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Children are so smart. Their little brains are like sponges, and they pick up knowledge, language and skills incredibly quickly. But another special thing about them is that their minds are not yet tainted by the confines of logic. If you tell them Santa Claus travels around the world in one night and sneaks in through the chimney, they just might believe you. Why wouldn’t they believe you? Adults know everything, right? 

Actress Daisy Haggard recently tweeted about a misunderstanding between her and her four-year-old daughter about traveling via ferry rather than fairy, and she inspired many other parents to share similar stories. We’ve gathered some of the most adorable and hilarious misunderstandings between children and adults down below for you to enjoy, and I’ll be honest, I wish that most of these kids were actually right. Can you imagine traveling on a fairy? That would be the best day of my life!

Be sure to upvote all of your favorite posts, and let us know in the comments if any children in your life have ever hilariously misunderstood something you said. Then if you’re interested in reading more of the funniest things kids have ever said, check out this Bored Panda piece next.

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stardust
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Nothing wrong with being a furry! ;)

Deborah B
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

TBH, if I were organising the wedding, I would definately look into a bear costume and have a 'ring bear' because that sounds really cute.

Lazy Panda (she/her/hers)
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Now considering renewing my vows just to have a reason to have a ring bear

JB
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Do it! Just imagining a tiny ring bear in a tux and bow tie 😻. Of course, then you’ll have to deal with either screaming toddler REFUSING to take it off to eat or hot, sweaty, toddler having a meltdown in the aisle because they are uncomfortable. But I’m positive you can cope 😉.

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Eduard Korhonen
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'd 100% swap his tux for a bear costume

Rens
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I would have let him wear a little bear costume, too cute x

Sue User
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Definately. That would be a great wedding

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Earl Grey
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3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

When my wife and I got married, we designated her 5YO son from her previous marriage to be the ring bearer. He got that jumbled up in his little head and went around proudly announcing to the guests that he would be the Ringmaster for the wedding.

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Whether it’s the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny or the existence of unicorns and mermaids, kids are inclined to believe many things that are not actually true. Their innocence and naivety can be adorable and even inspiring at times, but they can’t help it. And according to research, three-year-olds are particularly trusting, as they do not develop skepticism until they are a bit older. Vikram K. Jaswal of the University of Virginia decided to put this idea to the test and asked, “Why are they so willing to accept somebody else’s word, for example, that an eel is a fish, when it looks so much like a snake?”

So he conducted a study to determine whether three-year-olds are more trusting of information shown to them without words or information explicitly stated. So in one experiment, Jaswal had someone show kids a yellow cup and a red cup then hide a sticker under the red cup. With some of the participants, she falsely stated that they sticker was under the yellow cup, and with others, she placed an arrow on the yellow cup without telling them anything. The kids were given the opportunity to search underneath one cup and were allowed to keep the sticker if they found it. The game was played eight times with different pairs of colored cups.  

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    stardust
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wouldn't even be mad if this kid yelled "AHOY ME MATEYS" the whole flight

    Beth McGovern
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When my son was 3 we took him to Disney World. He asked what we were going on next and I said Pirates of the Caribbean. He said "nooooo I don't want to go on Pirates of the CARROTS AND BEANS!" He wasn't a fan of veggies.

    Holvnn Olive Ntivuguruzwa
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Is it me or some toddlers start talking at really low age, like 1year, because I don't understand how a 2year kid can know the story of pirates to the point of confuse him with a pilot...

    S
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not exactly same me very young can't exactly recall age. Stuck hand in gumball machine at Kmart 🤣🤣 freaked out when security came with the baby oil you know because STRANGER DANGER!!!!🤣🤣🤣 I think my mom was pretty embarrassed!🤭🤭

    Trisha Howson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe.....there flying pirates of the sky.

    Marla
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the day you will always remember as the day you almost caught Little Jenny McAllister!

    Ambry Petersen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol hope she lightened up thier day.

