Post by ninjanaco on Aug 17, 2007 12:55:33 GMT -5
TPTB's not-quite funny attempts to get semi-adult Ron into absorbent undergarments (at least one of which [Nursery Crimes] succeeded) got me to thinking, and that thinking led me to a conclusion: if you need to diaper any of the main characters besides Hana, then the most plausible candidates would be the tweebs.
Why the tweebs? Well, their ages on the show (10-13ish) seems to be the upper limit for bedwetting, and the two boys needing to wear something at night, it seems to me, is much more plausible than Ron not being toilet trained until he was a teen. (True, the tweebs did go to at least one sleepover, as noted in "Steal Wheels," but there's products designed to hide under pants and PJs, so the other slumber partyers won't notice.)
Of course, there are points raised against this possibility. Given the torment they like to give her, it seems Kim would use the tweeb's "condition" as something like an ultimate trump card ("Embarass me again and I'll tell everyone what you wear at night!"); however, that very possibility may have prompted the Drs. P. to promise Kim to keep said "card" a secret. Also, given that the Possible parents consist of a rocket scientist and a brain surgeon, it seems more like them to find a more medicinal treatment for bedwetting. (Though if the tweebs became incontinent due to some experiment gone awry...)
Of course, there's no evidence that can be raised toward's this thread's thesis, a thesis that covers a very minor issue. But still, discuss, discuss, discuss!
Why the tweebs? Well, their ages on the show (10-13ish) seems to be the upper limit for bedwetting, and the two boys needing to wear something at night, it seems to me, is much more plausible than Ron not being toilet trained until he was a teen. (True, the tweebs did go to at least one sleepover, as noted in "Steal Wheels," but there's products designed to hide under pants and PJs, so the other slumber partyers won't notice.)
Of course, there are points raised against this possibility. Given the torment they like to give her, it seems Kim would use the tweeb's "condition" as something like an ultimate trump card ("Embarass me again and I'll tell everyone what you wear at night!"); however, that very possibility may have prompted the Drs. P. to promise Kim to keep said "card" a secret. Also, given that the Possible parents consist of a rocket scientist and a brain surgeon, it seems more like them to find a more medicinal treatment for bedwetting. (Though if the tweebs became incontinent due to some experiment gone awry...)
Of course, there's no evidence that can be raised toward's this thread's thesis, a thesis that covers a very minor issue. But still, discuss, discuss, discuss!
