Elmo can use the potty!!

[lordshipmayhem]

So last night I was at my friends Mike and Marion for their Boxing Day family dinner of capon with all the usual trimmings including two different kinds of dressing.

"Elmo can use the potty!!"

The kids got to open their gifts from grandma, grampa and the two great-grandmothers. The one gift for the middle child was one she was enraptured with: an Elmo book on using the potty.

"Elmo can use the potty!!"

It had buttons on it where Elmo would recite a line from the book.

"Elmo can use the potty!!"

The biggest button gave you Elmo's diabetes-inducing voice saying:

"Elmo can use the potty!!"

The silly girl kept pressing the button.

"Elmo can use the potty!!"

And pressing.

"Elmo can use the potty!!"

Finally, Marian whispered to me: "That book is going home with THEM!!", pointing at her son and daughter-in-law.

I think I can say with some authority here that Elmo can use the potty.

"Elmo can use the potty!!"

Now if you'll excuse me, Elmo's overdue for his proctology exam. Where are my steel-toed boots?