How do you get two wary boys to eat asparagus?
Tell them it turns their pee green and smelly.
Hey, I’m not proud of it, but it totally worked.
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So not right, but from a young boy’s view right on the money. I remember when I was pregnant and going through the asparagus phase. I had to give a sample every visit at the doctor’s office and didn’t realize how horrid it all was until it was too late. I apologize to all in the lab.
It has always amazed me how something so wonderful and fantastic can do such horrible things.
Not you, Loralee. The asparagus.
Adam’s last blog post..Taking the reins
I so used that one, and the one about seeing corn in your poop. Whatever works. It doesn’t have the same allure for girls.
witchypoo’s last blog post..More Free Stuff
I totally used that trick on my nephews once!! I think The Boy is maybe a little too young for that to work on him, but I’m saving it for a rainy day with him too!!!
Love it!
Jill (CDJ)’s last blog post..Whose crossing are you guarding?
My husband hates vegetables, he will only eat them because he is a “grown up” and knows they’re “good for him”.
But the smelly pee is THE reason why I can’t get him to eat asparagus at all.
Jill – GlossyVeneer’s last blog post..Wishful Thinking
Boys are so gross. lol
SparklieSunShine’s last blog post..Where the Sea is the Sky
so no one’s noticed the smell after eating sugar puffs then?
asparagus is super tasty! smell/green pee or no, i love the stuff…
Jonathan Merchant’s last blog post..The Prince(s) and the Peas
I am TOTALLY trying that!
Angella’s last blog post..Playdates Are For Grown-Ups Too
Genius!
Elizabeth’s last blog post..And my heart exploded
I’m rolling! That’s awesome! My kids eat it just because, but I would totally use the stinky pee line if they didn’t!!
Did you know that’s genetic? Not everyone’s ‘pee’ smells when they eat asparagus. I adore steamed and grilled asparagus. Yum.
rachel’s last blog post..Walk ‘Ku
ok. can i just say i thought you were kidding when you said it turned your pee green and smelly. i thought you lied to your sons. (and i was ok with that.) but now…reading all these comments…this is real? i am so totally trying it! bring on the asparagus! i want to see green smelly pee!
natalie’s last blog post..Something I learned recently.
oh…and i just read rachel’s comment a little more carefully and will be completely bummed if i am one of those who’s pee does not turn green and smelly. i so want to see that!
natalie’s last blog post..Something I learned recently.
We never had any of that stuff when I was a kid (too poor), but I love it now! Especially asparagus and Brussels sprouts! I think the key is to make your kids think that it’s something they can’t have. Tell them that they’re not allowed to east apples and suddenly, they’ll all go missing. It still works for me now. I know that I’m not allowed to walk on the weird grass outside of the insurance building downtown, but every single time I go by, I have to. It’s really odd grass. It looks like astroturf, but it’s real. How can you not walk on it?
Doug’s last blog post..Life is like a roll of toilet paper…
Now you see, you told a fib when the truth would have served just as well. Because asparagus will give you farts that people will REMEMBER. And there is little more valuable to a young lad than really smelly farts. Except for, maybe, really LOUD ones.
lceel’s last blog post..I can’t make up my mind
Asparagus doesn’t make my pee smelly, and it a little bit makes me sad…
Meg’s last blog post..Ugh