what it’s like being a dad of young children. His six year old little boy was next to him and had a quizzed look on his face and I looked over at him and his father then looked at him and he blurted out in a rather loud voice:
"DADDY….DID YOU JUST FART?!!!"
The embarassment on his wife’s face was classic and you would think that with that now collecting the attention of the entire room of people it would be ignored and perhaps a quick response from daddy that it may be rude to shout that out, but no, in a voice even louder than before the 4 year old sister shouts:
"NO, IT WASN’T DADDY IT WAS THAT LADY RIGHT THERE" [pointing to the unsuspecting woman sitting behind daddy]
Mommy was now trying to figure out the best way to say she was only the Aunt or friend of the family and she would never have allowed that type of behavior in her household. In order to save the other woman, she leaned over and said:
"I’m terribly sorry but sometimes they forget their place and I apologize."
Just as I took my last drink of coffee, and trying not to show my own thoughts of sheer and utter embarassment for Mommy and Daddy, the woman looks at the Mommy and then at junior:
"It is me that owes an apology to you young man, because yes, it was me who farted."
The room giggled and snickered and I was nodding my head thinking to myself that this woman was indeed quick on her feet. Then as I got up to throw away my paper cup, I noticed a man walking out of the restroom and joining the farting woman. With him were two small boys and a couple of older boys, perhaps 8 or 9, and they were twins. Suddenly I realized, that this veteran Mommy was not quick on her feet but merely experienced.
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Mamacita Says:
HILARIOUS!!!!
Miss Cellania Says:
Too funny! But its not just boys who love to talk about farts… my daughters are the same way.
Karen Says:
Out of the mouths of babes, that is hilarious! The woman admitting it is even funnier. Life’s most embarrassing moments are definitely the funniest, even better when we can laugh at ourselves.
kenju Says:
Haven’t we all been there? I have never been as embarrassed as I have been in the company of my children and grandchildren. Their candor is amazing.
Roy Harmon Says:
That’s the best I’ve ever heard of anyone dealing with that sort of thing. I used to babysit my little brother and sister and my brother called this woman fat and she got pissed at him telling him how rude he was. He was only four so he didn’t give a shit.
meeta Says:
thanks I needed a good giggle.
Michele Says:
Oh I love a good fart story as does my husband and 3.5 year old son. He doesn’t call him Daddy Toot Toot for nothing.
Of course he’s always willing to point others out first and laugh – mommy I smell something, did you toot, “no Eli did you?”, I love how he so nonchalantly points to the nearest person and declares with confidence – “I think he tooted” and then buries his head in embarrassment.
Heck who needs social norms at 3 or so – that’s the pleasure in your story and the pleasure I experience with Eli. Speaking their truth.
Thanks for the good laugh.
Karen Shanley Says:
Hilarious! And all too true.
We were walking behind someone who must have had a plate of beans for dinner, because he farted with each step. My daughter shouts, “Mommy, that guy’s farts got rhythm!”
Luckily, he just turned and laughed–because he was a big guy.
Kids. Gotta love ‘em.
maria Says:
MAN THAT WAS GR8T GOTTA LUV IT