The setting: just out side of local Chili's restaurant. Family of five walks out into the rain, towards their family vehicle, Mother attempts to zip her new green rain slicker, when 12 year old son notices the red fuzz from yesterdays sweater stuck all over the hooked side of the velcro closure......
son 1: What is that on your jacket?
clickmom: That is the fuzz from yesterdays sweater
son 1: You mean your jacket is a fuzz magnet??
clickmom: Yeah, something like that that.
son 1: Wow, that's great! It's fuzz, it's a magnet it's a (shouting) FAG-NET!! (Throws arms into the air) Hey world we have invented the FAG-Net!!
clickmom: (Muttered between clenched teeth) Don't say that word. That is not a nice word.
son 1: What word?
clickmom: (whispers) fag.
son 1: What's a FAG?
son 2: (In utter disbelief) FAG is a bad word?
clickmom:(silently praying...give me the strength, give me the strength/why me? why now?)
Fag is a mean thing to call someone who is gay.
son 2: I thought FAG was a good thing. It means you are cool.
clickmom: Uh.....
son 1: Brother, What exactly do you think it means?
son 2: It is a fashion style that appears out of nowhere.
clickmom: Huh? Wha....? stutter.....
son 1: Brother, I think you are confused you mean FAD not FAG.
clickmom:(silently to herself- let it go- let it go-let it go)
Family is all seated in car.
The last door slams shut.
the husband: Well, that was bloggable.
clickmom: Yup.
Thank goodness for son #2, right?
I think I about peed my pants laughing.
Posted by: Kristin | October 22, 2005 at 07:40 PM
Last week, my son was practicing his alphabet with markers on scratch paper. After about a half hour of work he presented his project to our good friend who was visiting, who happens to be gay. Insanely, in the midst of a bunch of random upper and lower case letters was clearly written the word "fag".
My friend about peed himself laughing. Gabe never understood what was so funny. It wild how he chose to present this particular masterpiece to our gay friend. Damn!
He's only five, so we didn't bother to discuss it.
Posted by: Mar | October 23, 2005 at 03:01 PM