What Is It With Kids and This Word?

[disykat]

I'm laughing so hard I snorted - twice!

 

[WatchinCaptKangaroo]

Speaking of which, DD1's class has been studying the solar system and they were each assigned a planet to do a report on a make a model of. Guess which one she got? Yep...and DH and I should be ashamed of ourselves for how much fun we had getting her to do her homework.

"Honey, did you paint Uranus yet?"

"No TV until you've finished putting rings around Uranus."

We said it to her in a normal "do you homework" voice, then went off in a room by ourselves to die laughing. She had no clue about the double meaning. Yes, she's a naive child

Laurie

I have no idea how you could say that in a straight voice!

Thank you for the laughs thread posters! I really needed them tonight!

 

[Sleepy]

And how about the planet Uranus ("your anus")?

That's why they changed the pronunciation of Uranus to U-ranus with the accent on the "U" and the "a" is a short "a" instead of a long "a"

 

[PixieDust32]

because kids are silly and immature. They also laugh if you say poop, fart, butt, etc.

Exactly!

 

[VSL]

When I was in Jr. High we had to read a story out loud in class about an English boy during one of the World Wars. Apparently over there they call rain boots rubbers. You should have heard all the laughing when someone read, "Thomas put on his rubbers before going to meet Mary."
Infact I guess I thought it was funny enough to still remember it years later!

I've never heard that!

We call rain boots 'wellies'. A rubber (over here) is an eraser.

As far as the gay thing.. well, let's be honest, is there anyone here who hears the word 'gay' and immediately thinks 'joy/happiness'?
I know I don't.

 

[minkydog]

My sister's middle name is Gay and she has always hated it, but never more than when the school mixed it up and called her "Gay Barbara B____" over the intercom She about died!

I read the obits in the Atlanta Journal Constitution this weekend--it seems Mr. Uranus Prickett died. Can you imagine? What parent in their right mind would sentence a person to 78 years with a name like that?

 

[Tigger&Belle]

I'm 44 years old and we used to giggle at the word. I remember my mom saying (and saying and saying...) that, "it used to be such a happy word, and now it doesn't mean that at all".

OH, BTW, I read the title of this thread and kept reading, "What is it with kids in this world?". Now you know why I was always terrible at editing my papers.

 

[powellrj]

when I was a kid, we use to Change the words to Jingle Bells, Batman smells.... that was a sure fire laugh getter!!

 

[Tigger&Belle]

When I posted I hadn't yet read all the replies. I am trying not to laugh because I don't want to explain this to the kids.

I love the "how big is Uranus?". I'll tell you, I've known some pretty big ones in my time!

 

[disneygals]

If you want to see people's reactions to the word gay, look where my kids went to elementary school.

hello again! I wondered about posting that. They actually started something last year to have the school name changed. I'm not sure what came of it. When my dd was in 4th grade, we went to SC and she went to school for the day with my friend's daughter. The teacher asked where she went to school and of course all the kids laughed!

 

[LoVeMe4mEx 08]

kids are too funny! being only a sophomore in HS, i hear about that stuff all the time. but one of the things i remember is going somewhere (north of pittsburgh i think) with my aunt, uncle and cousins (the older one was about 12 at the time) and we went past Middlesex high school. he thought it was the funniest thing in the world.

well, people will laugh at just about anything...just in this past month we were in orchestra (im an orc dork and proud of it!) and our teacher was readin the history of the song he passed out or w/e and it came from somewhere called Chatahooche (sp?). my one friend thought it was the funniest thing ever and of course, we couldnt stop laughing for the rest of class.

i know theres another one but i cant remember it right now...oh well!

<3

 

[simba928]

Here is LoveMe's third one (she asked me to post it here for her):
We are both in band (color guard to be exact. LOL) After a game once, when we were really bad at half time, our band director was talking to us. The band sounded horrible and color guard was way off. Our band director told us we needed to practice. He said, and I quote, "You all need to practice. Spin, Twirl, Drum, Blow..." The band just erupted into laughter when he said blow. Even the field commanders (who never laugh at any immature comments people make) were laughing.

Another one is at band camp (yes, a lot of stuff goes on at band camp):
We played a game one night and the winner of the game got out of basics the next morning and they got to pick somebody to get out of it with them. So one girl in color guard got out of it and two of the staff substituted in for them. We said "strip it" meaning the flag and the poor guy got this look on his face. It was so funny. After saying strip it several times, we realized he didn't know what it meant so we decided to be nice and explain it to him. LOL.

 

[dis ms.]

A few weeks ago, I was helping my mom at her garage sale. She was selling a small aquarium and some supplies that belonged to my niece's (now deceased) hermit crab.

Well, this one woman had been browsing for a while and got to chatting with my mom. The woman, who was with a few other people, decided to buy the aquarium. All of a sudden Mom said, "So, who has crabs?"

I let out this huge laugh before I could catch myself. Then everyone else cracked up.

I said, "Mom, I think that's a very personal question."


Here's another one from the "Mom Files": This past summer we were on vacation with my parents. My mom and I were looking for something to snack on in the cabin. I offered her some chips and she said, "No, thanks. I'll just eat some of your dad's nuts." Well, I lost it then.

As you can tell from these two stories, my mom has a knack for saying unintentionally humorous things, and I have the maturity of a 12-year-old. (No offense to any preteens who may be reading this!)

 

[Tigger&Belle]

All of a sudden Mom said, "So, who has crabs?"

I let out this huge laugh before I could catch myself. Then everyone else cracked up.

I said, "Mom, I think that's a very personal question."


Here's another one from the "Mom Files": This past summer we were on vacation with my parents. My mom and I were looking for something to snack on in the cabin. I offered her some chips and she said, "No, thanks. I'll just eat some of your dad's nuts." Well, I lost it then.

As you can tell from these two stories, my mom has a knack for saying unintentionally humorous things, and I have the maturity of a 12-year-old. (No offense to any preteens who may be reading this!)

I obviously have the same maturity that you have, because I am Thankfully my family is not in the room. They'd think I'm nuts!

 

[Lil_Tink]

We had a test and it said "What can camel dung be used for?"
The paper I was correcting said "Camel dung can be used for food" when I had to read that answer to the class you can imagine the laughter. Even I was in tears.

 

[ryan840]

I hear ya dis ms. My son is obsessed with balls, pretty much all he cares about, although now his cars are very important too. Anyway after spending an evening with him when he was about one and a half, my mom remarks to us that "he's so funny, all he cares about are his balls!". My husband and I being the mature people that we are busted out laughing, much to my mom's embarrassment.

Another mature moment from the two of us- the other night we were in the car when a firetruck came by, so my husband rolled the windows for my son to hear it. He had never heard one before (although he has seen them) and immediately said "ooh, firetruck farted!" and began to laugh hysterically. This sent us over the edge, we laughed about it all night long.

 

[palmtreegirl]

Well, this one woman had been browsing for a while and got to chatting with my mom. The woman, who was with a few other people, decided to buy the aquarium. All of a sudden Mom said, "So, who has crabs?"

I let out this huge laugh before I could catch myself. Then everyone else cracked up.

I said, "Mom, I think that's a very personal question."


Here's another one from the "Mom Files": This past summer we were on vacation with my parents. My mom and I were looking for something to snack on in the cabin. I offered her some chips and she said, "No, thanks. I'll just eat some of your dad's nuts." Well, I lost it then.

As you can tell from these two stories, my mom has a knack for saying unintentionally humorous things, and I have the maturity of a 12-year-old. (No offense to any preteens who may be reading this!)

 

[pattyT]

thanks for the laugh guys....