An Ending of an Era.....

Another stage of my life has officially ended. I can no longer watch shows with "innuendos" and expect the kids to stare blankly at the screen in total ignorance. This realization dawned on me the other night when I was indulging my occasional guilty pleasure of watching the Simpsons.
What? Sometimes it is real funny!
Well, there were a few comments made by some characters in the show (that I was grinning at out of the corner of my mouth) when I noticed a veiled snicker coming from somewhere to the left of my person. Knowing that couch cushions do not snicker, I turned my head to discover the source of my distraction and noticed Clayton staring at the screen in quite the opposite of "total ignorance". In fact it was more of an embarrassed laugh. Warily, I asked him what he was laughing at. He then proceeded to explain the entire joke to me, while continuing to suppress giggles and constantly shrugging his right shoulder (those that know Clayton will remember that he has several noticeable habits; one of which happens to be a disconcerting shoulder shrug that gets noticeably worse if he is nervous).
After being tutored in the subject of "adult cartoon humor" by my 8 year old son, I promptly turned off the TV and told him it was time to do something else, preferably singing church songs or some other agenda that would scrub his brain innocent again..... Luckily Heather was not in the room and I was able to sweep the whole situation "under the rug" so to speak. The Simpsons have yet to make another appearance in our home, and are likely banned for the remainder of their primetime lives. Which if their past and current success is any indication, could be the next 40 years. Can you hear Taps being played in the distance?