Thursday, December 30, 2010

The bullsh*t button

During a visit to the Ps' law office this week, the 6 year-old, as is his way, made himself right at home.  Wandered the hallways, made cocoa in the Keurig machine, swiped Mom's ID badge through turnstiles and keypads like a secret agent and opened desk drawers in search of candy, gum, rubber bands and who knows what else.  And that's when he found it -- the bullsh*t button.  He didn't have to look far -- it was right there on Dad's desk.  Styled after the Staples "easy" button, the BS button cries out to be smacked by kiddie and grown-up hands alike.  But, unlike the easy button, the BS button spews various forms of BS invective -- "Bullsh*t alert!" "Bullsh*t alert -- take precautions!" "That ain't bullsh*t, that's horsesh*t!"  Funny when used as an auto-punchline by a seasoned labor lawyer, not so much when in the hands of a kindergartner (ok, some of the more junior lawyers in the office laughed, hard).  The more senior secretaries were NOT amused.  Yet another reason I won't be voted Mother of the Year . . . .