On SONGS TO CHEW today we'll check out "Let's Go On Safari, Into My Sister's Nose".  As a performer, if I want to get kids' attention, I just have to mention "boogers" or "underwear", and they'll start laughin'!  It never fails!  This is a great song to let our imaginations run wild, and it also gives us a chance to think about 'teasing'.  Teasing is "playing with someone else's pain without their permission."  When we make fun of someone, about something embarrassing they've done or some characteristic they have, it can really hurt.  I think it's okay if friends tease each other, because there's a caring relationship that exists.  If we go too far, they can say,  "C'mon, that's not funny for me right now.  It still hurts."  Our response hopefully would be, "Okay, yeah, that was too much.  I'm sorry.  I won't do that again."  Often our excuse is, "I wouldn't tease you if I didn't 'like' you."  And the response to that is: "If you like me so much, why don't you just tell me, instead of teasing me."  It's easier for us 'guys' to tease someone than it is to reveal our real feelings.  Hopefully we can change some of that and be more careful about 'playing with other people's pain'.  I'll be back next week with another song. Bye for now!

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