Yo Mamma

On the way home from the movie theater, the six 9-year-old boys in the van with me were creating quite a ruckus.  When they weren't busy playing Bitter Sweet - a game in which you shout "hello" at the people you are passing and judge the timeliness of their responses, if any - they were competing to tell the best Yo Mamma jokes.

One young man was so frantic to one-up his friends, he shouted,

"Your mamma's so crazy she thought a chicken was a flower."

It's been a long time since I was nine and I must be really out of touch.  There was a split second of pure silence - even I was tempted to turn completely around in my seat and stare - before the whole car erupted in raucous laughter.

No more callers, please.  We have a winner.

- 5 May 2012