# Little Kids and Their Active Imaginations **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 25, 2000, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kids-and-their-active-imaginations/15275 "2000-03-25T16:51:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 2:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kids-and-their-active-imaginations/15275/21 "2000-03-28T02:43:00Z")
😃 That was cute Cristi! okatym, your story reminds me of one that DJ did when he was five. I had been concerned, every time we visited my mother in law, her husband had just died and she wanted DJ to sleep with her in their old bed. I didn’t think this sounded too good, but couldn’t think of a good reason other than, ‘this is weird, okay?’ But DJ to the rescue, we had had discussions about his body and I was teaching him to use all the proper terms rather than silly ones. So DJ comes out after his shower in his grandmother’s bathroom naked as a jaybird and tells his nana to check this out, ‘my penis is practicing again!’ Pointing to his having an erection! No more overnight stays with nana!! * * * “Um, according to who? Nothing more than a high brow troll, though occasionally the bi polar personality swung in a constructive direction on innocuous topics.” Omniscient ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kids-and-their-active-imaginations/15275/22 "2000-03-28T13:25:00Z")
> [@](#): > > Originally posted by okatym: > \*\*(I hate when I drop a slash. Okay, I’ll try to make that easier to read) > > Giving my 4 yr-old son a bath the other day, we were singing, **“C stands for Cookie. > That’s good enough for me”** from Sesame Street. I changed the words to “T stands for Thomas. That’s good enough for me”, and, “M stands for Mommy,” etc… > > We were taking turns coming up with new verses when my son did a new verse by himself. He stood up, grabbed his “little friend”, and in his real tough guy voice sang: > \*\* > “P stands for Penis. > That’s good enough for me. > P stands for Penis. > That’s good enough for me. > OOhh Penis Penis Penis starts with P!” \*\* > > -Katy\*\* Ever wonder why men have a goofy little smile on their faces when no one is watching? It’s because THIS, their secret theme song, is playing between their ears. * * * I’m living so beyond my income that we may almost said to be living apart -e e cummings ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2000, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kids-and-their-active-imaginations/15275/23 "2000-03-28T13:29:00Z")
My son is nearly 2 and doesn’t talk a whole lot. But he makes up for that in spades with facial gestures and smirks. Just the other day as he was eating lunch in his high chair, he became an adult in my eyes when he lifted one butt cheek and let a fart rip. He then processed to go " Toot Toot" as the passing of wind around this place is called. I could not stop laughing and he gave me such a satisfied smirk. ---
**Author:** ![okatym](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/76d3ee/32.png) [@okatym](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okatym)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2000, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kids-and-their-active-imaginations/15275/24 "2000-03-29T14:29:00Z")
When my daughter was about 4, we were driving somewhere and she was on a “god” kick. She would ask me, “Who made trees?” I said, “God did”. "Who made roads? “People” “Who made houses, people or God?”. “Well God made the wood and people put it together to make a house, so kinda both.” As she took an Oreo apart, she licked the middle and said, “Who made oreos?” I said, “Well sorta both again. God made part of them, and people made part…” Before I could really explain, she said, “I know, people made the black part, but God made the white stuff in the middle”. Too funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/little-kids-and-their-active-imaginations/15275.md?page=1)