| Out of the mouths of babes |
| LDunlop76 | Let's have a cheery topic for a change! Many of us on this forum are parents and we've all been kids once. How about some reminiscences of the daft things kids have said or done?
When our eldest was about two and a half, he said he had a pain in his leg. I asked where in his leg and he replied "my knee-pit". Now there's a word never used before (to my knowledge anyway), but you know exactly where he meant. Aren't kids inventive with language? [:)]
I've just been into the bathroom where our 12 year old was in the shower to enquire whether she wanted help drying her long hair. And there she was, sitting cross-legged in the shower tray, playing like a toddler - daft bat! [:o)] (And yes, it is turned 6pm - this is the time nearly-teens decide to get dressed in the school hols! [:0]) |
| rocketmanjohn | I asked my eccentric grandson [he's 8] why he was goofing around so much and generally making a nuisance of himself. He replied that his brain needed tightening. I was stumped at that one until I realised he'd heard me telling his dad that I thought he had a loose screw.
John |
| noel | When my kids were young my wife and I took them to the north Devon Coast for a short holiday. On returning I overheard my then 4 years old son Stewart talking to friend. "Where have you been" asked the friend to which Stewart replied "His head." I pondered this for a while till realising he thought "Minehead" was "My head." |
| Hayleypink | rofl!!! |
| LDunlop76 | Loose screw.......Minehead......
ROFL! |
| rocketmanjohn | I was telling my grandson, John, that I had to go to Detroit on company business, he looked a bit puzzled and asked me "what's a 'Troit' grandpa?"
John |
| LDunlop76 | My sister was once rather disgruntled following a telling off from our Dad so she announced "Right, for that I'm going to walk downstairs backwards with my legs crossed!" I think she thought he would be so horrified at the thought of her completing such a dangerous task that he would cave in. What actually happened was we all stood round to watch her try it! [:o)]
When I was a toddler I had been staying overnight at my grandparents' house in the next street. For some reason my Grandad was in a hurry to return me home (I think a new brother had arrived, so I would have been 2) and asked me to walk faster en route home, to which I replied "I can't - you've put both my legs down the same trouser leg!" Can't you just visualise it? - me waddling along both legs effectively tied together![:)] |
| Martin | This topic makes me want to start a thread of Hayleys sayings! |
| noel | I'm still laughing at Linda with both legs stuck trying to walk, but go on Martin, we are all eyes ( sez he who once called that country and western lady with the big boobs "Dorothy Perkins". And that world famous Ice champions Orville and Dean.) |
| Caroline | When my son was about two, he asked me about a certain parts of his anatomy he'd discovered . I gave an explanation, telling him the medical and colloquial terms. Later on, when he was playing with his farm set he exclaimed '' Look! Daddy bull got testiballs!!!''
( I hope he doesn't read this!) |
| Kath smith | My now 9 year old son was being a little sh~~ one day when he was about 3, 'what are you doing?' I yelled as he poured blackcurrant juice all over the carpet and made patterns with it,
'Driving you mad' he replied.
He also got facinated by his nether regions and saw my husband in the shower, 'Look mum quick come and look dad's got seaweed on his w#lly!'
My 13 year old daughter is currently finding out that little brothers are a pain, she is also going through a lot of 'boyfriends' you know the friends who happen to be male sort not the real thing,( and I am a Dutch woman) Little brother sat in the car the other week as we took a mixed group of her friends to a party and asked ' Which one of you guys is going to be L's next boyfriend?'
When she was 6 she saw some horses doing the deed in a field and asked what they were doing, as kids do 'Mating' was the reply her gran gave. 'Oh, it looks like they are having sex to me' Where to look I knew not, my mother in law was mortified.
And to show I am not too proud, my own little faux pas was when my Dad was taking the collecting plate round at Church one Sunday I was about 4 years old and had been told if I was good i could have some sweets after Mass, 'Bloody hell mum I'll get loads of sweets now' I shouted.
