"Steve ain't fun"

This title is a funny saying. It's what my little boys would blurt out harmoniously given some certain circumstance that I couldn't figure out. We'd be playing soccer and someone would be tearing after the ball..in unison the boys would yell out "Steve ain't fun". I would stop and look at them quizzically. What the heck are you boys talking about. Who's Steve??? The 2 little boys would just look at each other, snicker and then say it again. For weeks this went on. I was clueless. Finally, my oldest son said it. Or, kind of said it with them. However, he doesn't have the preschooler lisp and slurs...He said "Steve ate Vern". Suddenly weeks of playing street soccer made sense. Almost too quickly I recalled all the instances of the "Steve ain't fun" incidences. It almost made me fall down from laughing so hard.

Well, it seems that every time the ball went slamming into this over sized bush on the corner, the yelling of "Steve ain't fun" proceeded from their mouths. A German war camp sized light bulb went off in my head. (Of course, it took someone with a clear dialect to help me) There is a video that we have called "Over the Hedge". There is a scene where the group of animals (led by Vern) find this huge hedge. Of course, they don't know what it is so they name the hedge Steve. Vern, being the leader is examining the huge bush when he falls into the bush. With the appearance that the hedge (aka Steve) swallowed Vern whole, the other animals yell out "Steve ate Vern!". Obviously, my boys mixed up what they said a bit...But, thinking about it...if the little animals yelled "Steve ain't fun" after their leader was swallowed up..."Steve ain't fun" would also fit.

So, of course, whenever you are playing soccer and the ball bounces into a bush everyone 7 and under should yell, "Steve ain't fun". I know I will from now on.