My mortifying experience at 8 years old!
I was 8 years old when I was on Art Linkletter’s “Kids Say the Darndest Things” radio program and…was mortified by what my family thought was a scripted response, but wasn’t! (don’t ask me how to spell Mississippi…it really did overflow that day!
So I can really appreciate (and enjoy) some of the following things that other kids have said!
Teacher: How old is your father?
Kid: He is 6 years old.
Teacher: What? How is this possible?
Kid: He became a father only when I was born.
(Logical? of course!)
Teacher: Maria, go to the map and find North America.
Marie: Here it is.
Teacher: Correct. Now, class, who discovered America.
Class: Maria.
Teacher: Donald, what is the chemical formula for water?
Donald: HIJKLMNO.
Teacher: What are you talking about?
Donald: Yesterday you said it’s H to O.
Teacher: Clyde, your composition on “My Dog” is the exactly the same as your brother’s. Did you copy his?
Clyde: No sir, it’s the same dog.
Teacher: Harold, what do you call a person who keeps on talking when people are no longer interested?
Harold: A teacher.
Since I’ve been both a ‘kid’ and a ‘teacher’, I’ve had these experiences from both sides.
Do you think we enjoy what youngsters often say because maybe we wish we had said that?
1 Comment
Pat,
I was also on “Kids say the Darndest Things”. Television version. My last name was McCoy, and Art asked me if I was any relation to the McCoy’s, and I said, “No, but I watch them every Thursday night on T.V.
Many blessings,
Sandy