I just set up an aquarium a few weeks ago. You'll need to know that.
My daughter, Micayla, is seven - almost eight. She inherited my family's enhanced emotional sensitivity along with a level of comprehension I'm proud of.
She is a bit more sophisticated than I was at that age. Her mother and I have tried not to shield her from too much. Hopefully, by allowing her to see the world as it is, and explaining things to her to help her understand life from an early age, it will allow her to avoid that crippling naivete that plagued me because of my parent's conservative, harshly religious parenting skills. With luck, she will develop a good sense of humor about life without being as jaded as I am.
Mickey watched her mother give birth.
So...
Last Monday, on national Goof-Off Day(yes, it really exists), She said she wanted to watch the first Austin Powers movie with me.
Do you remember the part right after he goes through the "un-freezing" process, and a military man is going through the inventory of Austin's possessions?
Sergeant - One blue crushed velvet suit.
Austin - Hey, alright!
Sergeant - One frilly lace crevat
Austin - There it is!
Sergeant - One silver medallion - with "male" symbol
Sergeant - One pair of Italian boots
Austin - Bongiourno, boys
Sergeant - One vinyl record - Burt Bacharach Plays His Hits
Austin - Hey, Burt!
Sergeant - One... Swedish-made... penis enlarger... pump
I could tell Mickey was doing her best to not look in my direction during that scene. I'm sure it took her a bit to really get it, but...
So we get to near the end, when they're doing the whole "hide the bits and pieces" bit, and Mickey giggles and says, "he's trying to hide his penis with that thing."
After the movie, I went to the computer room to start recording Fear-Factor, and she follows a few minutes later, after watching the out-takes.
In the hallway is an aquarium vacuum cleaner.
If you have an aquarium, you know the punch-line.
She picks it up, smiles and says, "Daddy, this looks like the thing Austin had in the movie. You know, the penis pump?"
"Why do you have one?"
I chuckled quietly and told her it was for cleaning the rocks at the bottom of a fish tank.
Mickey smirked at me and said, "Yeh."