Mama Diaries

Thursday, May 14, 2015

Doing the Whip

The other day, I caught my daughter doing something very strange. She was standing, with her knees  bent, her arm extended in front of her, bouncing.

I watched her for two seconds. "What the heck are you doing?" I asked.

"The Whip," she explained.

"The what?"

"The Whip. It's a dance we all do in school. We had a flash mob doing it today."

"This is what you do in school?"

She nodded. "Do you want to know how to do it?"

I wasn't sure I did, but I figured if I knew how, it would make me slightly cooler than I already am.

She demonstrated. "Stand with your legs apart and knees bent. Then pull your arm back and thrust it straight out. Bounce and move your arm slowly to the side."

I did it.

She laughed. "Mom, you look silly!"

"Girlfriend, I think anyone doing this would look silly!" I retorted. "Even the Macarena was better than this!"

She wasn't sure about that.

So, ladies and gentlemen, if you want to be cool, learn the latest dance that the youth of our nation are doing. Here's a demonstration by some fine costumed individuals:

 
Note:  The lyrics of the tune they dance to, are not exactly "G" rated, so if profanity bothers you, don't watch!

44 comments:

  1. That's hilarious (I had a video with one "bad word" today, too...ha ha).

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    1. I searched everywhere for a Whip video without profanity. There wasn't one. This was the least offensive one.

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  2. That's hilarious (I had a video with one "bad word" today, too...ha ha).

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  3. Bugs as we've never seen or heard him before!
    Sorry, this dude doesn't dance.

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  4. Couldn't watch the vid. But hope you didn't injure yourself trying this. My daughters used to do moves that felt like the game of twister to me.

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    1. No. This is pretty tame. Twister on the other hand. . . :)

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  5. This cheered me up, here the weather is cold rainy and blowy.
    Must go and have amother look.
    Yvonne.

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  6. Haha... I would be considered to be even more uncool than I am already... at least to teens... lol xox ♡

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    1. It's pretty hard to be considered cool by tweens and teens!

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  7. I wish we had flash mobs here.... but we're too sad for dancing...

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    1. Too bad. Maybe we should bring some of our American flash mobs to inspire y'all.

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  8. I would injure my knees and perhaps some other body parts. I'll confine myself to a gentle twist and the swim.

    Love,
    Janie

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  9. Hello Kitty's head isn't on straight. HAHA! I wouldn't be able to do that dance, but I can do the Macarena. :D

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  10. I love the characters doing this and thanks for keeping us updated with the trends. I'm so lost. This is such a workout, it reminds me a squats. haha...I do prefer Gangnam Style over this. :))

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    1. I don't know what I'm going to do once my kids are adults. I won't have a clue about the trends!

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  11. Yep. Safe to say EVERYONE looks silly doing The Whip.

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  12. Hmm, I think I'll pass on the whip

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  13. I'm not sure about that dance. Baby Ruth (3) does the cutest little dance to Meagan Trainer's "All About that Bass". First she starts rocking on her heels and then she starts adding in some booty shake and arm movements. She's in that stage where you pull out the camera and she stops. I'd love to get a video of her and post it!

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  14. I guess every generation has something that makes them different for the previous generation. LOL

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    1. True. This generation seems to have a lot of odd stuff!

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    1. No. There's no way you're going to see me doing the Whip! I have to maintain some dignity. ;0)

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    2. Hahahaha, I love blogging. Cracks me up.

      You have a great weekend. Cheers and boogie boogie.

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  16. I am freshen by the video. Thanks for uploading mam.

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  17. What we learn from our children... but I am sure my grandparents felt the same about the twist.

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    1. At least the music for the twist wasn't offensive!

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  18. Thank goodness I don't dance. I'll never be cool but I'm okay with that!

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  19. Goodness, this is so funny! I'm not really in tune with the latest teen dances and certainly didn't know about this.

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    1. It's hard to keep up with the latest teen fads.

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  20. Sounds like they're pretending to ride a horse!

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  21. I agree with Susan that it looks like they're pretending to ride a horse. I can only imagine what crazy dance crazes they'll have when my little guy is in school. I'm a little afraid!

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    1. Haha! No. This is an easy dance. I'm sure you'd be fine!

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