Yo Mama

So I step outside to take in some of this nice VA weather and I hear a ruckus. Several of the Whistle Gang are congregating and having a typical conversation. Now the age range of these gang members runs anywhere from 4 -11 or so. I try not to listen to their conversations as I don't like getting dragged into them, plus a grown man arguing with kids looks a bit ridiculous. But what I heard brought a smile to my face. Lil Mama (has to be 5 going on 27): yo head is so big. They all laugh as this is a very true statement BAHLAB aka Big Ass Head Little Ass Body: what you say (said with the look of a gangster at least 8 years old, he happens to be only 4) Lil Mama: I said yo head is so big (with a neck roll for emphasis) BAHLAB: (cracking a slick little Indian grin): YO MAMA. Wow that just happen, the ultimate reply to any insult. Said without a ounce of hesitation and a slight 4 year old Indian accent. I was so amused by the exchange I nearly got ran over in the chase that followed. It made me think "yo mama" is clearly the most dangerous statement you can make. The amount of anger that it can generate is simply amazing. I'm sure people have been literally removed from earth by the slight whisper of "yo mama" in the wrong direction. Is that we love our mothers so much that the thought of the insult that we just hurled being directed at our own mother would bring out primal rage? Or is it more of the fact that there isn't really a clever enough response to "yo mama" that things must now proceed to a physical altercation? Either way be careful when talking about people mothers. There's a four year old walking around out of breath with a bloody nose who just learned that the hard way. Holla

Hutch