The Things They Come Up With

August 31, 2005

As we were sitting at the dinner table, I was telling my husband that someone we know just had a colonoscopy. (Perhaps not the most pleasant thing to talk about at the dinner table but hey, if the kids happen to be quiet for a moment—because they’re shoving food into their faces—you just take advantage of the moment, ya know?)

A few minutes into our conversation my husband says, “Oh, I remember I had to get my colon checked when I had an ulcer. I remember I had to drink barium.”

Two-year-old son pipes up, “Why did you have to bury him, dad?”

Category: Life

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2 Responses to “The Things They Come Up With”

  1. just me
    September 1st, 2005 @ 11:02 am

    Bury him … that’s cute.

    When my kids were little they would play funeral. They had a little trinket box that was a casket with a little doll inside. They’d be crying and asking questions like, “Why did this happen to little Mary?” & “We miss Grandma.”

    I should probably have been worried about their oddity, but they’ve been to so many funerals I didn’t give it much thought …. except my kids are weird.

  2. loriann
    September 1st, 2005 @ 12:57 pm

    my two year old comes up with some good ones too.

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