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Thread: family quotes.
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Taliesin
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16 year old son makes choking noise at fridge.
Are you fussing about a dirty fridge? sez I
no, he sez, I'm concerned over the bio-hazard container.
I felt you should all be informed.
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poileplume
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We are Canadian, my wife's favorite expression
"At least its not snowing"
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cliffdweller
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4 year old son showing off an elaborate lego creation, explains that it is a Temple. He shows the main level where the worshippers enter, and the upper level for the priests.
"What is this lower level for?"
"That's the alligator dungeon"
"Alligator dungeon? In a temple???"
"For the Baal worshippers."
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Piglet
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From my sister and my nephew, when the latter was in the early stages of learning to talk:
Sister: Can you say "Mum"?
Nephew: Mum
Sister: Can you say "Dad"?
Nephew: Dad
Sister: Can you say "peanut butter sandwich"? (his favourite food)
(pause)
Nephew: Yes.
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Left at the Altar
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From my middle child when she was about 4:
Altargirl#2: Thank you for looking after me Mummy. I love you.
Me: I love you too Altargirl and I like looking after you. Will you look after me when I'm an old lady?
Altargirl#2: Can't one of the others?
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Hedgehog
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Going back many years now, but my then-very-young niece, attending Catholic mass, is trying very hard to understand what the priest is saying while giving out communion (which was, of course, "Body of Christ."). Finally, she thinks she has it! She leans confidentially toward her father and whispers: "He's saying 'Take a bite!'"
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Polly Plummer
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Master Plummer, age about four: I want to be a vicar when I'm grown up.
Me: Oh, I thought you wanted to be a fireman.
M.P. Does a fireman have a gun?
Me: No.
M.P.: Then I will be a vicar
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Jenn.
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son aged 3: Mummy, can I play on your computer?
me: no
Son: can I play on daddy's computer?
me: no
Son: my computer?
me: no
Son: sister's computer?
me: no
son: Who's computer then???????
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Gracious rebel
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My son aged about 4 misquoting a Bible verse he had heard in church or Sunday School
'I am the way to the life. No one comes to the farmer except me.'
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Firenze
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Overheard in Christian bookshop:
Mother: 'And what does "prodigal" mean?'
Small child: 'Gone away and come back again'.
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Welease Woderwick
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Do any Mancunians hereabouts remember Stanards cafes? It was in the one on Oxford Street when I was about 8 years old that my father put his foot in it - one school holiday we'd all gone up to town to meet dad for lunch and do some shopping in his lunch hour. Dad finished his dessert then said "That was the BEST apple pie I ever tasted!" This comment was met by a frosty stare from my mum. Hasty backtrack by dad: "Erm, I mean in a commercial place, dear. It's still not a patch on yours."
This moment passed into family lore, my brother even quoting it at dad's funeral.
My mum did make wonderful apple pie.
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Heavenly Anarchist
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Not quite a quote, more an expression. My eldest was 18 months old when he went to his first firework display. He looked up to the sky and said 'flower bangs' . They've been called that ever since. We're celebrating his thirteen birthday with some today ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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chive
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My sister to 3 year old nephew: 'Who do you think my mummy is?'
Nephew: 'Is it auntie chive?'
Sister: 'No'
Nephew: 'Is it peanut butter?'
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'Edward was the kind of man who thought there was no such thing as a lesbian, just a woman who hadn't done one-to-one Bible study with him.' Catherine Fox, Love to the Lost
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cliffdweller
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Mom (as moms do) was anxious and worried about some of my siblings and their various domestic and/or professional woes, and asked me to pray with her. We sit down together and she beings the prayer, "Lord, I thank you for my three precious children..."
There are four kids in my family.
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Taliesin
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Minister giving the children's address in church:
'who is the most important person here in church?'
My 4 year old son puts up his hand, and answers,
'I am.'
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My cousin and her then 4-year-old.
Child: What's that, Mummy?
Cousin: That's an electricity pylon. But (sensing a teaching moment) you must never touch one.
Child: Why not?
Cousin: Because the electricity is very dangerous, and if you touch it, you could die.
Child: What happens when you die, Mummy?
Cousin: You go to heaven.
Child: Who else is in heaven?
Cousin: Well, Jesus is in heaven.
