Pickle Humor

Kids say the funniest things.  I LOVE it.  Young children aren't socialized enough to understand things like feelings and white lies.  They are refreshingly honest and often give us adults something to think about.

Well, picture this.  6:30 AM and the four of us (me, Jay, Abigale & Hannah) are gathered in the kitchen.  Jay is making a sandwich for Abigale's lunch.  I'm making a sandwich for my lunch.  Abigale is eating a hot pocket for her breakfast and Hannah is dancing around the kitchen.  I take out the pickle jar and get a rather large pickle out and start to wrap it in foil (since Jay used the last sandwich bag) for my lunch when Hannah says, "That looks like a big penis"!  Abigale choked on her food, but other than that there was complete silence.  Jay looks at me and says, "You wanna take this?"  I say, "Hannah, what did you just say?" And, she matter-of-factly repeats, "That looks like a big penis."  I said, "Why do you think that?"  (In my mind I am thinking, "How in the hell do you know what a penis looks like AND how would you know anything about whether or not a penis is big or not"?)  She says, "Because it is much bigger than Sammy's penis." 

All of us breath a collective sigh of relief that she is referencing the family dog's anatomy and I quickly agree with her and then remind her that although penis isn't a bad word, it isn't something we talk about.  It is a private area.

Yes, kids really do say the darndest things...