{"id":179,"date":"2003-06-10T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-06-10T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.paragonis.com\/Emails\/?p=179"},"modified":"2009-11-21T09:17:36","modified_gmt":"2009-11-21T13:17:36","slug":"kids-say-the-darndest-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emails.paragonis.com\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"Kids Say The Darndest Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved.  She was stark naked!<\/p>\n<p>As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my five-year-old shout from the back seat, &#8220;Mom! That lady isn&#8217;t wearing a seat belt!&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>On the first day of school, a first grader handed his teacher a note from his mother.  The note read, &#8220;The opinions expressed by this child are not necessarily those of his parents.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>A little boy got lost at the YMCA and found himself in the women&#8217;s locker room.  When he was spotted, the room burst into shrieks, with ladies grabbing towels and running for cover.<\/p>\n<p>The little boy watched in amazement and then asked, &#8220;What&#8217;s the matter haven&#8217;t you ever seen a little boy before?&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>POLICE # 1<\/p>\n<p>While taking a routine vandalism report at an elementary school, I was interrupted by a little girl about six years old.  Looking up and down at my uniform, she asked, &#8220;Are you a cop?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes,&#8221; I answered and continued writing the report.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;My mother said if I ever needed help I should ask the police.  Is that right?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Yes, that&#8217;s right,&#8221; I told her.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Well, then,&#8221; she said as she extended her foot toward me, &#8220;would you please tie my shoe?&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>POLICE # 2<\/p>\n<p>It was the end of the day when I parked my police van in front of the station.<\/p>\n<p>As I gathered my equipment, my K-9 partner, Jake, was barking, and I saw a little boy staring in at me.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Is that a dog you got back there?&#8221; he asked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It sure is,&#8221; I replied.<\/p>\n<p>Puzzled, the boy looked at me and then towards the back of the van.<\/p>\n<p>Finally he said, &#8220;What&#8217;d he do?&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>ELDERLY<\/p>\n<p>While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my four-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds. She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of<br \/>\nold age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs.<\/p>\n<p>One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, &#8220;The tooth fairy will never believe this!&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>DEATH<\/p>\n<p>While walking along the sidewalk in front of his church, our minister heard the intoning of a prayer that nearly made his collar wilt.<\/p>\n<p>Apparently, his five-year-old son and his playmates had found a dead robin. Feeling that proper burial should be performed, they had secured a small box and cotton batting, then dug a hole and made ready for the disposal of the deceased.<\/p>\n<p>The minister&#8217;s son was chosen to say the appropriate prayers and with sonorous dignity intoned his version of what he thought his father always said: &#8220;Glory be unto the Fathers and unto the Sonnn&#8230;.. and into the hole he gooooes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>SCHOOL<\/p>\n<p>A little girl had just finished her first week of school.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m just wasting my time,&#8221; she said to her mother.  &#8220;I can&#8217;t read, I can&#8217;t write and they won&#8217;t let me talk!&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>BIBLE<\/p>\n<p>A little boy opened the big family bible.  He was fascinated as he fingered through the old pages.<\/p>\n<p>Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible.  He picked up the object and looked at it.  What he saw was an old leaf that had been pressed in between the pages.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Mama, look what I found,&#8221; the boy called out.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What have you got there, dear&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>With astonishment in the young boy&#8217;s voice, he answered, &#8220;I think it&#8217;s Adam&#8217;s underwear.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was driving with my three young children one warm summer evening when a woman in the convertible ahead of us stood up and waved. She was stark naked! As I was reeling from the shock, I heard my five-year-old shout from the back seat, &#8220;Mom! 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