My son's first swear word.

There exists an anti-Disney bias in our house, mostly perpetuated by me. In the great Warner Bros. vs. Disney debate, I come down firmly on the side of Bugs Bunny, Yosemite Sam, Wile E. Coyote et al. (Although if I never saw a Tweety Bird cartoon again, it'd still be too soon.) I have little use for most of the cartoon characters that Disney created. I like screwball humor; I don't like "cute," and as such, I have a preference for "Merrie Melodies" over "Silly Symphonies."

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Tonight, one of my tasks upon getting home was to go upstairs, bring down about 6 rolls of wrapping paper and various other yuletide detritus. I managed to bring it all down in one trip, and Son was there to help once I got to the bottom of the stairs. We tossed it all in the recliner, and I came into the office to do some work.

I didn't notice this at the time I brought it down, but one of the unopened rolls of wrapping paper, much to my eternal chagrin, had a Disney Christmas motif on it, upon which the various WD characters were posed in various Christmas scenes. I suppose it got picked up by accident at a past day-after-Christmas sale, at which you can pick up wrapping paper and other gifting items for pennies on the dollar.

Son brings me the roll of Disney wrapping paper, points to a character on it and says, "Mee Mouse?"

"Mickey Mouse?" I said to him.

He nodded happily.

"WHERE DID YOU LEARN TO SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT?"