Another Round of Kids Say the Darndest Things

Sometimes kids have a funny way of looking at the world. It can be due to a lack of experience or a misunderstanding, but often the naïve yet reasonable way they understand something is amusing. 

Here are my most recent top ten examples of funny kid observations, understandings, or misunderstandings. 

10.      Me: What are you doing?
           9-year-old: Playing soccer

Me: But that’s a volleyball…

9-year-old: [kicks the ball] Ok, we’re playing “voccer”

9. “Why are they called hot dogs instead of cold dogs? They’re cold when you buy them.”

8.  “She asked me if I wanted medium or rare, but I thought she said medium or REAR, so I was like, uh, I’ll have the medium.” 9-year-old after going through a food line at an event. 

7.  “Hey, look! There’s a horse catcher!” The 4-year-old referring to a cattle trailer being towed behind a pickup truck. 

6. This interaction after the 9-year-old poured his younger brother a bowl of cereal. 

4-year-old: That’s way too little.

Older brother: How much did you want? 

4-year-old: Six pounds.

Older brother: You don’t measure a bowl of cereal in pounds --

4-year-old: [Adamantly interrupting] Six or three pounds! 

 

5. “Are you checking the chicken’s fever?” The 4-year-old to my wife when she was using a meat thermometer while cooking chicken. 

4. “I’m not crying, my eyes are just soggy.” The 6-year-old describing his eyes when he was allegedly crying. 

3. “So, should we call the fire department to get the ball down?” The 3-year-old, quite seriously, after getting a ball stuck in a tree. 

2. “Hey…milk comes from cows!” The 4-year-old, suddenly blurting out this newfound revelation at the dinner table after seeing a silhouette of a cow on a milk jug.

1.  “All those guys have those pants that go over your shoulders.” The 5-year-old in reference to a group of men wearing suspenders.