Sprite told me yesterday, “I can’t wait to read my Great Fire of Chicago book. I’m tense with constipation.”
[Living in China, we have our fair share of diarrhea, but constipation is a rarity.]
She explained, “You know, I can’t wait to read more; I’m eager to find out what happens.” ANTICIPation, Sprite. Not constipation. HUGE difference!
Proof that ten year olds do still say things to make you laugh!
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That’s awesome! Thank you for the laugh
.-= Lainie@ Mishmash Maggie´s last blog ..A Simple Woman’s Daybook =-.
Kids are funny and come up with funny things.
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tee hee…that’s a good one.
That is so funny!
Oh, my, I laughed out loud at that one!
Jimmie: I just “refound” your blog after not getting to visit for a while and I just love it so much. You do a great job with Sprite-even if she does get the occasional word wrong, lol!!
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Thanks, Rhonda! Yes, when she says these types of things I wonder if all ten year olds get mixed up like this or if part of it is being bilingual. She’s got two languages mixed up in that brain, so things get a bit odd.
HA! I love it!
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Brilliant one ….. my 14 year old still makes me laugh!
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:snort: That is soooo funny! I’m glad you wrote it down for posterity!
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Hahaha! Fabulous! =)
Reminds me of a conversation between me and my 18-year old daughter:
Daughter: “So I’m like…..are you lying? Are you lying now?” and he goes “No. NO!!!!!” He gets really obtuse about it.”
Me: “You mean upset?”
Daughter: “Yeah. Obtuse, upset, they both begin with O.”
Me: “uh….no they don’t.”
Emily: “Dang it.”
It made me laugh – though I admit, it wasn’t half as funny as being tense with constipation. ROFL!!! =D =D
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Hahaa!!!
I’m with you – our oldest said something the other day that must made me laugh out loud and I was so happy she wasn’ t ‘quite’ past that stage…
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Bawwaaaahhahahaa! Too funny! I think that may even be funnier than her “Batman Ball” moment.
In her defense however, I have known many people that have in fact been “tense with constipation”. hahahaha
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My third daughter is now 18 and she STILL says things like that. Just recently I was playing a card game on my computer. She was watching over my shoulder trying to figure out how to play. After a minute she said, “Oh, I see your trying to match the coats!”
Ummmmm, say what?
“Oh, are they called jackets?”
Ummmmmm,no. They are called SUITS silly girl!
When she was about 10, she told me she didn’t feel well. She said she had a pain in her pyramid. That one took me awhile to figure out…… she had a headache. She meant TEMPLE.
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Oh my goodness! That is way too funny!
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