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Kids talking

Soapweed

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Yesterday I was in the gas station, and visiting with a man that sometimes plays the part of Santa Claus at school Christmas programs. He told of one of these events last year at a fairly local one room country school. As each youngster came up to him, he'd ask what they were hoping to get for Christmas. Evidently the teacher had assigned each child to compose a list of their wants and desires. Santa Claus said each kid had a list long enough to choke a horse. Finally one little pre-schooler, who was timid and hanging back, finally got brave and came up to sit on Santa's lap. Santa questioned the boy, "Well, young man, what would you like for Christmas?" The little guy held up his list, scrutinized it carefully, and answered, "I don't know. I can't read." Poor old Santa got to laughing so hard he about bucked the kid off of his lap.

My dad reminded me of his cousin, who started school back in the late 1920's. On his first day in the unfamiliar surroundings, the teacher asked him if he could spell his name. "Heck no," he replied, "why do you think I came here."

Another gentleman was sitting next to us at the cafe. I reminded him of one of his sayings when he was a kid in school. His grandmother had told my dad, and I remembered the story from long ago. When the young lad returned one afternoon, his dad asked him if he'd learned anything. While making his report, the boy said, "And Dad, the teacher stooped over and I could see clear to her withers."

Another local cowboy was a student at the school where my Dad's cousin was teaching. One day she asked him, "What are you going to be when you grow up. He replied, "I'm going to be rough and tough and nasty, just like my dad." He succeeded pretty well, but he's a heck of a good guy.

This brings to mind another local lad of my dad's era. He had quite a bit of trouble in school, and had to take a couple of grades over again. One day the teacher was asking the kids what their thoughts were on future occupations. She asked, "Bud, what are you going to be when you get out of school." He replied, only partly in jest, "A old man."
 

Red Robin

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Soapweed said:
Another gentleman was sitting next to us at the cafe. I reminded him of one of his sayings when he was a kid in school. His grandmother had told my dad, and I remembered the story from long ago. When the young lad returned one afternoon, his dad asked him if he'd learned anything. While making his report, the boy said, "And Dad, the teacher stooped over and I could see clear to her withers."
Funny. :lol:
When I was a kid, at my grandparents house the adults were discussing my pregnant aunts condition and she was exclaiming how big she was getting etc. I asked her if she was springing yet. I was serious and I don't think she took it too well by the color of her face. I guess I was 7 or 8.
 

passin thru

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Good ones guys. Reminds me of the one where the teacher asked the kids what they wanted to be. The one little girl said she wanted to be a teacher..........."you didn't have to be very smart to be a teacher so that was for her"
RR, you were a charmer with the ladies back then I see.
 

Soapweed

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When I was a little bitty guy, we had a German Shepard puppy named Badger. The dog and I grew up together for awhile, but Badger got big faster than me. My granddad in Minnesota brought me out a Minneapolis Moline pedal tractor for Christmas, and about the only place there was any cement to ride it was on our open back porch. I was about three years old and trying to ride the tractor. Even then my mechanical skills were very limited, and things weren't going well. The dog wanted me to play with him instead. Finally in despair, I tried to get back in the house by way of the kitchen screen door. Badger didn't want that to happen, so he got in front of the door. Mom heard me whining, "Badger, don't irritate on me." :roll: :(
 

cert

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Just this morning I was listening in on my kids conversation at the breakfast table. The oldest, Courtney, doesn't like pepper and the middle one, Casi, had always heard me make up some excuse for what they were seeing on the top of their eggs. My excuses were usally something like, bacon grease or cumin. This morning before I got to answer the oldest's question, Casi blurted out that the black stuff was chicken poop.
I almost spit out my mouthfull of milk laughing!!

The oldest will still eat eggs but she says there cannot be anymore black stuff on the top, no matter what it is. :D
 

Mrs.Greg

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My son was in his first year of school,so one morning I was trying to get his hair to lay flat,complaining about the darn cowlik on the front of his hair.I left the room and heard my four year old daughter say to her brother"Dustin which one of our cows licked you" :lol: :lol:
 

the_jersey_lilly_2000

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Lil Lilly's most memorable saying......(yes she was a lil peaved with her daddy at the moment) was......
"Stupidity comes from havin to do stupid things" she was maybe 4 at the time. I laffed till I had tears. Which she seen absolutely nothin funny about it at all...so then I was on her bad side for a lil while too. LOL
 

Ranchy

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Thanks for sharing your stories, guys. I needed a chuckle this morning.......

Didja realize we have 11 days till Christmas, and I'm sitting here, playing on the computer, instead of doing one of the eleven hundred things I still have to do, before it gets here? :shock: :roll: :oops:
 

CattleArmy

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My aunt tells the story about asking me if I was excited for kindergarten and my reply being I couldn't go. She asked why and I replied I don't even know how to spell cat. Serious as could be.
 
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