    Maggie Fulton
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Basically the plot of The Pirates of Penzance, so she’s in good company.,

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    Cliff Anderson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well in this crazy book Fahrenheit 451 you see. ….

    Helena R
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My (then 4yr old) son kept building Lego flame throwers. I was getting worried until one day he said they were fire fighters tackling a blaze. He thought they squirted fire, hence the name fire engine. Had to explain they squirted water onto fire

    T.
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's just born in the wrong time - Fahrenheit 451... Edit: spelling

    Kadhem Alabdulmuhsin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's the point of fighting fire with fire if you cannot fight fire with fire?

    BetterBitterButter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can't imagine the disappointment. Poor thing.

    Karl Baxter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had to read that one twice - in the UK the first part means something quite different than “disappointed” 😳

    Delta Dawn
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    maybe the Fire Tribe is hiring

    stardust
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Never bring a knife to a gun fight. Bring fire instead.

    SkekVi
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Pyrotechnician, little man! Those are the guys that get to do cool stuff with fire!

    Pollywog
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've always had a fascination with flame throwers.... Now all I can hear is Beavis saying "Fire, fire"!!!

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    The kids who watched the woman place the arrow on the wrong cup quickly learned that they could not listen to what she told them, but the kids who were told where the sticker was took her word for it. Of the 16 participants, 9 kids never found a sticker. Even if they had been misled seven times in a row, on their eighth opportunity, they continued to believe the woman. And I know what you might be thinking, “That’s cruel to withhold stickers from children!” Don’t worry, they all got a sticker in the end.

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    “Children have developed a specific bias to believe what they’re told,” Jaswal says. “It’s sort of a short cut to keep them from having to evaluate what people say. It’s useful because most of the time parents and caregivers tell children things that they believe to be true.” This information is useful when teaching a child something that they should just take your word for, like crossing the street without looking both ways is extremely dangerous, but it can also make it challenging to correct their beliefs when they have been led astray. (Or misunderstood what the word ferry meant…)

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    Who Panda 420
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not a little kid but me and my BFF were walking by the museum and sometimes they have characters dressed up for events. Well we're walking down the street and we see a guy in a dark suit with a top hat and a long beard and I see my friend about to say something and I said oh look a Hasidic Jewish man. My BFF looks horrified and says I'm so glad you said that first I was about to shout out hey Abraham Lincoln. Honestly an easy mistake as I said it was right by the museum but I'm so glad he didn't say that.

    glowworm2
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of a story one of my teachers at my Hebrew high school told us where an Orthodox rabbi was walking down the street. As he happened to be slightly chubby and had a long beard, a little boy enthusiastically ran up to him and shouted "Santa!"

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    Kiran Thomman
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be honest I think this is why we need more representation for Sikhs and other brown communities in (especially children’s) Tv shows and movies. When the only reference to this culture is genie from Aladdin ( which is very problematic) I think we have an issue.

    Pizzagirl 91
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You can't represent ALL the cultures in a natural way to children. If you bring them up to treat all people respectfully, there's no problem in them not knowing something about some people. I'm almost 31, and I'd never seen a person with a turban before I went to England at 22. I've only ever interacted with one trans person, at 27. I've only recently, at around 28, learned ANYTHING about Mormons. And to this day, I can't tell one subgroup of Muslims from another, and I know there's people getting killed over the differences. Still, I've never been troubled by meeting someone I don't know anything about. If you teach children (and adults) the basics to be a good human being, they will be fine with all groups of people: be kind, don't judge at first sight, don't expect everyone to adhere to your way of life, and give room to other people's world views where it doesn't infringe on your human rights.

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    Nicola Mawson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nephew once called a woman in a burka Batman. He was quickly removed

    hot foot mask
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah, like the viral post that hundreds of people reposted on twitter, tumblr, reddit, facebook, etc & all claimed a child in their lives did it 🙄 try to be creative https://pics.onsizzl...et-24722989.png

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    Starhawk Hunt
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Robert? You can see your way out now!

