A father and son went to the seaside. After a while the little boy ran up to his father looking puzzled. He lead his dad to inspect a dead seagull lay dead near the surf. “Dad, what happened to the seagull?” the boy asked. “He died and went to Heaven,” the father replied. The boy thought a moment and then said, “Did God throw him back down?”

Here is a universal one I disocvered on the Scholastic forum. I think we’ve all see this one play out thought you may not have heard the answer this kid gives.

My eight-year-old son and i were shopping at the store. He had a package of Skittles that he was eating, and he kept dropping them on the floor. I tried not to notice as *cringe* he picked them back up and ate them. But when he dropped a whole bunch on the ground and started to pick them all up, I asked, “Don’t you think that’s gross? There’s germs all over those!” He answered thoughtfully, “Yeah..but you can’t really taste them.”

Emily is a mummy who blogs. She too is fascinated by the “funny things kids say” and recently wrote a very sweet blog post about her little girl, Katie. It seems Katie is quite a charcater and Emily shares a load of funny stories. Some of the favs were:

*Pitching a fit in ann taylor loft. . .”GO GO GO MAMA GO GO GO DOOR GO GO GO CAR!”. . .clearly she had had ENOUGH shopping for the day, lol. Yes, it was a temper tantrum in the middle of the store, but at least she wasn’t sprawled out on the floor kicking and screaming, though I sure those days are coming. The workers were laughing, and I have to admit, it was a LITTLE funny. .

I think all parents can relate to this story. If you are a Mum or Dad I’m sure you are nodding as you recall in-store tantrums. Another clanger

* Our dog likes stealing Katie’s snack. When we see her do this we tell roxie to back off. Well, yesterday, the dog was getting too close to Katie’s goldfish crackers for her comfort so she shouted. . .”Back off! my cracker!”. . .Obviously in toddler talk, so it sounded more like “Bah off, my cahcker” but I totally knew what she said and it sounded really close! LOL.

Well Emily great blog! You and Katie you certainly gave us a couple of smiles today thanks for sharing some of your Funny Things. I’m sure in years to come you’ll enjoy going back to that blog post and remembering.

Suddenly 3y.o. is very quite. The Father becomes very suspicious.

Father: “What are you up to son?
3 y.o.: “Nothing”
(rattling noise)
Father: “Hey what are you doing come to Daddy?
3 y.o.: “No”
(more rattling)
Father: “Will you do as you are told and come here before I get very angry”
3 y.o.: Enters the room looking sheepish and and chewing on about 35 metres of Mint Flavored Dental Floss rolled up into a ball. “My Bubble Gun” he says even more defiantly.

As a parent the sound of silence is always an alarming sound, what happens next is often “Funny Things Kids Say” What are your Funny Things Kids Say stories we’d love to hear them. Just leave them in the comments below or post them to our Things Kids Say Facebook page.