Friday, March 6, 2009

Out of the mouths of babes

The 13-year-old boy I tutor: "I had a dream last night I was a Jedi."
Me: "Really?"
Boy: "And I was fighting myself."
Me: "How did you do that?"
Boy (as if obvious): "Well, I had cloned myself."

Oh. Of course!

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A high school junior in the resource room: "Your voice sounds low."
Me: "It does?"
Junior: "Are you a smoker?"
Me: "No."
Junior contemplates this for a minute, then declares: "It sounds like you've been inhaling helium backwards."

2 comments:

  1. don't you just love kids. they say the funniest stuff.

    my son turns nouns into verbs. for example, he says, "don't vaseline me."

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  2. These are great! I don't know how they come up with this stuff and then look at you like it's completely obvious.

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