Fart Humor

I was trying to decide whether to put this on my reading blog, my mom and dad blog, or here! It fits on any of those places, but it's mostly a random musing.

My mom was very open about her gas "issues" and we joked about farting a lot. Here's one book I think she owned:

The Gas We Pass: The Story of Farts by Shinta Cho is actually pretty interesting in explaining how gas happens. It's also a bit crude / entertaining for kids who like scatological humor.



She farted a lot. It was often quite smelly. As a family, we had a lot of jokes about it. She was also a third grade teacher, and third graders absolutely lose it when someone farts. I'm not sure if she bought the book to use in her classroom or just got it for her own library and entertainment . . . 







She also owned a copy of Everyone Poops by Taro Gomi. I grabbed a photo from the publisher. I've found that most kids are really fascinated by these books. 













 A book that I thought I owned but couldn't find on my bookshelf is Walter the Farting Dog by William Kotzwinkle. I borrowed it from the public library to share with some kiddos after we had a conversation about farting. Great conversation, huh?



Oh! I referenced "scatological humor" to someone and when they asked what that meant, I don't think I explained it very well. So I googled it and here's what Wikipedia said: "Toilet humour or scatological humour is a type of off-colour humour dealing with defecation, urination and flatulence, and to a lesser extent vomiting and other body functions."

More Movies

This slip of paper has been sitting at my desk for a while. My recovery from knee surgery has been fantastic, so I'm busier again. These are movies I've watched since the last time I blogged about movies.

On A Clear Day
I had seen a trailer for this quite a while ago, but had a hard time remembering the title. When I googled for it, it took a while to find it! (Barbara Streisand comes up right away.) Here's a Wikipedia blurb about it: "On a Clear Day is a 2005 Scottish drama film written by Alex Rose and directed by Gaby Dellal. It stars Peter Mullan as Frank Redmond, an engineer in the shipyards on the River Clyde, who becomes stagnant and quickly sinks into depression following his redundancy. A naturally strong swimmer, Frank gets an idea while on a 'booze cruise' with his friends to swim the English Channel. Featuring an ensemble cast, it co-stars Brenda Blethyn, Sean McGinley and Billy Boyd, among others."Louie wasn't interested in watching it with me, but I really liked it a lot. I liked how his relationship with his son and his own self-discovery came along.

Upside
Again, I had seen a trailer that intrigued me. I really enjoyed this one, too. (I watched it alone.) Kevin Hart plays an ex-con who's trying to get his life together. Brian Cranston(?) is a quadriplegic who needs a caregiver / assistant. It was funny, touching, and sad. It made me a little curious to find and watch the French film originally made about the real-life people the story is based upon.

Letters To Juliet
Loved this! Super cute and fun! (Except her original fiance and how he basically ignored her . . . ) Louie watched it with me. Another one that makes me want to visit Italy. Delightful!

Aquaman
We watched our home DVD version. It's the second time we've seen it.

Bend It Like Beckham
I borrowed this from our d-i-l Angela. It's one that I've heard of for a long time, but never before watched. It was an interesting mix of coming-of-age and cultural lessons on Indians in Britain. I liked it a lot. I love that David and Victoria Beckham had a little cameo at the end!

Green Lantern
Again, a home DVD. I am so weird. As this is often panned as Ryan Reynolds' worst movie ever, I like it! I think it is an entertaining hero movie. And I love love love the way he and Blake Lively make googly eyes at one another . . . though I think that each was actually romantically involved with someone else at the time. They've been married for a while, though!

The Croods
Netflix. Pretty dumb. Kind of cute. Wouldn't watch it again or recommend it.

Instant Family
Amazing! This story of adoption and families and love had me. I thought about re-watching it before bringing it back to the library. Such a lovely story! And sad. And touching. And inspiring.

Difference Between Sisters and Brothers!

Every once in a while, I'll give one of my siblings the "gift of time" for a birthday gift. I've primarily done it for Ann and Louise (only one person at a time, though!). My sisters are always more than happy to have me help them with projects - cleaning, sorting, organizing, etc. This is a gift I enjoy giving and they enjoy receiving. I'm not always timely in my once-a-month intentions, but I usually get it all done in one calendar year.

For Tom's July 2018 birthday, I gave him this gift. It was the first time I've ever done this for my brother. Wow, was it hard. It has taken me 19 months to finally give / do something for the one year I intended! When I kept bringing this up, he kept saying I didn't need to do anything else. "That's not the point! What do you want?" He mostly wanted just to spend time with his little sister . . . he is such an incredibly sweet guy.

I'm not sure how I should try to do something like this for him in the future . . . but I know that my sisters have a much easier time bossing me around! (Just kidding. They're lovely, but are happy to have me help with projects.)

Here's my copy of the "coupon" for Tom: