Andy Griffiths orientates his readers with the acceptable literary phrasing, "This is my story. It really happened. It's all true." These first words read upon opening a copy of "The Day My Bum Went Psycho" lead children to believe that the story links to reality. A story of deranged, maniacal bums detaching themselves from their owners, and running away in an attempt of world domination... or 'bummification' as Griffiths has expressed it, transfers to reality …showed first 75 words of 750 total…

…showed last 75 words of 750 total…of literary genius. This will be our tomorrow, unless someone prevents it today. For now though, I must bitterly and tragically rejoin the population as a victim of pop culture. What else is a teenager to do? Before I do though, I must leave you with this thought, the threat of a possible tomorrow... it may not be long before teenagers greet each other in ways such as "May your bum be with you always."