Kids Say the Darnest things

@RubyHawk (99425)

Atlanta, Georgia

May 16, 2022 7:48pm CST

I read a post earlier about the things kids say that reminded me of a few that my children and grandchildren said when they were small. Kids can misunderstand such simple words and come up with the darnest things. Does anyone remember the song "Rolly Polly Daddy's Little Fattie"? I'm not sure that was the title but it's the first line of the song. I was singing that song to my little son one day when he started crying his eyes out. The last line of the song was " Bet He's Gonna Be A Man Someday." My sister's name is Betty to make sense of what came out of my son's mouth, and my son thought there was nobody in the world like Betty. My little son said through his tears, Mother I don't want Betty to be a man someday. I had to assure him that Betty was not going to be a man. She would always be his Betty.

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@wolfgirl569 (95188)

• Marion, Ohio

17 May 22

That would be an easy one to get confused. A friend of ours told her son they were going to Bob Evans to eat one time. He thought she said they were going to Bob and Evas

Our house. If you say evans without the ns that is pretty much how my name is pronounced.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

20 May 22

It’s easy for little ones to misunderstand.

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@yoalldudes (35040)

• Philippines

17 May 22

For Betty to become a man surely do sound horrible to him hahaha. Funny story.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 May 22

I know and he was so upset. He didn’t want his favorite aunt to turn into a man.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 May 22

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@yoalldudes (35040)

• Philippines

17 May 22

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@rebelann (111187)

• El Paso, Texas

17 May 22

Awww, poor lil tyke. I'll bet he laughs about it now though, right?

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 May 22

He probably doesn’t remember it. I’ll ask him.

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@Morleyhunt (21737)

• Canada

17 May 22

I love when children ask you a question that you hesitate before answering….and while you pause, they answer with the most unexpected words.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 May 22

Kids can really surprise you with the things they come up with.

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@JudyEv (325809)

• Rockingham, Australia

17 May 22

Oh, poor kid. It's easy to see how he would think this.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 May 22

He was little but who would have thought a child would take the song that way.

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@Kandae11 (53679)

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17 May 22

The thought of Betty suddenly turning into a man was really worrying for the poor little guy.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

20 May 22

It was scary for him. He loved his aunt Betty.

@GardenGerty (157555)

• United States

17 May 22

Not only do kids speak literally, they hear literally.Funny.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

18 May 22

They do but they learn fast.

@jobelbojel (34729)

• Philippines

18 May 22

I don't want Betty to turn into man as well.

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@jobelbojel (34729)

• Philippines

18 May 22

@RubyHawk That's so true.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

18 May 22

I’m sure she didn’t want to turn into a man either.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

18 May 22

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Anne Marie Guyer

@LeaPea2417 (36442)

• Toccoa, Georgia

17 May 22

My son when he was a baby cried when I sang to him "rock a bye baby". You know the song, don't you?

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 May 22

I know the song.It doesn’t sound good to sing to a child when you think about it. It’s down right scary. When the bough breaks , the cradle will fall, down will come rock a by baby and all.

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@marlina (154166)

• Canada

18 May 22

So cute!

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

18 May 22

Kids are always cute.

@GreatMartin (23676)

• Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

19 May 22

Art Linkletter made a fortune of what "Kids Say The Darndest Things"---and it was a great show!! Kids never censor themselves--adults can learn from them!

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

19 May 22

That’s true. I loved that show. I’ve seen some of the reruns.

@TheHorse (205771)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 May 22

I do know the song. But I don't remember the "Betty" lyric. Oh yes, I do. See! All of that trans-gender stuff makes kids cry!

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@TheHorse (205771)

• Walnut Creek, California

20 May 22

@RubyHawk Understood. I had to sing it before I "got it."

@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

20 May 22

@TheHorse It takes a little while.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

20 May 22

The line was, Bet he’s gonna be a man some day. My little boy thought he was saying, Betty’s gonna be a man some day. Poor little fellow cried his eyes out until he finally understood his aunt Betty wasn’t going to turn into a man.

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@thelme55 (76476)

• Germany

18 May 22

That was so funny. Kids are cute and funny when they say what they think.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

18 May 22

They can be cute and funny and are always surprising.

@thislittlepennyearns (58140)

• Defuniak Springs, Florida

17 May 22

thats so cute

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 May 22

It was cute in a way but he scared about his aunt Betty.

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@snowy22315 (169973)

• United States

17 May 22

Kids are funny. Son used to say he was going to nap when he was going to sleep for the night.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 May 22

They can come up with some doozies. Their little brains can’t take everything in.

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@sabtraversa (12941)

• Italy

17 May 22

That's funny, misheard lyrics are quite common even among adults, but Betty gonna be a man is epic.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 May 22

it blew my mind that the little guy heard it the way he did.

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@Marilynda1225 (79731)

• United States

17 May 22

Ahhh that's so cute!! I have to agree that kids do come out with some funny things

@MarshaMusselman (38659)

• Midland, Michigan

17 May 22

I never heard that song before that I know of anyway. That's cute what he thought. I remember growing up when some of my siblings and I were singing the wrong words to certain songs. But back then you couldn't get the lyrics to get it right. I don't know how we figured it out unless we heard the group on stage and it was clear there? One was a song by the doors and my brother sang one part of a verse as baked bread when it was something totally different. I wish I could remember the song or something but I can't.

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@JESSY3236 (18923)

• United States

17 May 22

lol My mother is bad at singing the wrong words to songs.

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@RubyHawk (99425)

• Atlanta, Georgia

17 May 22

That can happen..

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@CarolDM (203452)

• Nashville, Tennessee

17 May 22

I don't remember the song.