To think toddlers ask the most wonderful but unanswerable questions?

[doradaisy]

Here are a few of my best ones from DD age 3 and 3 quarters:

'Why don't sheep have heels mummy?'

'Do wolves like eating raw bacon?'

'Why is fire hot?'

:)

do wolves like raw bacon is actually quite an intelligent question - well I take it wolves like pigs! :o

I love it when they ask these types of questions, my DH is an engineer and really struggles to answer stuff like this when asked. When my DD asked him how she got out of Mummy tummy, he completely paniced and said through her tummy button - she's going to be scared for life!

I love "is foucault a planet". what a fantastic household to sow the seeds of such a question. marvellous

"Christ, what the fuck is wrong with saying if a toddler asks a cute question, just fucking answer it?"

Because we all already KNOW that we should! I can actually answer all of dora's toddler's questions (I even know that sheep do actually have heels, just in their ankles) but that doesn't negate the fact that they're pretty strange and wonderful questions (though I will again admit I was stumped with 'why is the sky'). But I'm sure we do all try!

It's not that you shouldn't have said what you said - and you are very much entitled to your YABU. I also agree with your opinions about god (though slightly surprised you'd deny him and not other made-up icons). Its just that it was all a bit irresistibly po-faced.

Anyway I'm shutting up now. It isn't nice to have lots of people at you and I feel a bit like I've hijacked this thread so I'll back off.

Toddler DD has been a bit obsessed with family relationships of late ("Who's daddy's daddy? Who's granny's daddy?" etc). The other day she asked me who sky's daddy was. I thought it was a great question and gave her a long and wide-ranging answer to do with the actual sky and space and creation myths etc .... only to discover that she actually meant a new girl at school called Sky

My son is a bit older - 4 and 3 months - but the other day he asked me what I would do if I saw a beee-yoooo-teeee-fooool flower in the garden, and I picked it, but then I discovered it had legs like a horse. I'm still not completely sure what I'd do, to be honest!

If I ever dare to say "I don't know" to any of his questions, he gets a bit short with me and says: "Well go and look it up on the internet, then."

Dita - that's hilarious

Why is Uncle Andrew a spatula? (batchelor)

"Jesus was born with a spanner in his head" What???!!!

mrskbpw! Brilliant!

When hearing the song "Hot stuff" in the car, my then 3 year old asked if the singer wanted a cup of tea or a hot water-bottle (Looking for some hot stuff baby this evening).
Another classic "Is Father Christmas god's brother?

I really don't get why you are all having a go at MsTeak, seriously give it up she does not deserve this and you lot are really dragging it out. Geez

In the doctors waiting room, examining a rocking horse with a very loud voice (and lifting its tail) "Where does the poo come out?"

"what shape are vitamins???"

wtf???

mrs. Teak - feel a bit bad now and sorry for you. wasn't intention to pounce on you but agree that your posts seemed a bit out of touch with general spirit of topic. just trying to be funny with slightly sarky edge

that 'sky' story is hilarious Mrs DitaVonCheese!! brilliant.

reminds me of a story my work mate told me some time ago. her 9 year old daughter asked her one day 'what's a virgin!'. she was so shocked, but inhaled and proceeded to give a general explanation of 'when a mammy and daddy like each other...etc, etc'

her daughter then asked 'so what does extra virgin mean?'

she saw it on a bottle of oil :)

dora

Reminds me of this girl who listened to Madonna's La Isla Bonita and thought the first line was, 'Last night I slept with some dago'. She couldn't work out how Madonna had got away with being so racist!

lol kenobi :)

or the way I used to think that song was 'donuts make your brown eyes blue-oooo'

still got green eyes no matter how many of them I devour :)

heh.

I also thought that the lyric from The Pretenders' Gotta Stop Sobbing Alone was 'gotta stop swabbing the floor'. That used to really confuse me...

tee hee

or that macy gray song "tried to say goodbye and i choked/tried to walk away and i crumbled/though i try to hide it/it's clear/ i wear goggles when you are not here

seriously, listen to it again. am convinced that's what she says :)

Oh MsTeak - brightening up the world again! Did you get a nice smug feeling answering the questions for people.? They could have answered them if they wanted too - they were just enjoying the great things children ask. But don't let that stop your smug......

Honestly that woman....

There was a dance tune a while ago that went "Iiiiii can't get enough, no, no, no no". My DH spent a long time singing "Iiii can't get it up, no, no, no" in clubs.............

way to stalk again, catgirl.

Misheard song lyrics "give me an iron lung" rather than higher live and "I'm Henry walnut" rather than every woman.

Favourite question from a 6 year old - am I catholic or pregnant?

I had a friend who thought U2's "she moves in mysterious ways" was about "Shamu the mysterious whale". It now is for me.

DS1(4) keeps asking things like

What makes green?
What makes blue?
What makes red?

i think he means how do you make green/blue/red?

dora It is goggles. I swear it.

My friends DD (6) asked for 'eat my shoe' on CD. Me and friend passing looks trying to work it out when she says you know 'EAT my-shoe' Its Justin Beibers song that starts 'me plus you'

DS once ask me if all the trains on a track were running late how would they start being ontime again without crashing?

Now that was one which I really had to think about.

When DD1 was about 3 she asked me "Why do I have a forehead?"
"To keep your brain in place" was the best I could come up with