Circus Worship
We were driving over to my parents house this afternoon to eat some barbecue and relax. As we rounded a corner, my son piped up from the back of the van in his loud, Elmer Fudd-sounding accent: "Mommy! Wook! A chooch!" On our right, we passed one of the many local churches and headed out into cow country.
"Uh, yeah," I said as I finished the turn and accelerated down the deserted country road.
"What do they DO in that chooch?" my son asked. Trying to head off a big question and answer session, I tried to summarize as best as I could.
"Well, they sing, and pray, and learn about God and the bible."
My daughter piped up from her seat in the middle of the van. "And they worship Jesus!"
My son burst out from the backseat "I WOVE JESUS!"
I sort-of choked on a laugh at this rather unexpected outburst. "Oh, really? That's great, honey!"
He continued: "I love cheddar, and mozzarella, and parmesean..."
Oh...CHEESES.
Comments
Very funny! You'll have to make sure people don't think he's swearing in the Dairy section on your next shopping trip.
Lots of cheese-heads in our family,
Posted by: SheilaC | May 29, 2006 10:45 PM
Ha ha ha! I did that once!
I was attending Jewish synagogue with a friend of mine, as part of an assignment in college. I was kind of nervous and inclined to agree to whatever and already feeling pretty dorkly because I'd almost put on a yarmulke, not realizing that ladies don't wear yarmulkes.
So when my friend turned to me and said, "Don't worry, it's all good. Just... we aren't much into cheeses."
I bobbed my head and said, "Oh, that's no problem, I'm not all that into cheeses either," thinking, "Hmm, I knew about the 'no pork' thing, and the 'no seafood' thing, but I didn't know about a cheese thing - good grief, how can I know this little about Judaism?!"
My friend, spared my weird little mental freakout, continued: "It's not that we have anything against him - we still think of Jesus as a prophet, but we don't worship him as the messiah."
Ooooohhhhh. JESUS!!! Right.
Posted by: Thorny | May 29, 2006 10:49 PM
haaaaaaaa!
Posted by: cmhl | May 30, 2006 3:36 AM
I love cheeses too!
Posted by: steph | May 30, 2006 5:32 AM
What a great story! He will love to hear it retold, ad nauseum, when he is a teenager!
Posted by: as | May 30, 2006 6:47 AM
Mmmmm... melty, gooey Jesus....
Posted by: Mir | May 30, 2006 9:35 AM
To the tune of Jesus Loves Me
Cheeses love me, this I know
Even though my farts sound so
Loud and heavy after pizza.
Must be the meat, the cheese ain't the reason.
Yes, cheeses love me
Yes, cheeses love me
Yes, cheeses love me
The Cheddar tells me so.
I learned that volunteering in a middle school youth group. I'm going to have that stuck in my head all day today.
Posted by: Jenn2 | May 30, 2006 11:01 AM
Hey, my kids wuv Jesus too! Maybe I'm not such a heathen after all.
Posted by: mothergoosemouse | May 30, 2006 11:34 AM
I wholeheartedly agree with both the loving cheese and how he will love this story as a teen. We have one about sex that my son JUST LOVES now - LMAO
Posted by: Debby | May 30, 2006 12:17 PM
I, too, worship cheeses. Too bad my thighs attend both services.
Posted by: Bethiclaus | May 30, 2006 1:30 PM
Jesus! Cheeses!
Oh my God, that's fricken adorable!
Posted by: Izzy | May 30, 2006 10:12 PM
I totally get it - I'm the person who screams CHEESE AND RICE.. and some of it itches!!
That kid knows what he's talking about I tell ya!
Posted by: holli | May 31, 2006 3:21 PM
Oh yes, this will be an adorable story to tell at his wedding...
Posted by: Ms Cornelius | May 31, 2006 7:59 PM
Oh, this cracked me up.
Posted by: posthipchick | June 3, 2006 9:21 PM