# Where Does She Come Up With This Stuff?? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2009, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-she-come-up-with-this-stuff/504161 "2009-07-24T21:40:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Lucky\_13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lucky_13/32/13209_2.png) [@Lucky\_13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lucky_13)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-she-come-up-with-this-stuff/504161/61 "2009-08-02T23:13:53Z")
My daughter and I were watching anime earlier today. A little boy appeared on the screen, with a piece of straw sticking out of his mouth, trying to look tough. She said, “He’s smoking weed, Mom.”:eek: ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-she-come-up-with-this-stuff/504161/62 "2009-08-02T23:22:48Z")
> [@ArrMatey](#): > > “Is there a movie with zombies in it?” > Yes. > “Is there one where the zombies are in a graveyard?” > Yes. > “Is there one like that where the zombies want to eat brains?” > Uhm, you’re not narrowing it down much… Sure he did. It’s **Return of the Living Dead**. ---
**Author:** ![Markxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@Markxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Markxxx)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-she-come-up-with-this-stuff/504161/63 "2009-08-02T23:58:15Z")
Kids tend to string things along without caring. Reminds me of a time when a four year old decided that “Spiderman” was his favourite movie and he’d tell me about it. Did you ever hear a four year old describe the plot to a movie. It starts somewhere in the middle of the picture and goes into directions that couldn’t possibly exits. Also kids watch and when you react to a single word, they remember and work that word into other conversations to provoke the reaction ---
**Author:** ![descamisado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@descamisado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/descamisado)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-she-come-up-with-this-stuff/504161/64 "2009-08-03T00:44:25Z")
> [@Hypno-Toad](#): > > My friends five year old walked in and claimed that he “Knocked up” the girl next door. He thought it meant “beat up” which was just as ridiculous as the girl in question was 16 or 17 and would have thumped him good. A co-worker told the story of her seven-year-old son announcing that he had a girlfriend, but he wasn’t “ready to bring her into the family yet.” ---
**Author:** ![Heckity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a5b964/32.png) [@Heckity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heckity)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-she-come-up-with-this-stuff/504161/65 "2009-08-06T13:35:03Z")
I’ve told this one here before - but to me it’s a classic - and explains male thinking more succinctly than any book could. My son at 5 or 6 announced to me in the car one day, “Sometimes I get a stiffy at school”. I explained that was quite normal and he shouldn’t worry about it. Then female curiosity got the better of me, and I asked, “Do you get a stiffy when you see a pretty girl or something?” To which he responded - “No, I get a stiffy when I see something I like - Like Lego. In fact sometimes I don’t ever know I like something, until I get a stiffy”. That explained so very many things to me about the male psyche. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-she-come-up-with-this-stuff/504161/66 "2009-08-06T21:23:19Z")
Why does that remind me of Order of the Stick? “This is my friend Mr. Stiffy, and this is my friend Mr. Squishy. Want to have tea?” ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2009, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-she-come-up-with-this-stuff/504161/67 "2009-08-06T22:26:30Z")
My daughter is a _Doctor Who_ fan (she has her own Dr. Who clubhouse and everything). Last week she asked me and my wife: “Does Rose and the Doctor sleep together?” “What do you mean?” “Well, they’re in the Tardis. There’s no bedrooms, so I figure when they go to sleep they have to sleep together.” “Oh, there are bedrooms all right. They just never show them. And there’s one for each of them.” “How do you know?” “It was all explained in Mommy’s Dr. Who” (The Tom Baker years) That seemed to satisfy her. When she was much younger, she would constantly ask of a TV/movie character: "Are they dead?"They could be sleeping, knocked out, or even dead, she would still ask “Are they dead?” ---
**Author:** ![Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a9a28c/32.png) [@Oslo\_Ostragoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oslo_Ostragoth)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2009, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-she-come-up-with-this-stuff/504161/68 "2009-08-07T05:32:54Z")
> [@Heckity](#): > > My son at 5 or 6 announced to me in the car one day, “Sometimes I get a stiffy at school”. I explained that was quite normal and he shouldn’t worry about it. Then female curiosity got the better of me, and I asked, “Do you get a stiffy when you see a pretty girl or something?” To which he responded - “No, I get a stiffy when I see something I like - Like Lego. In fact sometimes I don’t ever know I like something, until I get a stiffy”. > > That explained so very many things to me about the male psyche. :eek: I hope you weren’t drinking a coke or whatever at the time… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-does-she-come-up-with-this-stuff/504161.md?page=3)