Child: (pauses for thought) So did Jesus touch the electricity pylon, then?
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Your aunt is going to Australia by plane.
I know, but why do they have to stop to feed yah? (Fiji)
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Nenya
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My mother became very hard of hearing towards the end of her life but kept most of her mental faculties. One day we were discussing the relative merits of various newspapers.
Me: [Nenlet2] enjoys the Guardian.
Mum: Well, it's a good career to be in but he'll have to get some qualifications in horticulture first.
Nen - misses her mum every day. ![[Axe murder]](graemlins/lovedrops.gif)
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WearyPilgrim
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I was teaching a middle school Sunday school class one day in which we were talking about loving our enemies. "What do you think about that?" I asked.
"How do you love someone you don't like?"
A thirteen-year-old boy exclaimed, without missing a beat, "When you pound him, do it gently."
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Left at the Altar
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My brother when he was fourish.
Me: What would you like for breakfast?
Him: Do you have any monners?
Me: What are monners?
Him: You know (makes angry face and roaring sounds).
Me: You mean monsters?
Him: Yes, do you have any?
Me: No
Him: Ok, Weetbix then.
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The5thMary
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Said by me when I was watching the neighborhood boys "pop wheelies" on their bicycles: "That's a papa wheelie? What's a momma wheelie, then?"
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The5thMary
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I hasten to add that I was about four years old when I said this. ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
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God gave me my face but She let me pick my nose.
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Hedgehog
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quote:
Originally posted by Nenya:
My mother became very hard of hearing towards the end of her life but kept most of her mental faculties. One day we were discussing the relative merits of various newspapers.
Me: [Nenlet2] enjoys the Guardian.
Mum: Well, it's a good career to be in but he'll have to get some qualifications in horticulture first.
I am reminded of one of our shipmates (although, sadly, I do not remember who) who commented that, as her hearing went, her brain would supply what word it thought was said. Leading to the shipmate's comment: "Apparently my brain has always wanted to live in a far more amusing reality then I have been submitting it to." I've always loved that line--because it is true. When I mishear something, without fail my brain instantly picks the most amusing possibility it can find!
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Huia
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Young cousin (4) was staying at our place and sleeping in my bedroom. Before he went to sleep I went in to get my book.
Me - "Excuse me Anton, I just need to get my book".
Anton - "what's it about?"
Me - "Existentialism"
Anton - dismissively - "Oh, that," and he went back to reading "Green Eggs and Ham".
Huia
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North East Quine
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Small son, already familiar with bunk beds, on seeing a double-decker bus for the first time: "Look! A bunk bus!"
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Left at the Altar
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Altargirl#2 again. Age 2.75
Friend: How you like your eggs, Altargirl?
Altargirl: In cakes.
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Drifting Star
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quote:
Originally posted by Hedgehog:
I am reminded of one of our shipmates (although, sadly, I do not remember who) who commented that, as her hearing went, her brain would supply what word it thought was said. Leading to the shipmate's comment: "Apparently my brain has always wanted to live in a far more amusing reality then I have been submitting it to." I've always loved that line--because it is true. When I mishear something, without fail my brain instantly picks the most amusing possibility it can find!
Shucks ... fame! 'Twas me. ![[Hot and Hormonal]](icon_redface.gif)
(Not quite going deaf, but suffering from a combination of inattention and slightly dodgy hearing.)
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Adeodatus
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One that I think treads the fine line between tragic and hilarious -
A couple of weeks after my Dad's funeral, my brother and his family were visiting my Mum. My 4-year-old nephew paused inside the front door on seeing a familiar object propped in the corner.
"Grandpa's walking stick?"
A tense moment, obviously. Mum said gently, "Yes, dear."
Nephew heaved a theatrical sigh. "Not any more."
(Mum, bless her, was laughing about that for weeks.)
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Sparrow
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On a family holiday many years ago, we visited a Botanical Gardens. My brother read the notice outside and said "Botter-nickle Gardens!
They have been botternickle gardens ever since.
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Stercus Tauri
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Niece's first two connected words, announced to Grandma after a drive with her mother, a somewhat testy driver: "Oh sh*t!" Twenty six years later Grandma is still shocked. Niece still proud of it.
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mrs whibley
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Stepwhiblet no 2, aged around 7, displaying profound theological insight: "Hell is a very small place."
