Comments on: Kids say the darnedest things. Say the darnedest things. Say the darnedest things.

By: Dzigner

Dzigner — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 18:23:48 +0000

Ha! ha! ha! ha!……………………………………………………………………………………..ha!

Wait till they are teenagers!

I have 3 kids – 11, 8 and 7 – so I know it all!

Thanks for making me feel part of a group. :)

By: IsVoid

IsVoid — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:24:03 +0000

Mom: How old are you Timmy?

Timmy: {Holds up 4 fingers} “Free!”.

Mom: How old will you be in one year?

Timmy: A duck!

By: Tyson

Tyson — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 19:17:03 +0000

hahaha…love to see how somethings are just universal as a parent…

my 5 yr old daughter loves to do make-believe mashups… for example
“ok…I’ll be Spiderman, and you be Darth Vader!”
“ok..I’ll be a ‘my little pony’ named Alice, and you be Robin Hood!

and my favourite lately…
“ok…I’ll be ‘Tegan and Sara’ cuz they’re both twins, and you be Gandalf!

(obviously my little girl has picked up on my fav movies and music hahaha…)

By: Alma Gray

Alma Gray — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 16:54:40 +0000

Just wait til your five year old calls you a ‘dirty bastard’ for taking a toy away.

By: David B

David B — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:48:45 +0000

@Greg: NBC’s version of “Coupling” was so bad I didn’t even make it half way through the first episode on YouTube… went looking for “slinky cat” instead. Don’t worry about “Top Gear” though… no export country has managed to screw that one up yet. It’s too simple a show to get wrong. You just need to get someone as ironic and funny as Jeremy Clarkson to present it (Robin Williams maybe?). As for “Britain’s Worst Teeth”, I haven’t seen that one yet. Might be just for the American market only. Pity… sounds like fun!

Coincidently, and American friend sent me this yesterday:

On the first day of school, a first-grader handed her teacher a note from her mother. The note read, ‘The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.’

At then end of the first week, she says to her mother, ‘I’m just wasting my time… I can’t read, I can’t write, and they won’t let me talk!’

By: Sandra

Sandra — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:28:13 +0000

I love how your own responses are equally repetitive though! Who’s influencing who there?

By: Erik

Erik — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 18:41:28 +0000

I always like it when our daughter starts swearing as if she had tourettes after she hears one of her parents let out an expletive or two; it’s almost as much fun as trying to tell her she’s saying something else. I can’t wait for her to start shouting “shirt!” and “fork!” on the playground.

By: Alex Chang

Alex Chang — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:23:29 +0000

Good to know that that’s what I have to look forward to. My 2 year old cooper is no Rain Man, he is full on Parrot.

“Coops, want to go have breakfast?”
“Pooker, have breakfast?”

“Cooper, don’t throw that”!
“No throw that!”

“Cooper don’t hit Daddy”
“Hit Daddy!”

And so on…

By: Joel D Canfield

Joel D Canfield — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:54:16 +0000

Our youngest, 4 1/2, has decided to rename herself. So every person she meets is told her new long-and-unpronouncable-by-mere-mortals name. Best results occur when her parents are also meeting these people for the first time, so they can look at us with that “Why did you do that to your child?” look.

By: Greg Bulmash

Greg Bulmash — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 14:20:31 +0000

@David B: Ooh, maybe Fox will screw it up worse than NBC screwed up “Coupling”. Also hear that we’re getting a U.S. version of “Top Gear”… cringe. Like the BBC America ads say: “BBC – The Birthplace of American Television” (and disturbing documentaries – anyone see “Britain’s Worst Teeth”?).

As for four-year-olds, my almost-four-year-old has learned his numbers and has figured out that a car’s weight is the first number in its license plate. So my CR-V weighs 9 pounds, according to him. Also, he’s decided when he’s bigger than his little brother (who is 7 days old), he’ll get to ride in the passenger seat.

By: Joe Clark

Joe Clark — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:39:55 +0000

s/darndest/darneedest/

By: David B

David B — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 11:37:23 +0000

In the UK, we have a great sitcom on the BBC called Outnumbered, which takes the idea of kids being faster thinkers than their parents and runs with it. The three children in the show get the opportunity to improvise lines, which can result in some beautiful and embarrassing moments that all parents will recognise and cringe at. It should find its way onto BBC America soon, but Fox has also announced plans to make a US version.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outnumbered

By: Garth

Garth — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:48:02 +0000

So true, so true! We have a six year old that’s not much better and another turning 4 next month, so I feel for you. It’s absolutely amazing how many times we find ourselves answering the exact same question over and over – sometimes asked differently but most often not.

Great post!

By: Jon Gunnar Wold

Jon Gunnar Wold — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 05:31:45 +0000

It’s even worse when they talk like you. There’s nothing worse than a boomerang coming back at you from a 3,5 year old. When we pointed out that there was more sugar on the plate than there was pancake, she put her spoon down and said: “listen mummy. I know you want to do this your way. But now we’ll do it my way, and THEN we can do it your way. OK?”

We were also not allowed to resume eating before we agreed to do it her way.

By: Christopher

Christopher — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 02:25:30 +0000

Common type of conversation with my four-year-old:

“Daddy, are these mashed potatoes?”
“Yes.”
“Mommy, are these mashed potatoes?”
“Yes.”
“Daddy, are these mashed potatoes?”
“Yes.”
“Oh! Hey Mommy! These are mashed potatoes!”