The "F" word

As I was lying in bed last night with the kids, watching a ti-fauxed episode of The Next Iron Chef, T turned to me and asked, "do you know what the 'F' word is?" I guess I shouldn't be surprised that kids haven't changed much since when I was a kid, but he's only 5! I told him that I did know what it was, and asked him if he knew, and why he was asking the question. It turns out that his friend told him that the "F" word was a bad word, but didn't actually tell T what it was. But T said he knew, and then (correctly) whispered it to me. He said he just knew--it was in his head. Then H chimed in saying that the "F" word plus "a-n-a" was really bad. I mulled this over and couldn't fathom what "f*ckana" was. I asked her to clarify, and she said, "you know, f*ckin' a." Guess A and I need to watch our language more around the kids.

Speaking of how childhood is the same no matter the generation, H is even telling the same jokes that I heard as a kid. Her latest is about 3 friends named Shut Up, Poop and Manners. Poop and Manners are somehow stuck in the toilet. Shut Up is asked what his name is, and he keeps answering "Shut Up," and then when he's asked where his manners are, he answers "in the toilet with Poop." Or something like that.