Stepwhiblet no 1, aged around 18 and on a 'year out' with his church at the time, displaying something else: "well, the Cross is important, but not exactly central."
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Lothlorien
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quote:
Originally posted by Stercus Tauri:
Niece's first two connected words, announced to Grandma after a drive with her mother, a somewhat testy driver: "Oh sh*t!" Twenty six years later Grandma is still shocked. Niece still proud of it.
Some years ago there was a series of well done commercials featuring circumstances which led to words, "Oh, bugger!"
My eldest son was determined to teach these words to his toddler niece. He had no success at all.
Then one night at a family dinner, little niece ran her trolley of toys into the wall and toys fell out. Loud and clear, she expressed her annoyance. "Oh bugger!" she said. Uncle P was delighted and the rest of the family fell about laughing. It was totally in the spirit of the ads.
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Hedgehog
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quote:
Originally posted by Drifting Star:
quote:
Originally posted by Hedgehog:
I am reminded of one of our shipmates (although, sadly, I do not remember who) who commented that, as her hearing went, her brain would supply what word it thought was said. Leading to the shipmate's comment: "Apparently my brain has always wanted to live in a far more amusing reality then I have been submitting it to." I've always loved that line--because it is true. When I mishear something, without fail my brain instantly picks the most amusing possibility it can find!
Shucks ... fame! 'Twas me.
(Not quite going deaf, but suffering from a combination of inattention and slightly dodgy hearing.)
Bless you! I shall try to remember. Although, fair warning: Me. Memory. Two words that seldom go in the same sentence.
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Piglet
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quote:
Originally posted by Sparrow:
... botternickle gardens ...
D. still refers to Copernicus as "Copperknickers".
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I recall a Thanksgiving gathering, with turkey and all fixings including relish tray, plus the somewhat ceremonial knife-sharpening in preparation for The Great Carving. My niece, then 4, was the youngest person present. The family custom was for the carver (my father) to take requests from the youngest on upward for their favored portion of turkey -- dark meat, white, drumstick, etc. So my father, looming over the turkey with carving knife and all 6-foot-2 of dignity as patriarch of the family, turned to her and asked, "And what would you like, Miss Porridge?"
My niece responded, "I would like nine olives, please."
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Aravis
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From when my daughter was about 5 or 6:
"Mummy, God does not want you to spend your life telling people to sit up at the table!"
(There was more, but that was the most quotable part)
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my granny was a treasure trove of daft sayings, from 'ooh the poor little ducklings will get their feet wet' on a rainy day near the river to 'I'm sorry I forgot to put the washing in the fridge' (she meant the spin dryer, she was apologising for having washing hanging in her garden when we came to visit - not that we would mind!)
My grandma wasn't quite as daft (or better at hiding it) though a memorable one was when she was looking out of the kitchen window, the (big orange) fish in the pond were jumping because they were mating, but she said '[Grandad]! There's a red squirrel attacking the fish!'
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These stories are so funny. Thank you all.
A recent one from my daughter and four year old grand-daughter after daughter had just put grand-daughter's lunch in front of her.
Grand-daughter: Mummy, you're gorgeous!
Daughter: Thank you, Darling
Grand-daughter: No, Mummy you really are GORGEOUS.....(Dramatic flourish)....even when you're dead......
I find children's minds fascinating and hilarious.
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Huia
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Another one from cousin Anton, who had not been to an Anglican Eucharist before.
Me; What did you do today Anton?
Anton; Aunty took me to church.
Me; What happened there?
Anton; The man donged me on the head and said, "God bless you".
Huia
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Left at the Altar
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Altarboy, looking at photo of Mr A and his three brothers who all look like Mr A:
Daddy!
Other Daddy!
Other Daddy!
Other Daddy!!!!!
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Marama
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Daughter (then aged about 4) always wanted the last word in any discussion.
Me: "You are the most argumentative girl in the world"
Daughter (quick as a flash): "How do you know?"
She is now a lawyer!
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Mili
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I've told this one here before, but there was a sequel this Christmas. When we were kids we always put on a family nativity play when we celebrated Christmas with Dad's side of the family. One year, one of my brothers who was very into cricket asked if he could be the wicket keeper. (For non cricket fans that's the fielder who stands behind the stumps, and definitely not somebody who owns an inn).