    Kerry Bullen
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    3 years ago

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    Ignorance is hilarious obvs.

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    stardust
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aww, imagine a big floofy dog being a doctor to other, smaller floofy dogs!! SO CUTEE!!!

    Randolph Croft
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    https://i.chzbgr.com/full/9110615808/h3F325EBF/cat-was-the-facelift-a-success-lets-the-bandages-remove-yes-now-youre-beautiful-doctorcatmdcom-ses

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    Anjelika
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I remember my heartbreak when I found out that Clifford doesn't exist 😔

    Laura Edwards
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Your dog was probably disappointed too.

    Dekker451
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yes, dammit! An animal hospital should be a hospital where all the doctors and nurses are animals!

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    Nicola Mawson
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We were going voting and 3 thought boating. Best we could do was eat in a boat-themed restaurant

    Dill
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I went boating on Thursday, would have been gutted if it had been the other way around and it had been voting. I feel for them!

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    Telmo Belo
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Are you ladies from England?" "Wales" "Sorry. Are you whales from England?"

    glowworm2
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You know who did live in Whales? Jonah!

    Alan Bell
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was about 7 or 8 my family and I went to Florida for a vacation. I had two older sisters and we bickered constantly while in the back of the Buick station wagon. My mom would say, "If you three don't stop all that noise, we're gonna turn around and go home!"! Well after several more outbursts from the back she said, "That's it, we're going back home!". We were in Delawere and we live in New Jersey, about and hour away. We were crying the whole way back. After we got to the house, my mom said that if we promise to be quiet and behave, we would head back to Florida! My mom told me many years later that the real reason for turning around and going home was that dad forgot to turn off the gas to the house.

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    So why do kids believe ridiculous claims like the fact that Santa Claus exists? Is it simply because they have been told? Apparently, 83% of five-year-olds believe in Santa, but this might even be part of an evolutionary advantage. Author and ethologist Richard Dawkins proposed the idea that children being so impressionable is an evolutionary advantage in a 1995 essay where he used the example of a kid living near an alligator-infested swamp. He explained that if the child naturally questioned what their parents had told them, they might wander off into the swamp and be eaten. Before they are old enough to understand the danger that lurks in the swamp, it is important that they simply trust what their parents tell them. 

    But kids are not completely blind listeners. Especially when they reach five years old or older, they start learning how to use knowledge and expertise to evaluate what is true. Professor and Department of Psychology Chair at the University of Texas at Austin, Jacqueline D. Woolley, explains in a piece for The Conversation that kids start figuring out who to believe about certain topics, in the same way that adults do, when they are quite young. 

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    stardust
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would pay good money to see an exhibition made by cats wielding paint brushes.

    Izuku Midoriya
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now I’m imagining cats swinging paint brushes like swords

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    Aisling Raye
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read this as "I took my 4 y/o cat to an art exhibition" and I'm very upset that I was wrong.

    glowworm2
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’d love to see some paintings done by actual cats.

    Jordi Sharpe
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a painting done by a tiger my sister used to work with. One of the coolest presents I've ever received.

    Monica Sargent
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Tell her not to feel bad; I fell for that the first time too.

    Cat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would also be disappointed.

    Jakki Wetherall
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    Lesley kelly
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a very good book....https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/heather-busch/why-cats-paint/9780898156126

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    BetterBitterButter
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Peanuts must have been a lucky beagle to have you as friend.

    Bec
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oof, parents dropped the ball on that one

    asexualotl (she/her)
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this is why you don't use euphemisms with kids that young

    LH25
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Exactly. At my dad's funeral, my 8 YO half brother asked who was in the coffin. I gently said "that's our dad". He said no, mom said dad is in heaven. And wondered when he was coming back.

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    lolliegag69
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh no, poor little guy. That's was a tough lesson.

