The one with the nuts..

In our funny little family we have had many memorable misunderstandings and embarrassing moments when it comes to the things most households don’t discuss around the dinner table. But we are not your average conventional family. Let me explain...

I will start by sharing the absolutely hilarious story of the morning glory with you. No don’t blush, a morning glory is an innocent creeper that makes pretty little purple flowers in spring, didn’t you know that? Buddy evidently didn’t, when Moekie and Buddy started dating way back when, this topic “crept” into the conversation. Buddy didn’t seem to really get what they were taking about. Later that evening on the way home Moekie asked Buddy what a morning glory was, and Buddy innocently replied “it’s a creeper with pretty purple flowers.”

So while Buddy has a gap in his knowledge of morning glories, 10 year old Big Man on the other end of the scale is well on his way to getting educated about these things way too early. His nick name at school is Hugh Hefner; luckily he doesn’t know who that is!!! His friends started referring to him as Hugh Hefner because of his name. So my brother comes home one day and asks Moekie who Hugh Hefner is. Immediately she sees red lights flashing and diplomatically answers “It’s a very rich man that lives in America.” Pimp it out Hef…

Rykie also set of Moekie’s red lights when she was roughly the same age, she came to Moekie with the question “mommy what is a poncho?” “It is a place where dirty men go to look at naked ladies dancing” she replied. I didn’t understand, “but in my favorite song the lady sings about putting on her poncho to go outside.” Maybe Moekie should ask me to spell the word to her next time before she covers up so quickly.

Then there is Puppet, one morning when Mich was getting dressed she innocently entered the room, puzzled she asked “why doesn’t your pantie have bums?” I trust she will still discover the j-string herself later in life.

Big man was also part of an embarrassing little incident when the tour guide on holiday in Phuket asked “who can tell me what they make with the rubber that comes from these trees.” With all the shy adults around him not wanting to answer Big Man’s hand was up in the air 1^st with the proud answer, “condoms”. Okay, now how does this little boy know that I wonder…?

It seems that 6 year old Puppet is also discovering the other side of life, when Mich picked her up from school yesterday she pointed to her black friend Moglanga and exclaimed in front of all the moms picking up their kids, “that’s my new boyfriend”. Mich asked her why Boykanja (last weeks flavor) isn’t her boyfriend anymore, “because his bum sticks out when he does hand stands” Puppet replied. Look on the bright side at least our little sister is proud to be part of our rainbow nation.

I will leave you with Big man’s favorite joke. “2 chocolates are walking down the street, how do you know which one is the male? The one with the nuts.”