Deaf Firefighter’s Blog

I know many of us deaf parents have funny stories relating to their hearing kids. Heck, all you gotta do is watch the Olson Brothers to see the other side of that equation.

So in the comments section below (or your own blog posting), why don’t you share your funny stories where deaf parents and hearing kids create hilarious stories that are told every time the “kid stories” come out.

In the interest of breaking the ice:

One of my favorite musicians is Eric Clapton and many of his older songs can be found on my iPod and the CD in my car. When my oldest son was about 4 and his brother was 2, I was playing a mix CD in the car. Generally, I’m pretty aware of what song is playing and when one particular song came on, I’d just skip that song or jump to the next one.

This day, I wasn’t really paying attention and I let the song play for a good 2 minutes before I realized it was on. So I went ahead and pressed the “next” button on the radio. My older son immediately started waving and let me know he wasn’t happy with my decision to change the song upon which hilarity ensued.

The song? Clapton’s “Cocaine”.

My son’s comment? “Daddy, I want more Cocaine!”

———————

Just so everyone understands: the song was intended to be a anti-drug song (see the linked wikipedia article) but I usually skipped it over because I had visions in my head of the kid singing “cocaine” at school.

Anyway: Deafread is so damn serious these days and needs some lightning up. So let’s see what your funny stories are and share them in the comments (or create your own blog entry and trackback to this one).