    Shane G
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh, buddy, he went to sleep at a farm upstate.

    Kassiopeia
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something similar happened to me once. We were about 7-8. I told my classmate my grandmas cat is getting put to sleep. He said:"oh well, you can still wake her up" I had to explain to him that the cat is in fact not sleeping

    Voilaaaaa
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sadness aside, that's a great job with the naming. 👏

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    Professor Woolley used the example of an experiment she conducted where participants between the ages of 5-8 were presented with examples of animals that were either possible, like a fish that lives in the ocean, impossible, like a fish that lives on the moon, or improbable, like a fish that is as large as a car. They were given the opportunity to decide on their own whether these animals existed or to ask someone else. The kids even heard reports from either a zookeeper or a chef. The researchers found that children consistently believed in the possible entities and were able to rule out the impossible ones. They determined what was possible by using their existing knowledge, and for the improbable animals, they were significantly more likely to believe in them when the zookeeper validated their existence than when the chef did.    

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    Pollywog
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Take a spin on a Lazy Susan!!! Wouldn't even need a fair for that!! Year round fun!

    glowworm2
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh! I get it. Poor kid thought they were named after her sister.

    Sinkvenice
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yikes, she must've been beyond disappointed.

    Pizzagirl 91
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the Joey's apple on Friends.

    Shyla Clay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a little boy, my dad and his friend Johnny were playing outside. Johnny pointed out some flowers, and announced they were Johnny jump-ups. (That really is their name.) My dad pointed to another patch of flowers, and announced that those were T.J. jump-ups.

    Almarako94
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a too dark mind for "merry go round"

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    stardust
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Living in a lighthouse sounds so peaceful.

    Grimstones
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    there is an operational lighthouse near me that also functions as a Airbnb, where you get trained on how to keep it going

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    Reyna Avila Ramírez-Arellano
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bored Panda, why do you censor the most random things? I don't think you're protecting the kid's anonymity by censoring his eyes!!

    propgamer XL
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He looks like my sons in a pic I took, when I had told em we were gonna watch horses. They expected a horse race, but kids could ride a pony there.

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    ollie.anid
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It reminds me of when a middle school English teacher told us how to pronounce ‘preface’ so that we would not all be made fun of in high school for talking about a ‘pre-face’

    jaysko
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of when I was in fifth grade and we were all randomly assigned a state to do a project/paper on. I got Arkansas. Well teacher calls on me and I say I got "ar-kansas" and she said that's impossible bc someone already got Kansas... I've heard of the state but I guess have never seen it spelled out before 🤦‍♀️

    Who Panda 420
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I lived in Florida I worked at a call center and I should have known better but we have a town called Titusville. Pronounced tie tuss ville. I asked the lady on the phone to confirm she was from tits ville. Oops I was just nervous cuz it was one of my first calls but at least she thought it was hilarious and laughed at me. Even my boss monitoring the call laughed and thought it was funny. Also cute when my little cousin got her Bichon frize she told people she got a b***h*in fries.

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    Robert Trebor
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I always pushed my mom's shopping cart at the Grand Onion supermarket

    Jacqueline Pie Francis
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    🎶I’m the Onion Man, the Onion Man, I can chop onions as fast as you can🎶

    Shyla Clay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How were the onions after the blast?

    Dr. Carlos Dangercat
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow there really is a stock photo for everything!!

    Nonna_SoF
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He was in the onion processors union, the blast was steam from their equipment. Happens all too often, people thinking they can replace the proper parts with cheaper options. That steam is no joke.

