DS1 (8) took my instructions a bit too literally!

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I asked him to put the toilet rolls in the toilet and look what he did!

He’ll go far!

I like him.

When DD was about 4 I told her to clear the floor(of her toys) or they'll get hoovered/swept up and put in the bin. The floor was clear..she just put all her crap on the sofa.

With young Dcs me and my siblings have had to change the wording from 'Go and wash your hands in the downstairs toilet' to 'Go and wash your hands in the basin in the downstairs toilet'.

Aww I'm glad you found it funny. My DS is a little younger but takes things that literally

He had an immense tantrum and hid his favourite boots once when I said he was acting a bit too big for his boots on a really challenging day!

Also buck your ideas up has resulted in exasperation from him and tears that he couldn't get his ideas out of his head to buck them anywhere

Also put your plate in the sink - has been the bathroom sink before

Amazingly- I think he's NT but he does take things incredibly literally

We had to drop 13 year old DD at someones house for a lift on Sunday morning. We got there a little early, so waited outside until the appointed time. The daughter came out when we went to knock on the door, explained they were running late but gave DD car keys and said 'Go and unlock the car, we won't be long'. I walked to the car with DD, she unlocked it, I told her to get in. Her reply 'She didn't tell me to get in it'. She got close to tears when I tried to explain that was absolutely what they wanted her to do, so I gave in and we stood there like a pair of lemons until they came out. Thankfully it wasn't too long a wait!

I got the strop with my 8yo DD last week, and told her that if she didn’t turn all her dirty socks the right way out in the hamper there’d be hell to pay.

She dutifully changed all the socks of all the family. However she found them, she turned them the opposite way. So hers are now right, all the others are wrong! 🤦🏻‍♀️

When ds was about 3 dh told him to watch his feet as dh was trimming the edge of the lawn. He got annoyed cow ds didn’t move. Ds was just stood there watching his feet.

Ah, malicious compliance. Quite funny, really

Watch to the end :D

My nephew was told to put his wet swimming stuff on the radiator - he just rested the whole rucksack with the wet swimming stuff inside on the radiator...

I was eating prawns and our elderly cat Portia was hassling me.
'Throw Portia out for a bit please' I said to DS2

He opened the back door and launched her like a rugby ball
DH and I just stared at each other in horror.

(She was fine, and stalked back in with an outraged expression)
DS2 has autism and is VERY literal. I should have known better!

Haha

Ignore the miserable twats

The yucca in the loo has started my day with a laugh!

I was about 8 when my mum told me to wash the lettuce. So I did - with washing powder.

This is the kids I'd thing that stopped me asking my kids to do chores

And in twenty years' time they'll be the subject of 'strategically incompetent spouse' divorce threads on MN.

kind of thing

Did anyone ever see the 'One Foot in the Grave' episode?
When a young man from the garden centre arrives, delivering a tree, Victor Meldrew is on the phone but instructs him to put the plant in to toilet. So the lad plants it in the bowl...
Brilliant comedy as ever.

Jocasta , Hilda ^ posted a vid of that epi.T'was what I was laughing at

I can tell which household are nicer to live in on here!

Hahaha that's really put a smile on my face!

This reminds me of the time I got fed up with falling over the kids' toys, and told them that anything still on the floor half an hour later would be thrown away.

I came back to find the toys all put away, but their homework was artistically scattered all over the floor.

We have this a lot in our house (ASD kids) and most things are taken literally, it can be so funny.
We've had the cat thrown out the door (cat was fine).
Once I sent my elder son to get four pints of milk, he came back with four individual pints of milk.
Plus we've had 'get your skates on' ....'but I don't have any!' And many more.
We have had to change the way we speak to the boys, but the odd one slips through

We told our son when he was 3 to eat the last carrot and FIL said, "It's got your name on it!" He spent ages turning the carrot around and looking all over it for his name.

My DS has always been a joker. Once, when he was 15/16 I'd gone to work and left a note saying "please hang on line" with an arrow pointing to washing machine.
I got home to the note pegged to the washing line.
He thought it was hilarious
It did secretly make me chuckle too!