What a great dad!

When my son was a little guy, he came to me with his hand over his nose, complaining that it hurt. There was something hard in one nostril that hurt him when I palpated it, and he finally admitted that it was the cap of a Bic pen.

Of course, I had to know why on earth he'd shove a pen cap up his nose. His answer: "I wanted to see how far it would go."

It took an ER visit to get it out, the doctor thought it was hysterical, and my boy was so embarrassed that he never put anything up his nose ever again.

That is reminiscent of a night a few years ago when my son called out in the middle of the night to my wife and I to proclaim that he had a purple boogie stuck in his nose. My immediate response was “Son, don’t be ridiculous and go back to bed”...boy was I surprised when he blew his nose and a round purple LEGO shot out of his nose!

....was my dad had to take a neighbor and his son to the ER. It seems the kid had cut his toenails, then shoved them up his nose. I never knew what his name was....but he was always called "Toenail Joe" when my parents told that story!

That made me smile.

Trust me, I know.