What is the most creative question a child ever asked you?

[meganlynne]

Looking for wacky, poignant, baffling queries from little ones. I'm doing research for a nonfiction book.

DD 4 yesterday: 'what's behind space mummy?'

Are you going to credit people in your book?

Who are gods parents?

I'm a research assistant, so not my book. But all questions that come from MumsNet are denoted as such!

"Where does electricity come from?"

Who makes the weather?

Would you rather be homeless or in prison?

Why do we have 5 fingers but only 4 gaps? I hadn't a clue what he was talking about, turns out he meant the gaps between fingers.

What’s the difference between life and nature?

Does the tooth fairy carry her castle with her under one arm?

What does the tooth fairy do with everyone's teeth?
Why is a trampoline called a trampoline and not a jumpoline?
Why do adults grow hair under their arms and on their bits?what's it's purpose?
Why do ladies put stuff in their lips for? Why do they want to look like fish ? 🤣

Why are cups called cups and not trees?
And why is green called green and not blue? And if we called green blue and not green, p would we know that it wasn’t really blue that it was actually green?

My head used to hurt a lot!!!

Are Oranges called Oranges because Oranges are orange. Or is orange called orange because Oranges are orange.

"Do you have a teddy bear face?"
Asked by a little girl who just came up to me as I was lying on the local beach.
I replied, "I don't know; do you think I have a teddy bear face?"
She nodded and called out: "Mum, I've found a lady!" 😂
It was years ago, but it stays with me.

This is an excellent question!

Do dogs have chins?

How do we know that we see colours the same? Like if you borrowed my eyeballs and my brain and had a look though - could maybe my shirt look like a different colour to you- but we don't know because we both call it orange?

Asked at 5:30 am on a camping trip when I was much too sleep deprived to make a sensible answer

Why do some animals not have tails?

DS when about 4 'Why do people need God?', which got into an interesting conceptual conversation. By about 6 he was pretty clear he didn't believe in a deity!

I actually saw the answer to this on a programme the other day! Apparently, oranges are called oranges because they are orange. 😆

Why did they put the beach so far from the carpark?

What's your second most favourite thing to do with a knife, a fork and a sausage?

I love this!

Why don't cats have lips?

4 year old - mummy where was I before I was in your tummy?