My oldest daughter’s birthday was yesterday. My parents gave her a set of little chicks. (Random? I know.)
All three girls were playing with them for a bit when I heard my seven-year-old say something that sounded horribly suspicious.
“Here’s your (something starting with an f and ending with -king) chicks.”
“What did you just say?!”
She repeated herself, but I needed a third time to truly understand the word, all the while thinking, “Where on earth did she hear this? Why would she be saying it?”
Finally, I understood: “Here’s your flicking chicks.” Then she demonstrated by setting one down and flicking it with her finger.
Whew! Crisis averted.
That is funny!
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At first, scary. But in the end, yes, quite funny. I knew I had to share.
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LOL! Oh. My. Gosh. That is hilarious! All I got for Easter was half a dozen REAL chicks (yes, the avian kind). Pics to follow in my blog post this week 🙂
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Oooh, real chicks?! Man, oh, man. You have all the fun with animals. Just keep the cat away from them! Looking fwd to the pics!
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Now that makes a mom’s ears burn. Glad you figured it out.
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Oh, me too, even if it took a few tries. Thank you for coming by, Kovies! Always a pleasure to see you in the blogosphere again. 🙂
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LOL …. I fell for it too! … just like the old saying, Kids say the darndest things.
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It was a truly scary Mom moment. Like, “Where did I go wrong?”
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But at least you finally understood. 🙂
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Yes. Third time’s the charm.
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That is too funny! It hasn’t happened in a while, but we used to have so many laughs with the way my kids would pronounce things and accidentally sound like something profane.
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A friend once told me about a time when her son couldn’t pronounce Skittles. He kept offering everyone “Shittles” instead. Mmm. Hard to resist a good Shittle! 😉
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There was day when my son was very young and I was very pregnant with my daughter, and it was one mispronunciation after the other….it started with him calling blueberries “boobies” and then it was profanity after profanity….I actually peed my pants from laughing so hard. It makes me miss those days!
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Haha! And of course when you’re very pregnant it doesn’t take much to pee one’s pants. 🙂
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Flicking hilarious!
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Haha. Nice.
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My youngest loves to sing the Bruno Mars song, “Uptown Funk.” Let’s just say the first time he ran around the house shouting, “uptown funk you up” made more than a few eyebrows go up.
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Yiiiikes. I remember having a similar problem when I was younger, understanding how the singers of “Can you take me to fu*ky town” got away with it. Until my brother pointed out they were actually saying funky.
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Best flicking story I’ve read all day!
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Heh. Heh. 🙂
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😉
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omg, lol!
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I know, right? 🙂
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Oh that is cute. Aren’t kids wonderful.
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They keep us on our toes and are always good for a laugh!
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Kids are great for keeping your heart rate up.
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Indeed. Who needs exercise?
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Crisis averted, for now, hopefully!
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Ideally, forever!!! 😉
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That was a close one!
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Too close for comfort.
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Such a funny story; and I would say the crisis was avoided because you took the time to wait, listen and verify before reprimanding. Good job.
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If I jumped to reprimanding she’d want to know what word I thought she said and then what that word meant. Definitely dodged a bullet here.
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That’s hilarious. Reminds me of when I left my youngest with my mother-and-father in-law many years ago to go out for dinner. When I arrived home they were very upset because he said “the F word” I was mortified because he’d never said it before. After some investigating I realised he had said “fart” HAAAAAAAA! (yes – they’re prudes) 😀
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OMG! Did you totally laugh when they finally revealed to you what the dreaded “f-word” was? I’m sure you were also quite relieved.
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I laughed very loudly! They must think I’m a bit nuts 😀
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The aim of my blog is to have the loved ones of my readers question the reader’s sanity.
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You have the best substitute word EVER. “I can’t believe that flicking driver cut me off!” “No flicking way!” Love it. I’ve nominated you for the Blogger Recognition award. Details are here: https://riddlefromthemiddle.com/2017/04/13/rftm-sunshine-on-an-april-morning/
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Hey thanks! That’s flicking awesome! 😉
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