Out of the mouths of babes

Truly enormous lady approaching us in the street as I was wheeling 3 year old along. I prayed that she would refrain from comment....however: "Mummy, why has that lady got no knees?"

my daughter at two was obsessed with big girl pants ,when she was being potty trained,I lost count of the number of skirts she attempted to look up ,one day in the chemist she succeeded and her dad was very embarrassed but at least she piped up with "Nice knickers "to the assistant so at least he didn't get blamed

paddyann that is hilarious.

Over the years the children i my classes have told me so many family secrets, and as we all lived on military bases i knew their parents which made it worse, i know the Dad who wore mummy's dresses, i know where most Mummies kept their wine and the letters they hid from their Husbands, and which Husbands were in trouble for scratching their bits in public, calling their bosses rude names and which ones went to the bookies and left the children outside with sweeties

I don't understand why the father of the child in Paddyann's story would/might have been blamed...

The poor smelly lady may have had a continence problem rather than not washing her bottom as the OP discusses. She may have a stoma or any array of things causing problems. My cousin has ESRF and smells but there is nothing anyone can do apart from donating a new kidney.

Where do you live slutty that has so many smelly bottoms?

I live in London and also a frequent traveller but rarely come across fellow passengers with 'a pungent odour'.

Yesterday we (dds dgds and me) went to the theatre to see a modern musical.

As we were going out one of my dgds (aged 8, who has recently started acting lessons) spotted one of the cast in the foyer. She went up to this chap (a short fat actor of about 50 who had played several character parts) and said to him "you were brilliant"

He was bouyed up by her appreciation and I was very proud of her.

grannypiper, your post gave me a good chuckle ??.

A few years ago I was with my granddaughter, then aged 3. We passed a gentleman who said hello, granddaughter said In a loud voice"he should have washed his face before he came out, it's very dirty" the gentleman was Jamaican and lived on the next street to me.

I live in Southampton, riverwalk, and I must say that this problem has been a recent one. Maybe it's because the water rates here are so high - I pay as much for water as I do for electricity, so showers are as brief as possible. Maybe some people don't wash at all!
Izabella I did mention that I understand and sympathise with the fact that some people have problems which interfere with their personal hygiene - I'm not a complete arse!

I dunno. You never know what folk are going through.. depression? Loss of a loved one? Sometimes washing your bottom just doesn't seem that important, I guess?