Why duty is funny

I have to explain the difference between "but" and "butt". I have also told my kids that it is the funniest word in the English language. I remember when I was with one of my friends and we said the word and cracked up for like 30 minutes about "duty.

My husband said it's a word used in the northeast. Other teachers would pop in to laugh about me explaining "wood eating beavers. I've never had a student giggle at that word. Recently, however, my class broke out laughing when I read the word "pampered". It struck me as funny for some reason - it was about the way it sounded in the sentence, I think.

BTW the students thought I was insane. I'm dying laughing Maybe it is a southern thing. We say duty all the time and it sound like doodie. I actually had a professor in college who cracked up at the word.

I don't know if anyone else watches the office, but I have a lot of "That's what she said" moments. I just say it to myself and keep on rolling. It's the little things that get us through our stressful days. The balls statement is funny, too! It reminds me of the phrase I've yelled and others I've seen posted here have too at recess, "Hold your balls! She stood just outside the door to the restroom and yelled "Boys, stop playing with your balls in there! Some mornings I will tell them that I am in a hurry because I have bus duty and they crack up and say "You just said duty".

A couple of years ago a student was telling me that her dad was "immature. I thought that was so funny! I agree. Must be a regional thing.

I couldn't figure this post out either. I also cringe at: climax story and Moby Dick always in films and books. I had to do this, too. Duty isn't a problem here.

I changed the subject. Huskermom's , PM I am laughing so hard, I can hardly type this! I so needed that, thanks for sharing! And we used to have a practice passage for our state test about sperm whales.

I'll never read that one again!! I'm not a fan of articles with animals mating either. You can definitely tell who has older siblings in my class!!

I look forward to the end of the first day of school every year when I announce to a group of fifth graders, "Okay, guys let's go, I've got duty on the steps! I also had a "balls" incident today. I teach 5th, but in the mornings a 2nd grader comes in to work on one of my computers for an intervention program.

Today he shouted across my room full of quiet and busy 5th graders SnackNapRead - your mouse has no balls! Sure enough, the mouse had lost the little tracking ball that belongs under it. It took almost 15 minutes to get them to recover.

I have to admit that I was laughing, too. The 2nd grader seem mystified. We teach Idaho history and a large part of that is Lewis and Clark. The name of the Newfoundland dog that they took along their journey was Seaman. We when get to this page in our book, I teach quickly and move on!!

Had to say spheres! I taught 5th grade this year and had trouble using "duty" and "balls" with them as well. I also have another funny balls story to add to the discussion. We have a male teacher on our 4th grade team and he said one day when going out to recess, "Don't worry, I brought the balls today We couldn't stop laughing about that all day!! Every time I said the word "hail" you could hear someone whisper "she said a bad word.

I teach 4th grade so you know how they find everything hilarious Although you know I was busting a gut about it later! They die laughing when we get to the line that Scrooge says, "He was very much attached to me was Dick. Poor Dick. Dear, dear. Most of the boys are on the floor they are laughing so hard. I try to hold it in, but it is very funny. One year a girl said, "I don't get what is so funny. Since I teach the same thing four times a day, I can count it down to this part and it never fails.

They always laugh! These posts have made me laugh hysterically. I even shared them with my 2 teenage children. Our favorite is the one about the bouncy balls. Since I teach ESE, my students don"t get this type of stuff. Thanks for sharing these stories, I totally enjoyed them. The balls are an issue and we have to be creative in phrasing the hold on to those balls. But the story in our school that cracks everyone up is the day the gym teacher taught the Kinders to do push ups.

When he was finished explaining what to do one little guy said Mr. M now I know what my dad was doing with my mom last night! I needed the laugh!!!! Well in no time we were in stitches. Apparently some things cross borders, or maybe we are all just exhausted.

