Potty Humor
post a comment | posted Mar 21
Today was a big day for us. Elena used the potty for the first time (and she did it four times at different points throughout the day.)
This lead to no end of discussion of pee-pee and poo-pee (as we have affectionately termed it in our household.)
Tonight on our date, which is when we have most of our important family discussions, Nancy asked me if we should come up with a nicer term for... you know.. number one... than "pee-pee". Something more polite, more delicate. Naturally, I asked why. Apparently the word "pee" is looked down on as a bit of a crude word in some households. "You're kidding." I replied. She wasn't.
So I thought for a moment, and (being in a rather mischievous mood, and it being a private conversation (that I am now sharing with the world)) offered: "How about 'piss'?"
Shocked gasp from Nancy. Slight rib jab.
"No! I'm serious! It's a biblical term!"
More shocked gasping. Disbelief.
Read-em and weep. The word "piss" occurs 8 times in the King James Version of the Bible.
* Alright, so I know it's a crude term. I stopped using it frequently in public a few years ago. ("Aw, piss." used to be a favorite expression of mine...) Funny story though, right? Don't worry. We probably aren't going to teach Elena to say "piss". Probably.