Cute story from Squirrel Moon about the F-word
There were a large number of kids at Squirrel Moon this year, mostly not dancing, just hanging out and playing while their parents danced. Anyway, one of the mother's had a cute story about her kids that came up when Big John was complaining in rather strong terms about the heat at Pine Woods. Specifically, she said that she's been telling her five year old not to use the F-word. Her 5-year-old uses the F-word?? Well, in a matter of speaking. Her 5-year-old complains a lot about things being fair between her and her sister. "But Mommy, it's not FAIR!" And her mom is like, "Don't use the F-word with me!" It's pretty obvious that it's going to come back to bite her someday... but she told about how recently they'd been singing songs out of "Rise Up Singing" with their Quaker group (I need to see if I can hang out with these people!) and one of the songs was about the F-word. The chorus goes like this:
We sit down to have a chat
It's F-word this and F-word that
I can't control how you young people
Talk to one another
But I don't wanna hear you use
That F-word with your mother
And of course her daughter wants an explanation. Which is of course that this song is about a mother who is really really frustrated with her kids complaining about things not being fair. So far she buys it. I'll be interested to hear the reaction when she gets old enough to find out what the F-word really is though...
We sit down to have a chat
It's F-word this and F-word that
I can't control how you young people
Talk to one another
But I don't wanna hear you use
That F-word with your mother
And of course her daughter wants an explanation. Which is of course that this song is about a mother who is really really frustrated with her kids complaining about things not being fair. So far she buys it. I'll be interested to hear the reaction when she gets old enough to find out what the F-word really is though...