"A wonderful pair of Gitch."

My children have a favourite book, "Something from Nothing" by Phoebe Gilman. She is also responsible for the amazing Jillian Jiggs books. It is a wonderful story of a Grandfather that continually recreates a little boys blanket as it ages into something new.

One day his mother said to him, "Joseph, look at your blanket. It's frazzled, it's torn, it's unsightly, it's torn. It's time to throw it out."
"Grandpa can fix it," Joseph said.
Joseph's grandfather took the blanket and turned it round and round.
"Hmmm," he said as his scissors went snip, snip, snip and his needle flew in and out and in and out, "There's just enough material her to make..."
... a wonderful jacket.


and so on.

Little known fact about my husband, he is amazing at taking a perfectly wonderful, and completely normal song/story/poem and turn it into a gut splitting "Weird Al"-esque example of potty humour. You know he gets 2 year old boys mentality when he can simply read a story with a few words changed and your child can not breath for an hour. Oh the hysterics at our house!

"There's just enough material here to make..."
... a wonderful pair of gitch.
Joseph put on the wonderful pair of gitch and went outside to play.
But as Joseph grew older, the wonderful pair of gitch grew older too.
One day his mother said to him, "Joseph, look at your gitch. It's shrunken and small, doesn't fit you at all. It is time to throw it out!"


Now at this point, you would think Grandpa would make something else. But no. The gitch live on. Through the whole story, somehow, Grandpa makes a new pair of gitch every time. Here some of the highlights from our new story. Honestly, only the red words have been changed.

Joseph wore the wonderful gitch to school the very next day.


"Joseph, look at your gitch! It's spotted with poop and there's pee on it too. It is time to throw it out!"


"Joseph, look at your gitch! This big stain of poop makes the back of it droop. It's time to throw it out!"


Joseph wore the wonderful gitch on his suspenders to hold his pants up.

and my personal favourite:

Joseph used the wonderful gitch to keep his pebble collection safe.


Now, before you judge, we DO have rules about the time and place that this type of humour is appropriate. And let's face it, when my children are asked, "Were you raised in a barn?!" They can answer "YES!" regardless, and I am proud of that fact. Just try and read the above lines without cracking a smile. I dare you!

I think we could all use a little more "barn" humour. Have a good giggle. Go on.....

(By the way.... this book is not at all about gitch. It is actually a beautiful book with an inspiring ending. I recommend it.)