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Old 08-06-2015, 01:56 PM   #1
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9 yo: I'm going to be an astronaut when I grow up.
13 yo: No, you're not.
9 yo: Then I'm going to be a space terrorist.
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Old 08-06-2015, 04:13 PM   #2
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Old 11-11-2015, 09:29 PM   #3
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Two recent gems--said in all seriousness--by the Minifob:

"So, say a kid went to school. And class had just started, like the teacher had just barely had time to write her name on the board.

And then she turned around and breathed fire on him, and burned him up into ash.

Would he be counted absent for the day, or not?"


...and...

"You know what would be the most painful thing ever? If you broke your femur... while giving birth."
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Old 11-11-2015, 10:54 PM   #4
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I'd love to see an animated cartoon of the thought process leading up to those statements.
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Old 11-13-2015, 06:52 PM   #5
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The mm (the girl) is going to be a great dad one day (by measure of this dad-worthy joke)

She invented a soup recipe in her dream (I think she meant imagination, but whatevs) and wrote out the recipe, since it wasn't entirely insane and something she might possibly eat, I made it for dinner. We were dining casually in the living room so I shouted from the kitchen: "MM, do you want some of your soup in a bowl?" (vs a cup)

She shouts back, "I want ALL of my soup in a bowl."

Recipe if you are curious:

qt. chicken stock
"alphabetical noodles" aka ABC noodles
corn
green beans
thinly sliced hot dogs
parsley
rosemary
soy sauce <-- my addition
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Old 11-13-2015, 07:08 PM   #6
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Cute.

And that soup sounds nice.
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Old 11-18-2015, 09:28 PM   #7
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I was sitting at my computer entering some things in my family tree program and my 7 and 9 year old granddaughters were watching and wanted me to show where they were in the tree.

That in of itself takes several clicks since I have to go to my wife and her first husband who is deceased, then to their 2nd son but to his 3rd wife for the 7 year old and then over to the mother and her first husband for the 9 year old... They are an American family in the fullest sense, sisters, brothers, half and step sisters and brothers.

So the 7 year old asks "well who was Uncle Phil?" I replied that it wasn't Uncle Phil but it would have been Grandpa Phil. And I went on to explain that he was Grandmother's first husband, the father of their dad and his brother, Uncle Tim. I went on that he died of cancer and if he had not died he would be their grandfather.

"So you and he would both be our grandfathers?" "No" I said, "if he had not died I would never have married Grandmother and I would not be a member of this family at all."

They both looked panicked and replied, "But we LOVE you!"

It made me feel good to hear that and I tried to use it as a teachable moment that things can be very different if they happen differently, if people don't meet other people or do something different.
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Old 11-18-2015, 10:14 PM   #8
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An alternate history is just a butterfly flap away.
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Old 11-20-2015, 05:40 PM   #9
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Rejected Titles for Kids Say the Darndest Things.

Kids Say Whatever Moronic Thought Comes Into Their Heads

It’s So Irritating How Kids Take Everything So Literally

Kids Often Misconstrue Colloquial English

Kids’ Brains Aren’t Sufficiently Developed to Deal With the Subtleties Of Language

Kids Repeat the Terrible Things Their Parents Say In the Home

I Wish Kids Wouldn’t Say the Darndest Things

My Child Keeps Embarrassing Me In Front of Education Professionals

Kids Spoke Only When Spoken to In My Day

Kids Make The Craziest Allegations!

Something My Kid Said Alarmed His Teachers Enough to Raise Suspicions About Me

Kids’ Testimonies are Suspect

Kids Say the Darndest Things When In the Presence of a Court-Appointed Guardian
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Old 11-27-2015, 07:33 PM   #10
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The Mini-Mes* and I were buying some supplies for T-bird day on Wednesday. Of course, every dick and his dog were also there. As the spoor and I slowly wended the aisles we kept passing this other family headed toward us as we both worked to the other end of the store.

After several aisles, they felt like old friends. At one point just as the mom was rounding the corner away from us I hear her say to her youngest, "Yes, it's just like Black Friday, but for food." The kids and I barked with laughter, and she shot us a grin.
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Minifob working with his writing tutor. The activity today is he has to spell the spelling word, then come up with his own word to write after it--any word he wants, just working on his general inability/unwillingness to generate his own content.


The third word he chooses for himself?

"Porn"
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Old 04-02-2016, 03:50 PM   #13
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He was supposed to use whatever popped into his head, and it is a legitimate word, sort of. That word pops into my head once in awhile.
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Old 04-03-2016, 09:26 AM   #14
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Minifob working with his writing tutor. The activity today is he has to spell the spelling word, then come up with his own word to write after it--any word he wants, just working on his general inability/unwillingness to generate his own content.


The third word he chooses for himself?

"Porn"
No, he was thinking about raising some cash using his Playstation as security but couldn't spell pawn.
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Old 04-03-2016, 03:01 PM   #15
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I thought it was a contraction for popcorn.
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