Cody's Kind of Cursing

On weekday mornings, after Cody eats breakfast and has a bath, he plops down in the recliner, listens to the morning news on television and waits for a ride to his day program. 

This morning, as I was cleaning the kitchen, I heard Cody repeating, "Dumb something....(pause)....Dumb something....(pause)....Dumb something." 

Undoubtedly he was trying to get my attention, so I decided to stop and ask Cody why he was using the word dumb over and over and over. This his how our conversation went...

"Dumb what?" I asked.

"On TV." Cody replied.

"What about it?" I coaxed.

Cody, in his typical autistic manner, responded with clues rather than a complete sentence... "On TV. That person." 

"What person? What are you talking about? I don't understand." I continued.

Cody hinted, "WELL, you and dad call people that when you're frustrated." 

At that moment a little light went off in my head and I guessed, "Dumb shit? Are you calling someone on TV a dumb shit?" 

Cody smiled, then he readily admitted, "YES!"



And now you know that my husband and I are the kind of people who talk to the TV screen while watching reality television, game shows and news programs. :)

Potty Mouth Police

When it comes to the local news, my husband likes to look at two columns in particular. Let me put it this way... I can count on him to inform me if someone I know has either passed away or been arrested. 

Annoyed and talking out loud (mostly to himself) while browsing the Internet this morning, Don said, "What did they do, change the layout of this page?! Where's the obituaries?"

Without delay, Cody reprimanded his dad and said,  "Hey! How come you call him that? That's not nice!" 

It seems that Cody thinks obituary is spelled  oh-bitch-uary and is profanity.

Maybe it's not a curse word, but it sure does sound like one. :)