MaMa2005 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 it can also be a curse. We stopped by the gas station for a drink on the way to co-op today. As we were checking out, a teenager walks in with a shirt on that says "*u%k you and the ship you just sailed in on".:w00t: Well, DS proceeds to read the shirt OUT LOUD and then LOUDLY asks what does '*u#k" mean? All eyes in the store just came to rest on us :svengo:. That made for an interesting discussion once we got to the car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippen Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Tell me about it. One of mine could read well by his third birthday. Imagine the stress of walking through the hospital each week with a literal preschooler who was attracted to the words Fire Alarm Pull Down.:001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 :lol: Tell me the adults there understood and saw the humor in it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jen in PA Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 On the bright side, if he had to ask what it means, everyone listening was probably pretty certain he hadn't heard it before.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 And what about having to stand between your 4 year old daughter and the condom-dispensing machines in the QuikTrip bathroom? Not a conversation one wants to have with a 4 yo! Terri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Melinda in VT Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 It doesn't really get better, either. Just this week, my 10yo daughter said, "Mom, what's POR-nuh-GRAPH-ee?" (She was reading the National Geograhic.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heather in AL Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Our 'jaw dropping moment' was more of a 'jaw dropping hour-and-a-half'. Let me explain..... we were driving down I-75 in Florida to Walt Disney World with our kids. Ds had just started reading words longer than four or five letters, so he was reading everything he could. Well, there are some very 'colorful' billboards along the way, and it seemed as if he would just finish reading one when we would arrive at the next one. He kept reading things like 'couples welcome' and 'adult toys' and 'adult videos' and 'XXX videos'. Talk about horrible!!! The questions he asked were getting harder to answer, and what made it worse was three year old sister sitting there listening to every word!!!! There was no distracting him, either, because he just "knew" something was odd about them.... I'm sure the scantily clad, provocatively posed & pouting ladies had something to do with that! Oh, how we wished for an alternate route!!! I absolutely HATE that stretch of road!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 And what about having to stand between your 4 year old daughter and the condom-dispensing machines in the QuikTrip bathroom? Not a conversation one wants to have with a 4 yo! Terri :glare: Public restrooms are terrible. Our 'jaw dropping moment' was more of a 'jaw dropping hour-and-a-half'. Let me explain..... we were driving down I-75 in Florida to Walt Disney World with our kids. Ds had just started reading words longer than four or five letters, so he was reading everything he could. Well, there are some very 'colorful' billboards along the way, and it seemed as if he would just finish reading one when we would arrive at the next one. He kept reading things like 'couples welcome' and 'adult toys' and 'adult videos' and 'XXX videos'. Talk about horrible!!! The questions he asked were getting harder to answer, and what made it worse was three year old sister sitting there listening to every word!!!! There was no distracting him, either, because he just "knew" something was odd about them.... I'm sure the scantily clad, provocatively posed & pouting ladies had something to do with that! Oh, how we wished for an alternate route!!! I absolutely HATE that stretch of road!!! Eek! I'll have to remember to never take that road ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Georgiana Daniels Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Oh no!!! Why or why do people wear that kind of clothing :001_huh: At least everyone knew it wasn't language used at home. We were at the dr's office and my daughter started reading the poster about stopping the spread of AIDS. Never a dull moment.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlebug42 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I feel your pain. In the grocery store the other day, my 8 year old asked me what it meant to be stoned. I told her we would discuss it in the car. I told her it meant the same as being drunk on alcohol but with other drugs. She got confused and I asked her where she heard that word. She said that Linus in a Charlie Brown comic made a comment about not wanting to be "stoned" by the people for whatever reason. She meant literally "stoned" as in to death by rocks. She had no idea what I was talking about. I guess I will ask before I speak next time. :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gratia271 Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 I can relate. My three year old and I were at Hallmark looking for birthday cards. She shouted out, "Does my ass look big in these pants?"... it took me a minute to realize she was reading a card to her brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SonshineLearner Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 :w00t: I can relate. My three year old and I were at Hallmark looking for birthday cards. She shouted out, "Does my ass look big in these pants?"... it took me a minute to realize she was reading a card to her brother. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denise in Florida Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 When my dd was 12 we passed a billboard in Dallas that advertised "Fabric Free Entertainment". She asked what that meant. I paused a moment to respond and then she gasped and said "Never mind, I got it." Cue awkward silence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaissezFaire Posted April 1, 2010 Share Posted April 1, 2010 Ah the joys of early readers who want to read EVERY thing they see. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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