Abandon All Hope, Ye Who Enter Here...

Buttblogging Continues Uninterrupted

I was looking on Cute Overload for some syrupy-sweet pics to steal post in order to "cleanse the palate" and help take people's minds off of the horrors of the previous week here at Baboon Pirates.

Alas, the pic I found that I just had to post also involves... butts. Damnation. I'm stuck in a rut.

Anyway, the reason I had to post this one...

Remember when you were a kid, and Mom made you get dressed up in your Sunday best for some sort of social function? You were admonished not to get your clothers dirty, and not to run around yelling, and for Pete's sake BEHAVE!!!

Sooner or later you'd get yourself all rumpled and dirty from crawling around under tables, or sneaking outside to play with other kids, and then Mom would catch up with you.

And then... it was grooming time.

Out came the Kleenex tissue to wipe your face clean... and out came Mom's tongue to wet the tissue down...

The pain... THE IMMENSE PSYCHIC PAIN of having Mom lick that Kleenex and then rub it over your face in front of God & everybody despite your desperate protestations!!

I have a theory that all mothers know it doesn't do jack towards face cleaning, but does embarrass a kid into submission and establishes matriarchal dominance. But that's a topic for a dissertation in the future...

Anyway, this photo captured that pain perfectly. Little Panda Cub there is mortally embarrased as Mom Panda licks his hiney in public!! Look at him cover his face in shame!

Quick! Someone call Sexual Harassment Panda!


The Kleenexophobia continues to this day for me. I refuse to buy the stuff, preferring to use a roll of bumwipe for noseblowing. It's cheaper, and if you run out in the bathroom, it means there's usually a couple of partial rolls scattered throughout the house.