On the way to church, my son, N, and I were engaged in a conversation on the literary merits of “Captain Underpants.”
“Why does Captain Underpants only wear underwear and a cape?” asked N.
“Because that’s his costume,” I said. “That’s why he’s called Captain Underpants.”
“I think he should wear pants and shirt,” N said. “Even Superman wears a pants and shirt.”
“If he did that,” I said. “He would be called Captain Pants and Shirt and that would be no fun?” He thought about it for a minute and realized that I had a point.
“Hey, Daddy,” he continued. “Guess what?”
“What?” I said.
“Captain Underpants put all of the people in his underwear and then shot them out like a slingshot,” N said. I pictured this scene in my head and started laughing uncontrollably.
My wife, KayEm, just shook her head and said. “This series obviously appeals to the Y chromosome.” By this time, N and I were both cracking up.
“Some of the people were sticking their heads out of the underwear because it was so stinky,” N said.
“I would imagine so,” I said. “I don’t think I’d like to be stuck inside someone else’s underwear.”
“Daddy,” said N. “Do you know who Captain Underpant’s nemesis is?”
“Is it Mr. Poopy Pants?”
“No,” N said. “It’s PROFESSOR Poopypants.”
“Poopy pants,” chimed in my 2-year-old son, X.
“Thanks a lot guys,” said KayEm.
“Poopy, pants. Poopy pants. Poopy Pants.” said X. We all cracked up. While KayEm and my daughter, Nee just shook their heads.
I guess it is a Y chromosome thing.
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In all fairness, the word underpants cracks a lot of people up. Especially in my age range (mid-20s). You can blame that on Boy Meets World though.
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My husband never really outgrew his Beavis & Butthead years. As a result my children laugh at any reference to ‘nuts’, ‘balls’, ‘tenders’. This is somewhat embarassing given that we are a conservative, Christian family. My husband almost lost it during a Sunday sermon when the pastor referred to himself as a ‘ding-a-ling’. Pray for his maturity, and my sanity.
Your blog makes me crack up all the time! Thank you so much for posting. My daughter loves it when I say she’s silly. Not sure why she thinks that funny but she laughs everytime…
i remember when these books came out, i was too old for them, so i would read them to my younger sister instead…they are so hilarious
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OMG that was hilarious. Normally I don’t like hearing about poop, farts, and the likes because with a 4 year old and a husband, who let’s just say acts like a 4 year old a lot, but that was funny!
Thanks for the laugh!
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It’s awfully sweet that you fellas have something to bond this tightly over.
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I guess I would be shaking my head along with your wife and daughter
What makes me laugh? Hmmm…. things I can relate to, I guess. Things that are maybe not funny in real life, at least not while you are going through them, but if you or someone else can make fun of them don’t seem to serious. Yeah, that’s the fun stuff.
I just went to check again and saw that you wanted to know what makes my daughters laugh, not me. Hmmm… Stella is 3 1/2. Donald Duck cartoons are the thing she laughs the most at. Sarah’s humor is that of a 10 year old I guess, so jokes told at school seem funniest to her. Including, to my dismay, the occasional fart joke. hey, if it;’s funny to her, it’s funny I guess.
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There’s this book we found at the bookstore called “Walter The Farting Dog.” It’s a book about Walter a dog who constantly farts. So whenever anyone in the house has similar circumstances as Walter.. The kids and I go.. “WALTER!!!”
My wife just shakes her head.
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Haha, I was laughing even before I got to the part where you were laughing. That is pretty funny stuff man. It is definitely a dude thing.
This would totally send my boys and husband into a laughing frenzy!
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I am rolling over here! That is too funny! I could totally see hubby and my son having this conversation in a few years but not making it as far as you did before laughing!
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Ha Ha! Totally a Y-chromosone thing. Isaiah loves the word “Freakin’”. I don’t know where it came from – yeah, I do lol… It was a Jodeci mishap. My husband and I were listening to Jodeci’s greatest hits on a long road trip while we thought he was sleeping. He just started laughing hysterically and saying “Freakin’” this and “Freakin” that. It has worn off during the last few weeks (Thank God!) but it was pretty funny.
Totally a Y chromosome thing. My kids can’t seem to get enough of the fart jokes. We only recently discovered the funniness of Captain Underpants. What is it about that subject matter that’s so dang funny? Fat guy and underwear doesn’t seem like a laughing matter, but it is.
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Both of my boys read the Captain Underpants books so many times that they wore them out.
I wish I had written them.
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Oh to laugh as much as kids do. I sometime think we forget how much laughter soothes the soul. My oldest son, Zachary age six, has just entered the joke telling phase. Right now he thinks everything is funny–not quite getting that the punch line should be. I don’t care, I just laugh right along with him. Keep it up Daddy Underpants!
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I don’t have kids yet, but I might have to look into this series. Funny.
It’s one of those topics that keeps most laughing…. Kids talking about poop is hilarious.
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The word “butt” seems to crack them up too (pun intended). Have you seen the trailer for Diary of a Wimpy Kid? There is a scene where the kids ponder why anyone would ever say that someone has a “cute butt” when butts are the grossest thing. Ha! I can’t wait to see that movie.
Base humor can be funny too!
Bryan
Captain Underpants is not a Y-chromosome thing. My daughter and I love it. I started reading the series before I had kids.
A good, similar series for girls is Franny K. Stein, Mad Scientist.
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