There is a lot of mean stuff that kids say about other kids. Teasing and insults are kid specialties.
Thing 1 and Thing 2 were discussing football on the way to school one morning. It’s about all they discuss these days.
Look, there’s a red car…they must like the Chiefs. Or, it’s 7:49. 49ers!
On this particular morning, Thing 2 said his friend, we’ll call him Bobby, doesn’t know anything about football. Bobby probably doesn’t know about football since he is 4 years old and doesn’t have the, uh, benefit of a big brother who is obsessed with the topic.
Thing 1 got very upset. He was on the verge of tears. He couldn’t believe what he was hearing.
“Why did you say that!? Bobby is your BEST friend. Why would you say he doesn’t know anything about football?”
Apparently, in Thing 1’s football circle of friends, this is the meanest possible insult to someone. Even worse than the “your mom” classics I remember from when I was about that age.
Things of changed, who would have thought anything could be worse then “your mom”
If you hadn’t thrown in the little clue that Thing 2’s best friend was 4, I TOTALLY would have thought I was Bobby.
It was kind of funny when I was teasing Thing 1 last week about football (i.e. “Why do they call them the Saints? Are they really religious?”) and received nothing but blank stares. Clearly, this is not at all a funny topic!