This Christmas his two sons ages almost 6 and 4 are really into cricket so my parents bought them cricket sets. The 4 year old was enjoying looking at all the bits in the set and came across the box. Which although sold ambiguously as a 'man's abdominal guard' actually protects more sensitive man parts.
Nephew was confused about what it was for and asked my brother. He explained as politely as he could, but my nephew wouldn't believe him. First he decided it was a knee pad. I tried explaining again, but he then decided it was an elbow protector and put it on his elbow to demonstrate.
"I've seen the cricketers on TV wearing it like this", he insisted and demonstrated hitting an invisible ball with an invisible bat.
He then asked my brother in law what it was for and got the same answer as before. However I think as we were giggling he thought we were all just lying to tease him and he kept insisting it was definitely an elbow protector.
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Left at the Altar
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After a discussion on the way to school about how it is that my children have (in order of appearance) green, blue and brown eyes, and on the way home, what the difference is between identical and fraternal twins:
Altarboy (age 10): So, how do the sperm and the egg get together?
Me: Well, you do that by having sex.
Altarboy: Gaahhhhh! Gahhhhh!. So you and Dad … HAVE HAD SEX???
Altargirl #2: Shut Up, Altarboy. I don’t want to hear this.
Me: Yes. I’m afr
aid so.
Altarboy: THREE TIMES?!!!
Me: Yes.
Altargirl #2: Errrghhh. Shut Up, Altarboy. I’m going to be sick.
Altarboy: Oh.my.god.
… silence.
Altarboy (shaking head): That’s it. I’m going to have to tell my wife, “Sorry, no kids”.
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North East Quine
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Daughter: "Did you and Dad have 100% success with sex?"
Me: "Ummm...what do you mean?"
Daughter: "Did you get pregnant every time you had sex? Because I've heard sometimes you have to do it more than once"
Me "We had to do it more than once. But don't worry, darling. Daddy and I thought having you was worth it."
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The Intrepid Mrs S
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quote:
Originally posted by North East Quine:
Daughter: "Did you and Dad have 100% success with sex?"
Me: "Ummm...what do you mean?"
Daughter: "Did you get pregnant every time you had sex? Because I've heard sometimes you have to do it more than once"
Me "We had to do it more than once. But don't worry, darling. Daddy and I thought having you was worth it."
![[Killing me]](graemlins/killingme.gif)
Mrs. S, genuinely speechless for once ... ![[Overused]](graemlins/notworthy.gif)
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'Lord, please give us patience. NOW!'
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How to make your mum feel loved, in one short conversation... This happened a few years ago now; Op 1 must have been 4 or 5.
Op1: Mummy, I know who I want to be my new mummy when you die.
Me: Really darling? And who's that then?
Op1: *named 16-year-old babysitter*
Me: ![[Ultra confused]](graemlins/confused2.gif)
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toujours gai!
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L'organist
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My children (aged about 3) visiting friends with newborn.
They looked at the baby then asked if they could go and find toys (they knew the house), were given permission and took themselves off upstairs to play.
After 5 minutes with us both on the edge of our seats listening to the thunder of four feet upstairs I went to find them.
Me: "What are you doing?"
Them: "Looking"
Me: "Looking? What for?"
Them: "The other one"
Me: "Other one?"
Them: "Other baby, only one downstairs"
Me: "That's because X only had one baby"
Them: "No. One baby downstairs, where's the other one?"
Me: "Some babies come on their own"
At which point they burst into howls of laughter ran downstairs and yelled "Where's the other baby?"
Me: "You know Caroline is on her own (older sibling of newborn): well, so is Oliver."
Them: "But she's a girl. Girls are alone, but Oliver is a boy: where's the other one?"
You see, they thought all boys came as one of an identical pair...
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Heavenly Anarchist
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My eldest, aged 3, discussing his 6 week old brother whom he had previously appeared to be quite accepting of; 'So, when is he going?'
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Originally posted by Left at the Altar:
Altarboy: Gaahhhhh! Gahhhhh!. So you and Dad … HAVE HAD SEX???
This reminds me of a reported conversation between my two brothers when told of my impending arrival - they were 10 and 12 at the time:
"You know what this means, don't you? It means they're still Doing It."
Nen - product of libidinous parents.
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