    Khavrinen
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    He's the guy who's wearing an onion on his belt. ( As was the style at the time. )

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    So when it comes to outlandish claims that kids believe, it seems to be more the fault of the parents for spreading these lies in the first place. I’m not saying that upholding the myth of Santa Claus or the Tooth Fairy is harmful at all, but we shouldn't blame children for believing in them when many of us go out of our way to make them seem realistic. One study found that 84% of parents reported they had taken their child to visit more than two Santa impersonators during the holiday season. The Elf on the Shelf is also a multi-million dollar franchise, and the United States Postal Service promotes a “Letters from Santa” program where it sends out personalized replies to children’s letters. Combined with the countless holiday movies promoting the myth of Santa Claus and the half-eaten cookies and presents under the tree that many kids find on Christmas morning, it shouldn’t be surprising at all how so many children believe in the magic of Santa.

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    phil bishop
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just wizarding. Nothing to see here.

    Sue From Michigan
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As a parent I wouldn't be able to stop myself from going with that and creating a whole wizard story..

    Melanie Filmer
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    One of my kids asked why the ninja was wearing a dress 🤦🏻‍♀️

    SkekVi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    dresses are better when your opponent has a sword (so, for example... a pirate XD). The skirts befoul the blade! True facts.

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    SkekVi
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Us wizards got kids too lmao. XD Presh! I gotta remember this next time a kid asks me about my niqab.

    Amy Moore
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Protecting you from the Dementors of course!

    Anonymouse
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My son saw a picture of women in niqabs in a book and said they were ninjas.

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    ReallyJaneK Report

    glowworm2
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, that’s hilarious though!

    Panda Kicki
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But are you REALLY sure he isnt there... Göteborg has some shady parts...

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    dagnyfan Report

    stardust
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Have a froggy, jolly Christmas

    Jane Thorne-Gutierrez
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My grandson was was fixing cookies for Christmas Steve, the guy who was coming before Santa Claus arrives.

    Who Panda 420
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a girl I used to take care of and when we would listen to creedence Clearwater's bad moon on the rise she would always sing there's a bathroom on the right.

    Lucky2BAlive
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Can’t begin to tell you how funny it is to hear two small voices from the backseat singing blinded by the light. Sing it with me … revved up like a deuce (NOT douche) in the middle of the night. The longer they sang the harder we laughed, and a full blown douche conversation was had. Even now (my besties kids), fully grown, STILL sing it wrong (it’s just got to be intentional now).

    Jill Hojnacki
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I pictured fluffy clouds of soft, tender, baby green peas when I sang Away in the Manger. I still think they might make a nice mattress, although age has taught me something, at least: they should probably be dried peas, rather than fresh, if you want to sleep on them.

    Snorkeldorf
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was a little kid I interpreted the lyrics to the Star Spangled Banner as "through the pears let us fight", rather than "through the perilous fight". This was because in the lyrics to America the Beautiful the purple mountains majesty are above the fruited planes. Hence, I thought the fighting somehow involved fruit.

    Judy Reynolds
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Like the day I came home from Sunday school, and sang the new song I had learned - "Away the Lone Ranger"

    Philly Bob Squires
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When you found out about "Olive" the other reindeer and "Round John Virgin..."

    Miss Frankfurter
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was 4 one of the popular songs had a chorus “She wore an itsy bitsy teensy weensy yellow polka dot bikini”. I would sing it “batchy war” for the first time today. My parents couldn’t figure out what a batchy war was. The words are “that she wore”.

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    While the gullibility of little kids can be hilarious and entertaining in many situations, like in the tweets featured on this list, it can also be something parents must be mindful of when their children start spending more time online. According to one survey, 20% of kids between the ages of 12-15 believe all information generated from a Google search must be true. Kids also are not as savvy when recognizing ads, as only 16% of kids between the ages of 8-11 spotted that the top two results from a search for “trainers” were marked as paid promotions. It is almost impossible to keep kids off the internet nowadays, so it is important that they understand to be wary when reading things online. Just like kids should know that everything they hear from their peers is not true, parents and guardians must also instill a bit of skepticism in kids when they’re scrolling on the internet. 