As a science teacher, I do a unit with 2nd grade on properties of matter. There's a kid in every class who has to point out that passing gas is a gas when I ask for examples. I was at a school once where the kids kept stealing the mouse balls from the computer lab, and all the teachers cracked up every time we talked about it. Once in a while I'll say something and the kids giggle and I don't even know why! I have to google it later to find out what I accidentally said! I have a set of animal alphabet stamps that I'm going to use for organizing my books, but the animal for B is beaver, so that one's out.

S is snake- do you think they'll make issue of that? I've never been one for potty humor, but spending innumerable hours with year olds definitely keeps you young The last week of school during an analogy activity, one of my students compared Icarus to Rep. Weiner and I had to help 2 of my boys off of the floor. Just when things had settled back down, one of my more serious students indignantly asked, "How in the world did he get people to vote for him with a name like that?

That evening when I shared this story with my husband, he was brought to tears and still chuckles each time a news story appears. A few of my students were looking through one of our classroom library books.

They came running up to my desk in such a panic. Teacher, Ms. Teacher, there's a bad word in this book! They really thought the page was about something perverse.

It took everything I had in me not to die laughing at them. Post as a guest or become a member today. New members welcome! Join the conversation! Post now as a guest or become a member today. Welcome Teachers! Sign Up for your free ProTeacher account. This isn't a vent, but I wasn't sure where to put it. There is a reason I teach 5th grade!

We recently covered the unit about Civic duty, and seriously everytime the kiddos and I died laughing!!! This must be a regional thing. I am really sorry That is so funny that you posted this. Doody as in poop. I never thought anything of it until a couple of years ago when my whole class I teach K would crack up when I said I had recess duty.

I have to say , PM. This is the first year that I couldn't talk about balls I actually laughed out loud reading your post My two boys still , PM. Mme Escargot. Earlier this year, my 8 year-old had to write alliterative sentences with his spelling words, and "duty" was one of the words. Last edited by Mme Escargot; at PM.. Reason: Typo. Duty will always be a funny word to me. Duty , AM. I am a sub and when I have recess duty, very often I will have a kid call me "duty" when they need something or have a question on the playground.

And I too laugh at the words duty and balls. Learn4Life , AM. I've always had the same problem with the word but. Dooty was not a word used in my home growing up so it wasn't a big dal to me. It IS a funny word.

I've never heard the word "doody" so using the word "duty" doesn't seem funny to me. I do laugh every time I say it. I think it's regional Caddyshack , AM. Remember the hilarious movie "Caddyshack"? I had to , AM. I'm also guessing it's a regional thing. One time, one of my students was reading aloud and came to a sentence about "crepes," and the student said "creepy" instead of "crepes," and I busted out laughing and couldnt stop.

I could not understand anything funny about duty because around here most people pronounce it dew-tee. Loving these responses! I laugh every time , PM. I say it, too! Balls, Balls, Balls , PM. We were just talking about using the word 'balls" at school yesterday and one teacher told the story of the time she heard a group of boys bouncing basketballs in the boys restroom during recess.

Love this post , PM. My daughters crack up whenever I say that word! Words , PM. Yes, 5th graders laught at the word, among many don't even read a story with the word nuts, or balls in it! Peaches Pears. Duty isn't a problem, but: I always ask the boys to hold their playground equipment when they bounce the balls in the halls Off of "duty" but on the visualization bit , PM. Huskermom's , PM. I am laughing so hard, I can hardly type this!

I teach fourth grade , PM. My kids don't find duty funny, but they get a kick out of nuts and balls. So I'm not the only one , PM. So funny Mastershake I'm 43 and have been teaching for seventeen years.

Balls , PM. My kids go bonkers every single afternoon when the announcements come on and they say: "Patrols are dismissed and teachers who have DUTY are now dismissed. I'm a 4th grade teacher in Idaho , PM. I love this post, not sure why, maybe because it is the end of the school year and I can look back fondly on our funny experiences with words Yep - when I taught 5th grade I couldn't use that word either.

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