# Kids say the darndest things

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-say-the-darndest-things/599580>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 13, 2011, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-say-the-darndest-things/599580 "2011-10-13T22:39:43Z")\
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**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-say-the-darndest-things/599580/21 "2011-10-17T04:17:22Z")

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with a 5 year old in the grocery store

Me: “Now this [high fiber] cereal is very good for you, because it helps you poo.”  
Girl: “Daddy, I know that.”  
Me, puzzled: “Really? How did you know?”  
Girl: “Because it _looks_ like poo!”

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [October 17, 2011, 6:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/kids-say-the-darndest-things/599580/22 "2011-10-17T06:57:59Z")

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Many kids go through a phase of wanting to marry Mom, or the babysitter, or their favorite teacher, when they grow up.

A friend’s son tells her, very quietly, “Mommy?”  
“Yes?”  
“If I was to marry you, you’d have to divorce Daddy first, right?”  
“Eh… yeeessss…”  
“Oh. Then I don’t wanna marry you, I like Daddy.”  
“U-hu.  
So where did this marry me thing come from?”  
"Oh, some of the other boys were talking about marrying their Mommies, but I like Daddy, so I’m going to tell them I don’t wanna marry you.

_sigh_

Now I’ll have to find me a girlfriend… is that difficult?"  
“You’ll have to ask Daddy that one.”

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