Unintentional slip-up in story to children....

[indigo]

My kids' 2 cousins are visiting my kids this week, which is the highlight of the summer for all 4 kids. One of our traditions is to sit in the hot tub outside at night, and I tell them a story.

So tonight I was telling them a funny cautionary tale of a girl (with a name suspiciously similar to my 16yo niece's name) who meets a guy that she knew from the internet.

In the story he told her that he would meet her at Skeeball Palace and she would recognize him because he would wear a red carnation in his buttonhole. Only I slipped up and said "a carnation in his butthole" instead.

OMG, I am never going to live that down. Also none of us can even THINK of the word "carnation" without laughing.

I am very glad that the slip-up happened with kids aged 10-16 rather than with the little kids at the school I used to tell stories to!

[aleutsi]

My kids' 2 cousins are visiting my kids this week, which is the highlight of the summer for all 4 kids. One of our traditions is to sit in the hot tub outside at night, and I tell them a story.

So tonight I was telling them a funny cautionary tale of a girl (with a name suspiciously similar to my 16yo niece's name) who meets a guy that she knew from the internet.

In the story he told her that he would meet her at Skeeball Palace and she would recognize him because he would wear a red carnation in his buttonhole. Only I slipped up and said "a carnation in his butthole" instead.

OMG, I am never going to live that down. Also none of us can even THINK of the word "carnation" without laughing.

I am very glad that the slip-up happened with kids aged 10-16 rather than with the little kids at the school I used to tell stories to!


Oh, Jody. I can't stop giggling like a 10yo boy. You know... they sort of resemble each other.. red carnations and buttholes.

[Storymama]

*Snicker* OMG, that is funny. You are a good person to laugh at your own slipups though.

With even older kids, you can pretend it wasn't a slipup and say, "Yeah, I'll have to tell you about the interesting type of men I used to date before I met your father/uncle . . . " and then revel momentary victory of out-squicking the teens. Or maybe I'm the only one with a hobby like that.

[mirage1]

That there is a doozy!

[threecubs]

Oh no! LOLOL!

I swear, this forum is making me laugh so much today!