A bRANT is a rant on a blog by Bill. A weekly bRANT is one that occurs weekly. bRANTs are warranty free and are not guaranteed to be good for your health. Despite this, they may be of interest.
Kids tell it as they see it. Social context flies out the window. Sometimes the results are shocking and often very inventive.
The first time we moved to the house we are living in now, I was out in the driveway sweeping up, when the little boy next door hung on the fence for a visit. I heard his mom calling out to him: “What are you doing?” “Nothing,” he said. “Just talking to an old man.”
A colleague at work had a message on her Facebook page. She mentioned to her daughter that some day they might be able to buy a little cottage somewhere. Her daughter piped up: “That’s great. Then we can make some cottage cheese.”
Our friends’ daughter, when she was young, was trying to help by opening a bottle of Tylenol. She was struggling, so her father said, “Here, let me help you. It’s got a child-proof cap.” His daughter thought about it for a minute, then said: “How does it know I’m a child?”
Jodi Patterson, reporter with the Times Colonist, was driving around with her granddaughter and when they pulled up behind a car, the girl read the slogan on the BC license plate: The Best Place On Earth. She then asked: “ Grandma, who won second place?”
If you have some examples of out of the mouths of babes, please share them below !
The little guy in the following video appears to have given honesty some serious thought:
I was walking my 7 year old neice past a field filled with cows, which I found entertaining; however, from the comment out of her mouth, I realized she had much more important thoughts to ponder. She said, Do you think God's hair is grey? Out of the blue!
Out of the mouths of babes. Thanks for reminding me, Bill.
Posted by: Susan | 01/17/2011 at 05:06 PM