So The Boy has been working a Dirty Jobs addiction for about a year now. All things considered, I guess it’s not too bad a show for a 4 year old to be interested in. For some reason The Boy has really latched on to the “Leather Tanner” episode from July 17 which featured a visit with a guy who makes pots with faces on them, and a visit to a Leather Tannery. The tannery segment takes viewers through the process of tanning hides, from removing flesh from the hide all the way through to wringing them out and then “staking” to soften them up, to measuring.

Anyway the other night we’re sitting at dinner and The Boy is dazzling us with his new found letter recognition skills-

The Wife- What letter does dog start with?

The Boy- Letter D

TW- What letter does Joe start with?

TB- Letter J

Me (puffing up with pride along with The Wife) What letter does cat start with?

TB- Letter C

TW (pride welling up inside) What letter does chair start with?

TB- Letter C… (pause) … Staking Machine starts with Letter S.

TW- Wha?

Me- (Partly amused, still somewhat impressed) Um yes buddy, Staking Machine starts with the letter S.

TB- (with authority) De-fleshing machine start with Letter D.

TW- (now seeing where this is going) uhh yeah buddy it starts with d?

TB- (all serious like) Mamma, what letter does disemboweler start with?

Me- (trying not to spit my dinner across the table) …..

TB- Staking machine is my favorite!

 

Now before anybody really flips out, there is no disemboweler in the episode… It was a joke, of course the fact that The Boy picked up on it, well that’s another thing….

BTW, I’m putting the finishing touches on my acceptance speech for Dad of The Year in case you were wondering…