My sister in law just had a baby, before it was born my 2 1/2 year old niece went round telling everyone that she was getting a girl or a brother. (It is a brother, he's not like us girls cos he's not got long hair)
My daughter didn't want to go on holiday when she was little because she thought we said Heaven when we said Devon |
| LDunlop76 | I'm really enjoying the posts on this thread! LOL! Go on, Martin - so start a Hayley topic. Will it be like "Coleman Balls" - the mis-sayings of David Coleman? [;)]
When son & heir was about 6, he called his dad a w*nker! When asked where he'd picked up such a word, he replied, "Mummy says it when she's driving!" [:I] Ooops! And to think I thought he wasn't listening! [:o)] |
| noel | My wife said on Saturday, "I'll go swimming tomorrow if I get up."
I said "what the hell do you mean "if I get up", are you thinking of lieing in bed for 24 hours?"
"Oh you are pedantic " she said, "you know what I mean, if I get up early!!" Gentlemen, is my logic logical or what?
She asked me to build one of those wooden structures that leans against the house and you hang plants on, "you know, a placebo".
Sheeesh I give up. |
| William R | Noel, Don`t you just ask for it! Glad to see the lady has you where she wants you! William R. |
| Martin | quote:
Originally posted by LDunlop76
I'm really enjoying the posts on this thread! LOL! Go on, Martin - so start a Hayley topic. Will it be like "Coleman Balls" - the mis-sayings of David Coleman? [;)]
Hayley has a photo album with some of her sayings in it...I'll see if I can sneak it out when I'm in Kent again[;)] |
| Hayleypink | i will deny it. |
| LDunlop76 | quote:
Originally posted by Hayleypink
i will deny it.
We don't care - we've all said daft things in our time![;)] |
| Thornley | I have had a good laugh at many things on this topic. Children have a wonderful view of life. Both my daughters got things a little confused from time to time, many of their words we still use!!!!! (I know sad but true[:D])
A recorder is still fondly refered to as a whistblow, sounds much more appropriate to me.
Jammy Dodgers are nodgernodgers [:D] Thats ok but you have to remember where you are, staff in Asda don't understand!
But best of all is my mother who always has Pandoro chicken when she goes to an Indian Restuarant.
Keep them comming, its good to know that other peoples families can be just as mad as mine.
Vanessa |
| LDunlop76 | quote:
Originally posted by Thornley
Jammy Dodgers are nodgernodgers [:D] Thats ok but you have to remember where you are, staff in Asda don't understand!
LOL! Think I'll start calling them nodgernodgers now!
Our daughter used to call noodles noogies. When I was still in a pushchair I used to be taken round to my mother's mother's for lunch on Tuesdays. My great-grandparents lived with that Grandma and Great-Grandad always used to ask me what was for lunch. The reply should have been "fish and parsley sauce", but the best I could manage was "pish and sarsley pauce"!
Firstborn is a bright lad. When still being taken to the baby clinic for weighing from time to time (I think he was about 18 months old), he once heard the health visitor call out his weight to her assistant to write down and turned towards her and said, "oh my God!" - to laughter all round. When he was 2 & ½ I took him to Chester Zoo. As we went past the cafe, he grabbed my hand, pointed to the sign outside and said, "That says chocolate!" It actually said "Cadbury's" but I thought it was pretty smart that he'd connected the squiggly purple writing with chocolate - esp as I'm very strict about how much sugary stuff they're allowed, so it's not like he saw chocolate wrappers everyday. |
| Kath smith | My daughter wanted a sunshine on a cloud for her tea when she was about 3.
Grandad makes them for me she insisted, so we rang Grandad.
What was it?
Wait for it.............................................
a fried egg!
This last few weeks we've been suffering from a few mishaps.
My daughter with a broken wrist and sprained knee and ankle, all at the same time and after two falls.(don't ask)
My mother in law has a broken foot, she tripped in the garden.
I've sprained my wrist. I tripped over the kerb outside Leyland St Mary's school on my way in to sort out homework for Lisa to do while she's laid up.
This I am told is 'little Jesus' getting me back for being a rotten mum and making her do school stuff when she's in pain!
'Let's hope trouble only comes in 3's'. I said.
'That's why web only had 2 children' replied my mum. |
| William R | Martin, I did a post on all the threes and it dissappeared somewhere when I pressed "post new reply" and I do beieve it was post number three. Significant? William R. |
| LDunlop76 | quote:
Originally posted by William R
Martin, I did a post on all the threes and it dissappeared somewhere when I pressed "post new reply" and I do beieve it was post number three. Significant?
You post a query about disappearing posts on Friday the thirteenth? Maybe we should transfer this to the mediums thread? |