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Within every culture there are expressions that are understood by the members of that culture, but make no sense to an outsider.
For instance:
- Having a melt down
- Getting the short end of the stick
- Brown-noser
- I've got a song stuck in my head
Most adults know what these phrases mean. You could call adulthood a "culture" right?
Perhaps not, but for this blog, we're going to say it is.
None of those phases are to be taken literally. As cultured adults, we know this.
If not, let me just clue you in: a brown-noser is not someone with a brown nose. It's someone who has been kissing someone else's a$$ for so long, their nose should be stained with poop.
As cultured adults, we may shorten the "I've got a song stuck in my head" to "I've got an ear worm".
You know those songs that just repeat in your head over and over.
All. Day. Long.
That song in the Six Flags commercials. The Macarena. Lady Gaga's Poker Face. You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift.
That last one has been really sticking with my children. Distressingly so with my four year old.
She got very upset yesterday and wanted us to stop singing it, "Because it was stuck in my arm!"
For the pre-K culture, remembering that you hear things in your head (where your ears are) and not your arm (where your elbow is) is tough. Thank goodness the song wasn't stuck in her butt!
Silver Lining:
- She's super cute when she stands on the stool in front of the bathroom mirror singing, "She wears short skirts, I wear T-shirts, she's chear captain & I'm on the bleachers . . ."
- It's a cute song and not something obnoxious like the song in the Six Flags commercial.
