'You Blame Your Farts on the Children': Little Girl Writes Brutal Christmas Card to Teacher

A little girl in Worthing, England, chose a different approach to the traditional Christmas wishes when she wrote a card pointing out that a teacher was blaming his flatulence on children in his class.

Sally Parkes could not stop laughing when she found out that her daughter Rosalie, who was writing to all her teachers that she “loves them very much,” displayed brutal honesty with one instructor.

The video, recorded by Parkes, shows the five-year-old reading out loud, “You blame your farts on the children.”

Parkes told Storyful that Rosalie’s sister, Bonnie, had told her that her teacher was blaming his gas on the children in the class.

“As I am an anatomy, yoga, and Pilates teacher, we are quite open about bodily functions in our household,” Parkes said. “So Rosalie didn’t think there was a problem pointing this out about Bonnie’s teacher via a Christmas card to him.”

Parkes said that the family never gave the card to the teacher. “But now I wish we had, as I think he would find all of this pretty funny!!” she said. Credit: Sally Parkes via Storyful

Video transcript

- Rosie, what is that you're writing to a teacher? What does that say?

- You blame your farts on the children--

- And--

- --at school.

--why are you writing that to a teacher?

- Rosie, that's rude!

- [LAUGHS]

- Oh. Mistake.

- [LAUGHS]

- Not doing that card. Not doing that card! That little donkey card, I'm not going to do that. I'm not going to do that.

- What did you get that from? Why did you think of that?

- Because he-- Bonnie's teacher actually does.

- No he doesn't.

- You said.

- I did not!

- The other day, you said--

- I didn't.

- [LAUGHS]

- Rosie, what is that you're writing to a teacher? What does that say?

- You blame your farts on the children--

- And--

- --at school.

- --why are you writing that to a teacher?

- Rosie, that's rude!

- [LAUGHS]

- Oh.

- [LAUGHS]

- Mistake.

- [LAUGHS]

- Not doing that card.

- [LAUGHS]

- Not doing that card! That little donkey card-- I'm not going to do that.

- [LAUGHS]

- I'm not going to do that.

- What did you get that from? Why did you think of that? [LAUGHS]

- Because he-- Bonnie's teacher actually does.

- No he doesn't!

- You said.

- I did not!

- The other day said--

- I didn't.

- [LAUGHS] [SNORTS]