Pee Mystery

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'Tongbian' is a Chinese word that means "the urine of boys under age 12."  I'm a girl, so maybe you can tell me: what's so special about boy's pee that it deserves its own word?

Comments

Mindy Brown said…
It probably has something to do with the fact that until age 12, the pee is usually all over the toilet seat!
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Matt said…
Hmmm...I was gonna say because you can do it in public and it's still cute and not disorderly conduct.

Of course, being China that standard could be different.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Marianne said…
I consider myself very well acquainted with little boy pee. And I agree with Mindy- the only difference is that is never seems to end up where it is supposed to.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
mjfoster77 said…
You are all wrong; the Chinese are all about quantity (look how many people they have over there for B*****'s sake!); this is simply what happens when you have too many words and not enough things to use them on.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Rebecca Foster said…
Matt, all kids here can do it.

Micah, not enough words is the problem! Every word means about 100 things. Ask David.

Mindy/Marianne, I trust you both on this. Either that or it has magic properties. Your explanation is more likely.
Sunday, April 19, 2009
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