Out of the mouth of babes

FranElizabeth
By FranElizabeth

I keep promising myself that I'm going to write down all the lovely malaprops and whitisms of both my own children and the ones I teach.

I never have got round to it and have forgotten many of the ridiculously funny things they have said or still say. You know those things you can't bear to correct as they're just too cute??

Wondering if any of you can share?
My favourite at the moment from mine is that you should never touch a Shark knife as it can cut you. Then you get a Slab. (Scab)..

Oh and we still call policemen the same name as we call monsters and dinosaurs: 'Heddaw'.. have no idea why, but it's stuck..

By FranElizabeth• 6 Jul 2008 21:05
FranElizabeth

That is truly lateral thinking:)

Same thing.. I was teasing one of the rugby lads from my form on the way into assembly the other day:

'Tuck your shirt in... you're looking good today.. you almost look like you've remembered your makeup.' He replied..'Haha, Miss, You don't.'

I'm also still chuckling. . ohhh, to be that quick:)

By heero_yuy2• 6 Jul 2008 20:57
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heero_yuy2

wish I can have a kid...but I need a wife first...

All I remember about a similar thing when I was a 2, my mom told me, that I read that 'notice' signboard as "not ice".

I know it doesn't look similar to what you all saying, but at least it's the 'thought' that counts. :)

"Everything in this book may be wrong." Illusions: The Adventures of The Reluctant Messiah by Richard Bach

By anonymous• 6 Jul 2008 10:22
anonymous

I was waiting in line at the Post Office with my sister and her daughter, who must have been about 3. One of the men waiting in line had a very large beer belly. My niece pointed and said.. loud enough for everyone to hear, of course.. "Mommy, that man is pregnant!"

By ossy• 6 Jul 2008 01:12
ossy

Last week I had one of the funniest answers to a maths question ever.

Q: what is the difference between a rectangle and a kite?

A: that the kite can fly and the rectangle can't!

I am still laughing. And it was a top set Year 7 kid.

My problem was that I was not sure whether to mark it right or wrong, as technically the answer is correct!!

The wonders of teaching...

ps: you all ready to go FranElizabeth?

By FranElizabeth• 6 Jul 2008 00:09
FranElizabeth

My daughter asked my Mum how old she was. My Mum answered: '59' to which my daughter looked aghast. 'Oh' she replied. 'That means you're going to die soon.'

Thankfully my mother has a sense of humour..:))

She also once told me that someone had told her in school that Santa wasn't real and that it was probably 'just her Grandad'. 'It's ok though,' she told me; 'I knew he was telling lies cos Grumpy (grandad) is much more fatter than Santa.'

By superdoc• 6 Jul 2008 00:06
superdoc

My son was 2-1/2 years then, i took him to toilet, he looked down at his privates and said, Dad, i think my pee is growing. Now i know when, kids grow their pee grows as well.

By JBH• 5 Jul 2008 16:46
JBH

When my daughter was about 5 or 6 years old we were all sitting down for Christmas dinner at the in-laws house.

There were about 10 of us and extended family and my Mother in Law was struggling to fit everyone round the table.

When my daughter was seated she shouted to her Nan;

"Nan. where is my fork 'n knife?"

Say it out loud and you will realise why it was funny coming from a little girl.

Call me Maninibat!

By brandylady• 5 Jul 2008 16:13
brandylady

we could all take a lesson from kids, they just tell it like it is :)

so innocent but funny

By anonymous• 5 Jul 2008 15:57
anonymous

Fran, when my son was about 4 or 5, I was scolding him for something, dont' even remember what. He just looked at me with his big chocolate-brown eyes and said......

...I like your hair.

Omg, typical male, huh? This one definitely inherited his dad's Egyptian charm, LOL.

The scolding kinda goes out the window when mom is laughing her a$s off!!!

By FranElizabeth• 5 Jul 2008 10:48
FranElizabeth

My twins were asking questions about their father one morning when my little girl asked how Daddy and I had made them. As I was staring into space in baffled exasperation, her brother replied:

'(Sigh) It's a looooong story and Mummy needs coffee'.

(lol- they're only SIX!!)

By brandylady• 5 Jul 2008 07:43
Rating: 2/5
brandylady

was asking my Mum about the facts of life etc, so she sat him down and explained the birds and bees to him, when she had finished she asked him if he was ok, his response was "Ugh!!! you and dad must have done that 6 times!!!!"

By superdoc• 5 Jul 2008 07:36
superdoc

i write it all in my blog (on another site)

By britexpat• 5 Jul 2008 01:49
Rating: 2/5
britexpat

I rememeber one from a sports commentator yaers ago.. I'm not sure who it was..

He said "The guy is going up and down like a metronome."

By FranElizabeth• 5 Jul 2008 01:11
FranElizabeth

Rumpelstilskin: Heddaw.

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