These are just one or two of my good friends.

7/8/09

Men are all alike...


Last year in first grade:



Me: "John. John! Where are you going with that book?"


John: "To the bathroom. And I'm gonna be a while....."




and he was.


59 comments:

Janie at Sounding Forth said...

That is hilarious. I swear, that's ingrained in men from the diaper stage on up~

Janie at Sounding Forth said...

Shut. Up.
I'm first?
It's a miracle.
I swear, a miracle!

seriously? said...

MEN....some things just get passed down from generation to the next. Why can't they pass down something practical? Like...doing the dishes or holding my hair when I throw up?

TuTu's Bliss said...

LOL! My wise grandmother said "God gave men different faces just so we could tell ours apart".

mo.stoneskin said...

Good man, he's on the right track. Next step is to take a cup of tea in with the book.

SweetMelissa said...

Yeah, I just don't get the whole magazine in the bathroom thing. Just go and get it over with for Pete's sake!

I'll go vote for you now. ;)

Desert Songbird said...

How long was the book?

GypsyFox said...

LOL OF COURSE.

Kathleen said...

Tag! Stop by and pick up you award.

yellaalley95 said...

LOL! That's how they all do it!

Alix said...

If he was reading Tolstoy, he'd probably still be in there!

Lee Ryan said...

Men aren't all alike: some can't get any movement without also having a cigarette.

He might have at least asked for a match to light a candle.

Ash said...

They sure start early, don't they? Ugh!!!

Jan from the Sushi Bar said...

ROFL - they do learn young, don't they?

Mango Girl said...

What do they use for reading material in third world countries?

Irish Gumbo said...

Well, yeah, that's serious think time, you know...

The Redhead Riter said...

That's funny.

For Myself said...

The synapses connect better in the bathroom I guess. haha

I like the way you write *first* in italics. p.s.

Michele said...

I just don't understand why some men take reading material into the bathroom. My philosophy is get in, get the job done and get out. In my household of two males and me only the Boy communes with his reading material in there. I can't figure out where he got that.

confused homemaker said...

I know some women who do this, but they are actually just hiding in the bathroom to escape the kids.

Not The Rockefellers said...

Why is it that when you are potty training boys thay want no part of that room...then you can't get them out of it.

In Kindergarten I love it when the kids call the urinals "weenals"

Peace - Rene

Diane said...

Can you look his dad in the eye without chuckling? That should help lighten up the parent/teacher conference. Please give him my husband's copy of 'War and Peace.' Please.

Coffee with Cathy said...

Deborah -- So true! In fact, my 15-month-old grandson already waits until he comes home from a day-or-two-long trip. It's like, as soon as he sees his own door, it's diaper-changing time. Men!!!

The Peach Tart said...

At that stage they're also endlessly fascinated by their poop.

me too said...

you can't even teach them that -- it's in their blood. or in something.

Hit 40 said...

Your story reminds me of the Seinfeld episode when George took a book into the bookstore restroom. They made him buy the book!!!

GROSS!!! I would have wiped that book down with disinfectant wipes when he came back.

Bobby G said...

SO GREAT! I started reading on the crapper at like 10 or so! get my Nintendo Power and learn all the best game shit! While taking a shit! It was GREAT

Hit 40 said...

And I'm sorry - but again!!! How am I the first to say how gross that is??

And I agree with the others - I hide in the RR sometimes from my boys.

Craig Glenn said...

I don't get it! What's so funny?

lol

Craig

Tammy Howard said...

Aw, we keep a basket of magazines in the bathroom. Just so no-one has to make statements about it. Nothing wrong with making use of the quiet minutes you've got...

Char said...

That's why the bathroom is known as the library in many homes.

Yvonne said...

Sorry. This is not true in my house. It's me, that takes a book. The men in my house use the ..... wait until you are ready to
"drop and plot" method.
Yup. In and out in a New York Second.

Real Live Lesbian said...

I'll need to know WHICH book that was....

Just so I don't check it out.

Sandee said...

This is so normal. I don't mind it when we are home since we have three bathrooms, but on the boat we only have one head. Don't care for it so much there.

Have a terrific day. :)

Tracey - Just Another Mommy Blog said...

ahem. I'm sure his mom would LOVE that story...

Marie Reed said...

Holy cow! I love that you always use the name John! That's my son's name:)

The Seeker said...

Ohhh that is too funny. I wonder if he learned that from his dad.

The Seeker said...

Ohhh that is too funny. I wonder if he learned that from his dad.

Ivanhoe said...

Ha ha ha ha ha! All men I've ever met do that. Except my current husband. I wonder....

Cookie Crums said...

Hilarious!!! Smart boy. :)

I have to admit to going to the bathroom with a book and locking the door. Just to get some peace and quiet from my husband and little boy. It's my 20 mins "get away or so." My husband will just shake his head and say, "Realy!" I just grin.

Gotta do what you gotta do!!

Ben and Bennie said...

Very true! How's summer?

zelzee said...

And so it starts................

Next is finger pulling........

♥georgie♥ said...

LMAO...just wait till john starts taking his laptop to the bathroom with him-yes my son does that

Suzy said...

Hit 40, they closed our bathroom at the local Borders because people were doing 'things' in there that were five times as gross as reading. CLOSED IT SHUT.

Candy's daily Dandy said...

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Oh yes, it's innate isn't it?

laughingwolf said...

must not be a man, huh? :O lol

anymommy said...

I love it here. I just caught up on about ten posts and I'm laughing, my heart is lighter. You have a gift.

Dana's Brain said...

And so it begins...

Marla said...

That is classic!

Sue said...

Awesome!

Merrily Down the Stream said...

5t is TOTALLY nature and gender at its finest...

Melissa B. said...

Talking to Chica the Eldest the other day about The BF.

Me: "So, does he have any bad habits?"
She: "Not really. He poops a lot. Just like Daddy."

I come from a majority female household. I don't know about you, but the habits that men acquire must be gender-specific. Ya think?

phd in yogurtry said...

Get all the learning you can, John, whenever and wherever you can.

Angie Ledbetter said...

Yep, King Rufus still takes reading material to the throne over here.

The Mind of a Mom said...

An now we know what happens in that bonding moment in the hospital between father and son!

A Lawyer Mom's Musings said...

So true! And where do they get it? I mean, really. It's not from their mothers.

Moannie said...

It's a mystery to me...I'm in and out as quickly as possible...must be in the genes or something to do with hunter gathering...son't they have to wait a long time in caves or such for the Mammoths to arrive?

Vodka Logic said...

Perfect title...whenever my husband looses his glasses, guess where I find them..by his thrown

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