Sheilaz Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 As Lesley had us laughing with the way children come out with things it reminded of a couple of things... In the same vein, we had a brief phase(about 10 years ago) of watching Home & Away (why?) together after school, me & 3 children. The little boy in the storyline was cross and shouted "Oh, Poo-Bum-Weehead". Somehow, its remained a popular expression in our house...it really caught on! I'm a real prude about swearing so this is the closest I get. I'm still embarrassed that, around the same time, my sister visited and the 5 cousins went off to play Scrabble. Sis & I were nattering for ages, smugly pleased at our fine children playing a fine educational game for so long. Until we found a full board played using ONLY rude (& v.rude) words. Turned out my 2 boys had invented it & taught my younger nieces. Very shocked sis! The other thing I was thinking of for this topic was family sayings....we used to call Rose's Lime Marmalade "Daddy's marmalade" & I was well into adulthood before I realized that it wasn't the brand name! Any other sayings peculiar (?) to your families? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 My Mum encouraged me to follow her example and write down all the silly and funny things the boys said as they grew up. Something I remember Tom saying is "When you shout Mummy, you give my ear a headache" . Thunder and Lightning was "Panda and Lightning". Ollie and Tom playing chess - Tom "What's a pawn", Ollie - "It's a kind of fish meat they make pawn cocktail crisps out of" Ollie's always saying silly things - when he was struggling in the loo, I could hear him groaning and I shouted through and asked if he was OK. He said, in between grunts that he was "having a baby"! Also the classic "I know the difference between ducks and moles. Ducks are ducks and moles are different" !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 24, 2005 Share Posted March 24, 2005 We need an emoticon with tears of laughter! I can't remember things now and wish I had written them down now - we still call milk 'lonk' which was my son's word for it and he misheard me once when I said somebody was 'Po-faced' so we now all say 'Poo face' if anyone is being a bit stroppy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Mum's lent me the book she used to write down all the funny things my brother and I used to say in. Here are a few..... When my brother was born, I was asked what his name was, I replied that he didn't have one yet. "What would you like to call him?" they asked..."Peter Rabbit" was my reply . Hippopotamus - "Hippomus Potamus" My brother was always saying daft things. Mum was reading Little House on the Prairie to him and had just said that Pa Ingalls had "turned the first sod". "What's a sod?" he asked and Mum explained that it was the first piece of soil you turn over when you are digging" to which he replied "Oh, I thought it was a silly man on the road"!! When he had been browsing a Gideon bible he'd been given at school, he asked "What's adultery? Is it acting big?" and on a similar vein "What's a brothel? Is it another word for a soup kitchen?" - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Very funny Kate.......Keep them coming I wish I had written down everything funny the kids had said. The only one I can think of is that when Emily was little when asked what her name was she always said " Lemony " and that has stuck with her we still call her Lemony and since the film called Lemony Snickett came out Tom now calls her Lemony Snickett amongst other things............. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 I can remember as a child calling toast and marmalade, "boiled bread and white jam", it took my mum ages to realise what I was on about! When my elder daughter was about 4 she was crying one day and when I asked her why she said she had "sparkly feet" - I realised this meant pins and needles - what a brilliant description! She also used to called pins and needles "stoats and weazels" ! My younger daughter used to call milk "gonk" for some strange reason! Olivia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Great, both of you! Sparkly feet is so right - I will never call it boring pins and needles again! I told Mum about this thread and she has just e-mailed to tell me what a child at the primary school she used to help at said..... Child: My grandad died of a heart-attack! Mum: I am so sorry. Child: You needn't be. My granny said its the best thing he's ever done! True story !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sheilaz Posted March 25, 2005 Author Share Posted March 25, 2005 My sister had a name for stinging nettles "Hurt girlies". How true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Found some more of Ollie's "Wallyisms". Christmas Nativity story - "Jesus Price was born in a staple". Safety goggles - "Safety gobbles" Cattle grids - "Catalogue grids" - I used to call them "Cattle Pigs" Those of you who know the Fatboy Slim song "Praise You" will appreciate this one......"Mummy, why is that man singing 'Praise you like a shoe'?" Tom's not free of Wallyisms either - calculators were "Coconuts". One day he came in from his playhouse after Ollie had obviously been caught short saying "Ollie weed in my bucket because he was starving for a wee". