Basic Cable?
Griffin has never been a huge fan of TV. For the past few years he has stuck mainly to the Weather Channel and Jimmy Neutron repeats. Irrespective of content, he always has, until this summer, dutifully turned the TV in his room off at around 8:00 PM. But this summer, since he is almost 15 and his little sister is allowed to sleep with the TV on, we decided it would be okay for him leave his TV on all night as long as he slept.
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Even with this new freedom, he rarely leaves the TV on all night, but this privilege has led to him staying up way past his normal (self-imposed) 8:30 bed time. It has also, apparently, exposed him to some more adult content – like Nick at Nite and I suppose (if it exists) more mature themed Weather Channel programming.
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The other evening, around 11ish, he came bounding into the Big Daddy Master Suite giggling hysterically. Other than the late hour, there was nothing unusual about that. What he said next was a bit disconcerting. Specifically, through giggles and gasps for air he blurted;
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“There was a man on the TV!”
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Mrs. Big Daddy and I both responded with our usual, “That’s nice sweetie. Now go to bed.”
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But Griffin was far from done. He next blurted out;
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“He was in a commercial!!”
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{More Giggles}
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“And he was naked!!!”
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This last comment sort of got our attention. But before we could even start to investigate this claim of nudity on basic cable, Griffin continued;
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“But he was wearing pants! He forgot his shoes and shirt!!!”
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And then, as quickly as he had appeared, Griffin bounced out of our bedroom not to be heard from for the rest of the night.
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I’m pretty sure we’re taking away the all night TV privilege once school starts. Also, I think I better explain to him what ‘naked’ means.
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Naomi
August 18th, 2012 at 11:26 am #
Sam calls this ‘partially nude.’ And, as long as he is not preoccupied with an obsession, it can be horrifying to him. “You are partially nude!” No Sam, I am wearing more than my bathing suit covers.
On the other hand either one of us can be completely naked and if he is intent on telling us something, it is of no consequence. “Mom, did you know that Epic Mickey in Japan is Epico Mikki?” No, Sam, I did not. Now go away and let me finish pooping.
BetteJo
August 22nd, 2012 at 8:06 pm #
That wasn’t naked?