"You could grow potatoes behind your ears"

OMG, I did not realize you had posted this thread when I replied to your onion thread, LOL. I do not routinely inspect my son. However, if I walk by and it is noticeable with a casual glance, he is summarily made to go to the bathroom. It has been a while since I needed to do that, though.

Thank My lucky stars no nothing like that has happened to me but my ears were always cleaned and I still do out of habit...hugs littleowl

I am a shy person and was like that since I was a little girl I did spend time playing soccer with some boys, jumping robes, climbing trees etc but never that much time to play because there was always homework to do, courses to attend or videos to watch with my family I don't think I ever got something growing behind my ears hahaha honestly but if I did my parents would have found out

Hi ya pikef1sh It's funny you should say that because I was only just checking behind the ears of my boys only yesterday!! LOL

I was lucky as I was a good little girl who mostly played with her dolls & her invisible friends & not one to get dirty very often. It was my brother who could grow the taters behind his ears. That came in handy every time food got scarce & we had to have potato soup for dinner!!!

Daily exposure to dust because of playing is common among children. Yes, my mom did that too, but not exactly potatoes but camote (sweet potatoes)lol...and I also did that with my kids, until they were able to do it themselves. French fries is the favorite of my tot here with pop cola. Cheers. and Happy holidays.

LolAs much as I love French Fires I think I will pass on that. Well being a girl I didn't have that problem. But my brother did but our family always said hill of beans..instead of potatoes. But boys will be boys..and they need that play time..

I don't remember my mother checking behind my ears for potatoes. But I do it with my kids. I bathe my little one everyday....but my older one takes a bath on his own. So, one day in a week, I give him an oil massage and help him with his bath to make sure he hasn't missed any spots. With the amount of physical activities that my kids get involved in, I wouldn't be surprised to find potatoes behind their ears even with all this rigorous weekly bath!

you have reminded me to check on my children now.there are forever getting,how much ever i scrub them!!little pigs!!i wont be in the lest surprised,if one day i find a french fry on them!!

My mother did not speak English at all when we arrived here in Australia but she soon learnt to do so. One of our neighbours was a very nice refined English lady who soon told my mother what she was to look for when it came to children who lived in Australia. And yes "potato growing areas on a boy's body" was one of those things to be checked. lol So it was not very long before we had to line up for inspection on a daily basis to make sure we were clean and not growing potatoes! Initially from memory we used to be inspected after we had our bath but when we were found not to have cleaned our necks and ears properly, back to the bath again. Then this nice refined Egnlish lady told mum that we were wasting water if we had to have 2 baths so inspection took place BEFORE we were allowed out of the bath. When I got older I thought a lot about all that advice Mum received from our nice refined English neighbour. I soon realised that the area on the backs of our necks, as well as that behind and in our ears was not large enough to grow anything, especially potatoes (note the plural). As for wasting water, what a furphy that one was. Do you remember the old tin tubs? Well that was what we used for a bath for a number of years until my parents built their own home. Now on our home, one bath did all 4 of us boys and we got no extra water as each of us had a bath. When we were all bathed and clean enough to Mum's high standards, the water was put out onto the vegetabe garden. So no water was wasted in our home at any time. The water was put onto the garden not in an attempt to save water in itself but to save money as they had to pay for the water. Nothing like being poor migrants to a new country to learn all about recycling and ways to save some money.

My son's finger nails would make a pretty good seed bed, though I do have to stick my own hands in my pockets occassionally in polite company. When I notice, I pin him down and administer a nail brush but I've not yet had cause to worry to much about behind his ears. When I was a kid my father and other relatives were wont to find 'pennies' behind my ears rather than potatoes, something I'm disappointed to note that they no longer do.

I can only imagine the state that you would trundle in after a hard day playing!! I must admit my parents never looked behind our ears or necks. I haven't got any children to cant check them.

hehehe how about growing salad and spring uninion? seriously i will examined it before she is going to kinder garten.when i was a kid my mother did not complained about the dirt.she complained about my hair too tidy!

I'm sure I got a good inspecting behind the ears from time to time, I just don't remember it. I did have to check my son when he was younger though. If I didn't, he'd have an inch of dirt around his neck and behind both ears before I knew it.

Hahahahaha! That's funny, my parents never did that, but they always told me to wash well behind the ears, here and there. That's cure what you're mom told you. We, as children, always seem to be dirty when we go and play outside, right? Hahahaha. Thank you for your post, and happy myLotting. Pablo

I don't remember my mother looking for tuberous growths, but I do remember the cod liver oil she gave us each morning. Believe me, I wouldn't dream of putting anyone through that horror. Makes me shudder just thinking about it.

I used to be the same as a child, but then I was never in I was always out playing with my friends so I was always filthy dirty. My children never step foot out of the door so they do not get absolutely filthy!!

My mum and dad used to trot out a phrase 'eat a peck of dirt before you die'. I never really fancied that myself. Maybe it could have been used to grow those spuds.

I honestly don't remember if my mother looked for my vegetable garden or not and no, I don't look for my kids either. I wouldn't mind a french fry....are they seasoned?

When I was a kid my mother clean my ears nose and all of my body.I can't remember what she did to cool me.She is no more.Still I feel her touch.She lived our village home.When I used to come home to see her she cooked for me which I like most.In our country motherland is compared to mother.Mother tolerate everything of her child.Motherland(you say fatherland)is also like this.