Jokes from the Back Seat

Yesterday I drove the minions to the Lego Store at Fashion Place Mall in Murray. I was hoping some of them would want to stay home, but alas the only ones who did were the ones who could not stay home alone. As we were turning onto the freeway onramp from Bangerter Highway there are a couple of condominium buildings next to the it. One of the kids noted that they were really big houses. I set them straight as to their actually being condos, but one of the kids deemed them awesome if they had been houses. I of course mentioned the amount of cleaning they would require.

Someone else said that anyone with enough money for a house that size would be able to afford maids and butlers. Estelle proceeded to grace us with her spelling skills, stating that butler was spelled B-U-T-T... Then she asked if anyone knew how butlers got their name. Sarah quickly quipped that it was because their job was to help the princesses to wipe their bottoms. This was followed by laughter from all three girls and eye rolling from the boys. The quickness with which they came up with this was indeed funny, but a conversation that included a lot of bathroom talk was quickly squelched by mom. Sometimes I wonder just exactly where they all came from!

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