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Lauren also has a saying for Pins and Needles - Fizzy Feet and Jake also calls his swimming goggles - gobbles. I need a box of tissues handy for this thread! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted March 25, 2005 Author Share Posted March 25, 2005 They are great aren't they? I was also thinking of sayings that become a habit in the family, but are usually peculiar to that family. It must be about 10 years ago that I was passing a Banham's locksmiths shop with the older 3 children. The window is full of all the locks, window grills, grids, safes & alarms etc that they sell. Somebody, prob. son 2, said...."It would be funny if that shop got broken into!" We laughed all the way home. The shop is on the way into town and now we all just have to say it when we pass. Every time.....I even have to when I'm on my own and walk along grinning at the joke. And we've brought up Esther to say it. The real trick though, is to try & distract the others & then suddenly, very innocently say it........as if its a new joke. The same sentence has come out now in all combinations of different accents & intonations. We've also of couse had to extend it to Banham's vans. Weird family! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 Sheila, That made me laugh Olivia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted March 25, 2005 Share Posted March 25, 2005 (edited) Talking of things that regularly make you laugh, Sheila, years ago at the Christmas Eve service at the Cathedral we got to the bit where the reading goes "In the beginning was the word, and the word was...." and I whispered to Dad "aardvark" and we collapsed in heaps of giggles which we have continued to do every year since! Edited March 26, 2005 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Sheilaz Posted April 2, 2005 Author Share Posted April 2, 2005 Went to see play designed by bro. last week & press were there. Following one on way to car park, daughter said loudly, for his benefit, Great play, loved the designs. Yes, really enjoyed it, what a brilliant set, said OH. Thought the costumes were just right too...said I. Yes, & I fell asleep halfway through! piped up Esther! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 You can always rely on the young 'uns can't you, Sheila! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Well we do teach them to be honest I split Lauren and Jake up the other day because Lauren wanted to show me Skid the Squirrel on CBeebies on PC and Jake wouldn't sit still. He went to do colouring but came in after a while asking if anyone wanted to play shops. Not getting a reply he tried "Look what I've found to play shops" He'd only taken the Sky Card out of the Sky Box He doesn't usually touch things he shouldn't - it was a bit of a shock. Lauren was in stiches over my attempts to play Skid the Squirrel I kept being pecked by crows. The other one was worse - skiing downhill and collecting coins, except I kept colliding with bears and knocking spectators off their feet I think I need some practise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 Oh Lesley ... what have you done?!!! Now I have just spect the last 10 minutes playing Skid the Squiirel and other games on the CBBC site Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SarahJo Posted April 3, 2005 Share Posted April 3, 2005 We went to Bens Easter service at the local church .. the kids were fab, and sang beautiful springtime songs . Then the headteacher told a story ..... about a cruely treated girl, and her family. To cut it short she had to feed the pig and chickens. BUT it sounded more like "pigging chickens"!!!, I had to kick Graham several times as he creased up . Now .. you've guessed it ... where are you going , to feed the Pigging chickens . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted April 3, 2005 Author Share Posted April 3, 2005 I've really got the giggles now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 My younger daughter (aged 6) said something funny the other day, they were both watching the news on TV and there was something about the pope having a urine infection - she turned to her sister and said "uuurrggh, did we really have to know THAT - couldn't they have just said "he's got a problem" Olivia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted April 4, 2005 Share Posted April 4, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheilaz Posted April 4, 2005 Author Share Posted April 4, 2005 Couldn't agree more, Olivia, sometimes there really is too much information. A wise head on young shoulders, she'll go far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
