Boys are gross!

[pipi_k]

13. And it starts early, too!

I recall one incident when my son was young and he was playing baseball at a local playground with some friends.

After a few hours he came home with a tooth or two knocked askew, blood caked on his face, smiling ear to ear.

Seems in an attempt to catch a ball, he smashed face first into a concrete wall.

aughhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!

And they never grow out of it, either.

Mr Pipi's philosophy is that unless he bleeds while doing a repair job or building something around here, it hasn't been done "right".

So unless he's actually squirting blood he'll often keep on working while blood drips from injured arms or hands. I swear he only puts on a bandage because the blood gets in his way. Otherwise he doesn't really care.

Oh, except for the time he nearly cut his finger in half the long way while using his table saw. He actually decided it might be a good idea to go to the ER and calmly called our HMO for authorization while I freaked out and then tried to drive him without puking or passing out.

Yech.

I can deal with puke, shit, snots, and rotting lunch meat.

Blood and guts....no.