Wednesday, May 18, 2016

When is a joke not a Joke?

Language and Diabetes - Wednesday 5/18









So you'll excuse me if I don't feel like laughing.


  1. I'm with you...I always have to stifle the giggle after I hear somebody say, "prick" or "pricker". And my children didn't get to see that movie, nor do I allow others to repeat it around my children. And just last week as a "friend" tried to explain that it was time to let the kids stop believing in Santa Clause he stated, "we all know he'd be dead from diabetes by know if he ate all those cookies." You could hear crickets chirp as he laughed at his own joke. Just blank stares and finally, I said "both my husband and son have diabetes, and they didn't get it from anything they did or didn't eat." Our friend wanted to go on and speculate that it must be a different kind...I said it didn't matter, somebody's disease any disease isn't a punchline around our house. Yes, maybe I was a little too serious, but it was rude.
    So, you're not alone. I want Isaac to grow up knowing it's okay to say things to those that are a part of our lives and equally okay to know that those that aren't can be ignored for their ignorance if it isn't worth his time to educate.

  2. Wow, we were totally on the same wavelength today!

  3. HAHA I had completely forgotten I call mine a pricker because I haven't really referenced it in a while but I totally do that and it probably sounds so inappropriate to outsiders :-P

  4. I'm glad that I'm not the only one who has to suppress a giggle when people say "pricker"


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