Little Middle Finger

A young girl of about 5 was sitting on her two grandmothers’ laps on the train this morning.  As I'm standing right next to their seats I hear the girl say, “This is the finger I was holding in my jacket for you,” as she holds up her middle finger with bright pink nail polish. 

Grandmother #1 tells her that she shouldn’t use that finger—that she should use her index finger to point. So the little girl points her index finger to the sky but then quickly switches back to her middle finger and says, “But I like this one better because it’s funny!”  At this point, both grandmothers are trying to swallow their laughter.

Then, the little girl says to Grandmother #2, “Grandma, I just passed gas on your lap!”

The man standing next to me turns around and says, “For a second there, I thought my grandson was riding on the train.  Sounds like something he’d say!”

Grandmother #1 replies, “I guess kids really do say the darndest things.”