“Do you want to get undressed and play some games with me?”
Context: One of the children was excited to play some games and meant to say "After we have our pajamas on do you want to play some games with me?"“How are your breasts?”
Context: We were at Kentucky Fried Chicken and we had just explained the names of the different pieces of chicken that were available. Later, during the meal the child, thinking that I had ordered the biggest pieces of chicken available, had meant to ask how my chicken tasted.“Hey! Shut the door!”
Context: In our apartment in Germany the bathroom door was right off the kitchen. Near the end of dinner one of us needed to use the bathroom. While doing his/her business someone else needed to go, hadn't noticed someone else going in to the bathroom, and opened the bathroom door. What would you have said?“Jenna just ran into a pole.”
Context: Pay close attention. We were in Krakow (Poland) and the Elaine and I were in the ticket booth buying tickets to a soccer match. The kids were restless and outside playing around. One of her brothers came and reported the incident to us. Apparently Jenna had run into a pole and not a Pole.“Whoa, there's a glacier!”
Context: In New Zealand, after hiking for 30 minutes with the express intent of seeing the glacier that has been there for hundreds of years, one of the children was so surprised to see it when we actually got there.Check back later. I'll update this as we go.
My favorite is still "this family is so boring" when no one wanted to play a game after a long day of sightseeing.
ReplyDeleteWhen I lived in Germany, the mailboxes were mounted to the outside walls of a building. My family was walking down a sidewalk and one mailbox was the exact height of my sister. Not looking up, she walked right into it because it jutted out from the wall, Cut her forehead and gave her a lump the size of an egg. Only happened once, she learned her lesson.
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