{Some things you just don't divulge}

But this time i am. Ever heard of the name Ed Bassmaster? If not, he is this guy that makes tons of youtube videos playing pranks on people.  I think he is hilarious. Some might not. haha! For some of his pranks he goes around NYC farting(fake farting of course) really loudly while he is standing RIGHT NEXT to people. So, he is basically farting on people. What i find hilarious is the reaction and look on the face of a person who is getting farted on. I die laughing. I mean, i get tears in my eyes and nearly pee my pants. Why is it so funny?!?! And when Ed does this to people he can keep a straight face. That's makes it even more hilarious. He has tons of other funny pranks, too. But this is one that makes us laugh the most.  Well, It just so happens that our boys watched one of those videos with us. :/

Now onto the next part of the story.

Last night for Family Home Evening we decided to go for a ride. It felt really nice outside and to get out with the windows down  letting the nice breeze in sounded wonderful. The boys wanted to roll the windows down and as we drive by people walking on the sidewalks they wanted to sing to the music really loudly so they could be heard. They think that's funny. We did that a few times. Shane can hook up his ipod to the car speakers so we can listen to his musicplaylist in the car. So anyway, then shane was like "what should we do now?"  Here it comes..... Gavin says "Lets go drive through the BX parking lot and play farts from the farting machine(an app on his ipod), with our windows down."  "You have GOT to be kidding me?", i say.   No. They aren't kidding. Shane even says, "That's a good idea Gavin! Smart thinking!!!" as if Gavin just came up with the smartest idea ever.

We arrive to the BX parking lot and i am thinking of all the things that could go wrong with this. I could see shane blasting a fart over the speaker right as we are passing by one of his patients. His patient would notice him and then suddenly be afraid to sit in his chair ever again. I really feared this for him. He didn't think twice about it. We did see a family from church, the Tryon family. We could have easily strolled by them and blasted the farts over the speaker, but luckily shane was smart in that moment and decided that would not be a good idea. Afterall, she is pregnant with twins and due within the month. Probably wouldn't be funny to her.

Shane was driving as slow as a snail when we passed by people in the parking lot blasting these farts. As if the loud blasting farts wasn't good enough, he had to make sure these people could study our faces as we are doing it. That way when all these people see our faces again they will remember us as the people in the farting van. I kept saying "Why are you driving so slow?!"

I was horrified inside, BUT at the same time i couldn't stop laughing. I was laughing so hard that it hurt. And nearly peed my pants. Shane wasn't embarassed at all. Some of the things he gets embarassed about and does not get embarassed about completely boggles my mind. He slugged by these people pressing the fart machine button over and over and over again. The boys were dying laughing. Really. It WAS hilarious.  BUT at what cost?!

I am just thinking to myself "WHAT are we teaching our boys from this?!!?" It can't be anything good. I mean, we did get a few laughs out of people when they heard it, but that's it. Are we teaching them to be rude and obnoxious?

It all started over a year ago when Mandi, his sister, was here visiting us. We would drive around Okinawa, and shane would start singing opera-ish "Konnichiwa!!!" He got quite a few looks from the japanese. I mean, it really was hilarious......But ever since then our kids try sticking their heads out the window, when they see people on the sidewalk, and try "singing" to them....its more like screaming. And now they have taken this a HUGE step further with the farting thing. It makes me nervous for whats to come. Very nervous. I would like to put a stop to it, but if shane and all three boys are on board with it then my voice of disapproval is kind of like a distant sound that you hear but don't give any thought to.

So, some things you just shouldn't divulge. This seems to be something i shouldn't tell anyone. Afterall, WHO does that?!?! When have you ever gotten a response "We drove around the parking lot and blasted farting noises" when you asked a family what they did for their FHE activity?! NOBODY does that. Well, except for us.