We did a family night lesson tonight about what is funny and what is not.  My goal was to try and clean up the incessant flinging and giggling of bathroom words, as well as discouraging laughing at people in different kinds of situations.  For some reason, for example, Engineer occasionally laughs at overweight people.  I don’t want him to do that.

So the lesson went down like this: I gave an example and then asked the children if it was something to be considered humorous.

Me: If someone tells a joke, is that funny?
Kids: Uh-huh
Me: If some orange cones fall of the back of a truck is that funny?  (This happened the other day and Engineer found it hilarious).
Kids: Yep

People in wheelchairs? No.  Watching someone fall down?  No.  Silly faces?  Yes.  Clowns?  Yes.  Clowns getting hurt?  No.  And so on and so forth. 

And then I made the mistake of asking them if farts were funny. 

What I had meant to say was "is talking about bathroom words funny?" but what I said was, "Are farts funny?"  And as soon as it came out, the laughter started.

Mine especially. 

I could not help it.  You cannot deny that farts are the funniest thing ever.  The word fart (I’m laughing as I type it) the sound of a fart, the idea of a fart.  Everything about the gas we pass gives reason to chuckle.  

Charming looked at me incredulously and said to the children, "What mommy means is that Mommy is a hypocrite."

I think he was laughing on the inside, because the math is there proving it all.  Fart=Funny.  Anyone who says otherwise…. well… there isn’t anyone like that, I’m sure.