Slippery wha?!?!

So, the kids are having their baths tonight. Mr. Z finishes and is drying off in one bathroom while Miss O is still in the other tub, singing. I walk in to check on her and she starts singing the following song:

Slippery Dick!
Slippery Dick!
Slippery, slippery, slippery,
Dick!

And she repeats it, over and over again. My mind is racing. "Where the hell did she learn THAT?!" "Has she been singing that at SCHOOL?!" And most importantly, "That's hilarious! I've got to record that song!"

Then Mr. Z comes prancing into the bathroom, wrapped in his towel, and starts marching around, joining in:

Slippery Dick!
Slippery Dick!
Slippery, slippery, slippery,
Dick!

So, I ask them to hold on a second and innocently query, "Hey, that's quite a tune there. Where did you learn that one?" And Mr. Z jumps in, "Duh, dad, it's a fish." He runs and gets his "National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fishes" and, sure enough, there it is: that elusive fellow, the "slippery dick."



Huh, I imagined it looking bigger. I guess you always do. Anyway, I felt a little relieved that my kids aren't complete pervs and that they've managed to keep their youthful naivete somewhat intact.

Nonetheless, it's still a hilarious song and I WILL have Miss O record it this weekend. I predict that it'll be even bigger than "Wonder Woman (won)!"*

And by the way, who names a fish "slippery dick"? It must've been the same guy who named the "black crappie" and the "hog choker."

And the "chub."

*If you are at all interested in previous recordings by Mr. Z and Miss O, please go here.