There's an exhibit making it's way around the country. It's called Grossology: The (Impolite) Science of the Human Body. It just so happens that we're all big nerds here at Chez Dada, and we think an afternoon at our local natural history museum is an afternoon well spent. And when we can combine the intellectual satisfaction of learning with our less refined enjoyment of boogers, pimples, burps, farts and other disgusting functions of the human body?
It is nirvana, my friends.
Grossology is an interactive exhibit that invites, nay, dares visitors to revel in things they normally revile. Want to see what happens inside your body when you vomit? Well, kid, step right over here to the Vomit Center and move this lever while your brother turns this wheel! When you're done with that, come right over here and smell these smells! We'll play a little game--you smell it, and then tell me where the smell originated: anus, armpit, foot, or mouth!
There was much giggling between Gus and me, when we were trying to decide who would smell the butt scent. We finally roped Dashing Husband into doing it. Hilarious! Shenanigans! Anus!
There was a pinball machine emblazoned with large intestines and the name "GAS ATTACK!" You scored points by "eating" gas-producing foods. Cabbage points were very important! Not that I know why <ahem>.
Our favorite exhibit was called "Toot Toot." I bet you can't guess what THAT was about! There was this crazy air-blowing little machine that let you explore the physics of gas. Oh, the tooting and the rolling about and giggling!
"Physics, schmizicks!" said Gus. "I am making a hilarious and ridiculously loud fart noise!" Even better than the noise was the fact that his mother condoned and even encouraged him to behave this way.
The kids also got "digested" by entering the mouth, sliding down the esophagus, rolling around in the stomach and exiting the rectum. Who among you has a picture of their child exiting a giant rectum replica? Yep. This one's going in the display.
Later, we all took a turn at shooting "germs" (ping-pong balls) into a pair of giant nostrils that would let loose with a humongous sneeze and shoot "boogers" every few minutes. We tried our hands at Urine: The Game, which involved filtering the waste products out of the bloodstream and into the urine.
We ended our tour with a brief game of Operation. Dr. Will saved this man's life by removing all of his internal organs just in the nick of time.
Superbaby was impressed.
You should go.
we are SO excited about going! it's on the calendar for next weekend. awesome!
Posted by: mamadaisy | October 04, 2008 at 06:35 AM
Hey, will that still be there when we come down later this month cause that looks right up my alley!
Posted by: Jac | October 04, 2008 at 11:47 AM