Random questions kids ask.

[jonthefox]

My sons just asked me how long is forever ?. To be honest, it's not the first time he's baffled me with questions like , why is water wet and why is the moon round. 

I'm sure a few of you have had them, so let's hear them. 

[Alf Bentley]

1 minute ago, jonthefox said:

My sons just asked me how long is forever ?. To be honest, it's not the first time he's baffled me with questions like , why is water wet and why is the moon round. 

I'm sure a few of you have had them, so let's hear them. 

 

Sounds like you need to sign the lad up for a joint honours degree in physics and philosophy. 

[Izzy]

Kids are waaaay better than adults at asking open ended questions. They come from a genuine place of curiosity and wanting to learn and then we turn into adults and ask rubbish, leading, closed questions because we want to be in control. Anyway, I digress...

 

My lad asked me last week "Why is poo brown?"

 

No idea son..."Alexa!!!"

[FoxesDeb]

4 hours ago, Izzy said:

Kids are waaaay better than adults at asking open ended questions. They come from a genuine place of curiosity and wanting to learn and then we turn into adults and ask rubbish, leading, closed questions because we want to be in control. Anyway, I digress...

 

My lad asked me last week "Why is poo brown?"

 

No idea son..."Alexa!!!"

Isn't that because an amalgamation of all colours makes brown? 

[Izzy]

1 minute ago, FoxesDeb said:

Isn't that because an amalgamation of all colours makes brown? 

Thanks Alexa 

[Guest Electric Yetis]

Not something he asked but something he said. 

 

When my eldest son was 3 I was sat by his bed reading him a bedtime story. We heard the living room door open and his Mum walking up the stairs. He looked at me and said

"oh no, here comes the bitch"

 

I promise I've never called her that and I still to this day have no idea where he got it from.

 

[Manwell Pablo]

“Why do I look like the milk man”

[Aus Fox]

Why does Uncle Jeff come over every time you do the night shift? 

[StanSP]

7 hours ago, Izzy said:

Kids are waaaay better than adults at asking open ended questions. They come from a genuine place of curiosity and wanting to learn and then we turn into adults and ask rubbish, leading, closed questions because we want to be in control. Anyway, I digress...

 

My lad asked me last week "Why is poo brown?"

 

No idea son..."Alexa!!!"

 

3 hours ago, FoxesDeb said:

Isn't that because an amalgamation of all colours makes brown? 

 

3 hours ago, Izzy said:

Thanks Alexa 

Alexa is wrong! Bad Alexa!

 

It's to do with the bile in your system. Bilirubin is broken down from red blood cells, and is yellowy-green in colour. It mixes with other chemcials as it flows through your system with all the stuff you eat, it changes to brown.

[Guest Electric Yetis]

50 minutes ago, StanSP said:

 

 

Alexa is wrong! Bad Alexa!

 

It's to do with the bile in your system. Bilirubin is broken down from red blood cells, and is yellowy-green in colour. It mixes with other chemcials as it flows through your system with all the stuff you eat, it changes to brown.

See, Google is not only useful for Dingbats 😉

[MPH]

“ Mummy, why is the Rooster being mean to the chickens” 

 

 she genuinely sent him over to me and said i’d tell him!

[StanSP]

10 hours ago, Rain King said:

See, Google is not only useful for Dingbats 😉

Haha, or school biology lessons! Some stuff sticks over the years (pun intended). 

[Trav Le Bleu]

21 hours ago, Izzy said:

Thanks Alexa 

Wouldn't it be great if you could change Alexa's "name" or at least the word it answers to (same thing, I guess).

 

"FoxesDeb, why does..."

 

"FoxesDeb, who is..."

 

It could be anything!

 

"Invasive-privacy-intruder, when was..." 

 

"F#*$ing-know-it-all, how do I..."

[Trav Le Bleu]

15 hours ago, MPH said:

“ Mummy, why is the Rooster being mean to the chickens” 

 

 she genuinely sent him over to me and said i’d tell him!

I hope you explained that it's a cockerel, not a rooster.

 

I also hope you pointed out that rooster is not a proper noun, it's a common noun and therefore doesn't have a capital R, just like the more authentically English (capital E) cockerel doesn't have a capital C.

 

You've been in America too long mate.

 

Or maybe you were just trying to avoid saying cock and all the potential that brings?

 

P.S. good to see you must be up and about now.

[MPH]

14 minutes ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

I hope you explained that it's a cockerel, not a rooster.

 

I also hope you pointed out that rooster is not a proper noun, it's a common noun and therefore doesn't have a capital R, just like the more authentically English (capital E) cockerel doesn't have a capital C.

 

You've been in America too long mate.

 

Or maybe you were just trying to avoid saying cock and all the potential that brings?

 

P.S. good to see you must be up and about now.

 

 

i most certainly am happy using the word Rooster and not cockerel!

 

my wife is American and my sons were born here so i will most certainly exploit that to avoid using awkward words!

 

feeling better for sure but still taking several daily  naps!

[FoxesDeb]

3 hours ago, Trav Le Bleu said:

Wouldn't it be great if you could change Alexa's "name" or at least the word it answers to (same thing, I guess).

 

"FoxesDeb, why does..."

 

"FoxesDeb, who is..."

 

It could be anything!

 

"Invasive-privacy-intruder, when was..." 

 

"F#*$ing-know-it-all, how do I..."

Why me? 

[Dahnsouff]

On 20/07/2020 at 18:04, FoxesDeb said:

Isn't that because an amalgamation of all colours makes brown? 

Are you suggesting rainbows make poo?  

[FoxesDeb]

46 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

Are you suggesting rainbows make poo?  

If you ate one, then possibly, yes 

[Trav Le Bleu]

2 hours ago, FoxesDeb said:

Why me? 

Cos you answered @Izzy's question 

[Guest Electric Yetis]

When were taps invented?

 

1880 for anyone interested.