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What's the funniest thing you heard a child say? AKA out of the mouths of babes/kids (Original Post) debm55 Wednesday OP
My daughter once asked me to do something genxlib Wednesday #1
Thank you very much , genxlib. debm55 Wednesday #2
Twenty years ago my niece was 6 years old when she stayed at my house overnight. I had recently become a vegetarian. Nanuke Wednesday #3
Oh my.Thank you Nanuke. That is very funny. debm55 Wednesday #4
Here's one Cirsium Wednesday #5
Very sweet. Thank you Cirsium. debm55 Wednesday #7
My sister was driving by a hospital that had a helicopter applegrove Wednesday #6
That is so sweet. thank you applegrove. debm55 Wednesday #8
My brilliant patient. Lunabell Wednesday #9
Oh thank you for sharing. Lunabell. debm55 Wednesday #11
Hi, Deb, I don't know if this is the funniest. . . Stargleamer Wednesday #10
Thank you very much . Out of the mouth of babes--I laughed at all of them TY for posting. debm55 Wednesday #12
Perhaps not funny, but certainly profound... ultralite001 Wednesday #13
thank you very much ultralite001. That makes so much sense. Relax and enjoy life. She is very wise. Merry Christmas debm55 Wednesday #15
Sometimes a serious word. keithbvadu2 Wednesday #14
HAHAH. Kids pick up things very quickly. They don't what they mean, so for them it's something new they have learned. debm55 Wednesday #16
Yeah! They recognize that this new word gets some attention. keithbvadu2 Wednesday #17
Very true. debm55 Wednesday #18
I have a somewhat similar story. OldBaldy1701E Wednesday #19
Thank you OldBaldy1701E boy you had you hands full with those two. I like your reaction to the situation debm55 Wednesday #20
my uncle's young son loved the word kerfuffle when i said it. pansypoo53219 Yesterday #21
Thank you very much pansypoo53219 That's funny debm55 Yesterday #24
eons ago when on the way into disney(barf), mom + aunt asked my younger brother to name the 7 drawfs. pansypoo53219 Yesterday #22
Thank you very much pansypoo53219 debm55 Yesterday #25
A home my parents owned had a large sliding glass door... A HERETIC I AM Yesterday #23
Thank you A HERETIC I AM---very sweet. debm55 Yesterday #26

genxlib

(5,715 posts)
1. My daughter once asked me to do something
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 06:01 PM
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But I was busy and told her I couldn’t.

So she asked me if I would do it for a Scooby Snack.

She was probably about 3.

Nanuke

(580 posts)
3. Twenty years ago my niece was 6 years old when she stayed at my house overnight. I had recently become a vegetarian.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 06:05 PM
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When she went to school on Monday she reported to her teacher and the class that she stayed at her aunt’s house and that her aunt had recently become a virgin.

Cirsium

(1,158 posts)
5. Here's one
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 06:28 PM
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My 7 year old niece and a couple of her friends were trying to set up some sort of circus act with a piece of plywood as a ramp from which they would launch themselves on their bikes, or that was the idea. Everything was going wrong, of course. Finally my brother said "sweetheart, what you are trying to do is impossible." My niece wheeled around, put her hands on her hips and said "Daddy! We know it's impossible. We're doing it anyway!"

applegrove

(123,618 posts)
6. My sister was driving by a hospital that had a helicopter
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 06:28 PM
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pad on the roof. Her 6 year old asked what it was for. My sister explained what a helicopter was, only to have her 4 year old say "that is how they get the dead people up to heaven".

Lunabell

(7,064 posts)
9. My brilliant patient.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 06:34 PM
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Four years old and very precocious. I asked her if someone opened up her head and poured in a bunch of brains. She answered chirping, "Nope. Just one little brain!"

Omg, she is precious.

Stargleamer

(2,261 posts)
10. Hi, Deb, I don't know if this is the funniest. . .
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 06:35 PM
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But "he's going to be HUUUUUGE!" is pretty funny at @:2:23:



Also, "He might murder my mom!" at 2:49 was pretty funny too. California kids in Hollywood sensed what was coming 8 years ago.

debm55

(38,494 posts)
12. Thank you very much . Out of the mouth of babes--I laughed at all of them TY for posting.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 06:42 PM
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ultralite001

(1,183 posts)
13. Perhaps not funny, but certainly profound...
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 06:43 PM
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My 5-ish-year-old niece once informed me, after a long afternoon of coloring, that we “should play slower so the day will last longer”…

Been following her instructions ever since…

Merry Christmas, y’all…

debm55

(38,494 posts)
15. thank you very much ultralite001. That makes so much sense. Relax and enjoy life. She is very wise. Merry Christmas
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 09:02 PM
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keithbvadu2

(40,522 posts)
14. Sometimes a serious word.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 07:12 PM
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We babysat a young kid for a weekend. He was just learning words. I said a word I should not have said. He picked it up like it was gold. Accurately too. We spent the rest of the weekend trying to unlearn that word. He learned it very well.

debm55

(38,494 posts)
16. HAHAH. Kids pick up things very quickly. They don't what they mean, so for them it's something new they have learned.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 09:06 PM
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Mery Christmas, keithbvadu2

OldBaldy1701E

(6,628 posts)
19. I have a somewhat similar story.
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 10:55 PM
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Back in the day, I worked at a school and I used to sit for these two sets of brothers. The older two were best friends and so the younger two were friends as well, but it was more that they were kind of forced together because of the visits by the older two. They were also at that age where they were starting to use swear words. They usually did not seem to understand proper usage, however, as they would just toss out a few without really knowing how to use them. They knew I was not a prude, but I also had a responsibility to uphold certain behaviors, so they would push it a little and try to act as if they were not doing it on purpose. The thing is, when they used them in the correct manner, I was not as strict on their using them. Saying 'F**k that sh*t!' because you were mad and had a bit of an outburst is one thing. Saying it just because you wanted to sound cool to your friends was another thing entirely.

Anyway, I was sitting for one set (the blonde ones) and we were playing some AD&D that I was running. The older boy was around 11 and the younger one was 8. Their characters were trying to fake their way through a guarded door. The younger one was the one doing the talking at the moment, and I was asking him what his character was going to do. The older one started in trying to get his brother's guy to attack the guard. The younger one was trying to play his person as more discreet and careful, so he was not listening to his brother. The older one just would not stop. Finally, the younger one looks up at him and says, "I DON'T GIVE A SH*T ABOUT THE F*****G GUARD!"

I had to excuse myself to the bathroom where I held my mouth shut and laughed for a good three minutes. After that, we had a little chat about appropriate language. But, not about grammar. I felt he had used them correctly.

debm55

(38,494 posts)
20. Thank you OldBaldy1701E boy you had you hands full with those two. I like your reaction to the situation
Wed Dec 25, 2024, 11:18 PM
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pansypoo53219

(21,790 posts)
22. eons ago when on the way into disney(barf), mom + aunt asked my younger brother to name the 7 drawfs.
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 05:53 AM
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it stopped when he said sleazy.

A HERETIC I AM

(24,632 posts)
23. A home my parents owned had a large sliding glass door...
Thu Dec 26, 2024, 06:18 AM
Yesterday

Separating the main part of the house from the “Florida Room” and the panels were quite heavy.

My sisters daughter, my niece who was maybe 3 at the time was trying to open the door but couldn’t budge it. She is clearly visible through the glass door. After trying to open it for a bit, she bangs on it and loudly exclaims;

“Let me in, let me in, it’s only me!”

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