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    Finchi82 Report

    Hannah Hudson-Lee
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The mascot of the school I used to teach at (now closed) was a unicorn. Yes we had a school unicorn. 🦄 The reason why was really weird and had to do with this chap. Who was an early bastion of animal welfare /s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Wombwell

    Random Person
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I read that as George Wombell. Then remembered that poor old Bernard Cribbins died the other day.

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    Shyla Clay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Every school should have a unicorn.

    ollie.anid
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m instantly reminded of that children’s book goldalicious where a girl brings her “imaginary” pet unicorn to school

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    Mudhooks Report

    stardust
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd be upset too if I couldn't see a fairy. I loovvveee fairy tales, they're so cute and cool!! >~<

    Maggie Fulton
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Poor kid. I understand her disappointment.

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    LeahFHardy Report

    Chewie Baron
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I too, from now on will use this code chphrase for disappointment!

    Julie Richards
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Here's another from me: I was working at a Chamber of Commerce and one of the events in the area was the Golden Hinde. A child came in and after checking out the brochures and pamphlets of the area, was adamant about seeing the Golden Behind.

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    There is plenty of talk about how impressionable and gullible kids are, but are adults much better? Plenty of individuals fall prey to believing conspiracy theories, fake news, and cult indoctrination, so we really cannot blame young, developing minds for misunderstanding things that we say. As Dr. Susan Krauss Whitbourne writes in a piece for Psychology Today, “According to Macquarie University’s Alessandra Teunisse and colleagues (2020), despite the fact that scams have become a part of everyday life, there is little psychological research on the gullibility that leads those scams to work. Indeed, the Australian authors note, ‘In 2017, financial and romantic scams cost consumers in the United States more than US$1.42 billion’, resulting in more than 300,000 complaints made to government authorities in that one year alone. However, psychology has established the fact that people are amazingly likely to accept pseudoscientific claims that amount to no more than superstition and magic, such as paranormal phenomena.”

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    Bru060 Report

    stardust
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's so cute though... <3

    Bubs623
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's a genuine expectation.

    SomePeopleCallMeMaurice
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought kittens grew out of pussy willows, so there’s that

    Shyla Clay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just asked my kitten Bouche. He can't remember.

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    Benita Valdez
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My aunt has eucalyptus on her ranch in South America. I was very disappointed as a kid that she didn't have koalas

    Lucky2BAlive
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine if you’d said Panda Express?

    Kimberley Gayle Thomas
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That's how you attract cats with catnip, but bamboo garnering pandas? Something to investigate and test.

    Mariah Gensmer
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wait... So you're telling me I have all this bamboo for nothing?!

    J
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My husband still thinks this, or at least that's what he tells me 😂

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    NellWitty Report

    Zack Podany
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "It's Hertz U-Drive!" "Well if it hurts, then you drive!"

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    Dr. Krauss Whitbourne goes on to explain that being gullible is likely not just a lack of critical thinking; it may actually be out of an individual’s control. If someone is low on the facet of social intelligence that allows most of us to spot a scam or realize when a romantic partner is not being completely genuine, they might always be gullible. These same people tend to also be highly influenced by persuasion tactics, such as a charming and convincing salesperson, Dr. Krauss Whitbourne notes. “Later on, you regret having given in to these people because neither the deal nor the partner were as good as they sounded in the heat of the moment,” she writes. “It’s not that the offer was necessarily based on false pretenses, but that you became pressured by their highly manipulative tactics into a decision that was not exactly ideal.”

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    wiseacregeek Report

    Jane Alexander
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    -but I've seen um use the bed of a pick-up truck.

    Christy Colbert
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When I was little I thought that and El Camino was a car pool!

    Oliver Weedon
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I still expect to receive a cat whenever I get a catCT scan

    #23

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    ColletteAlt Report

    Al Christensen
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I had to read that through a couple of times, because my first impression was like an athletic coach.

    Cleo Bean
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bibbity Bobbity boo hoo, no coach for you!!!😭

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    JonBatchelor8 Report

    stardust
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is false advertising!!! >:C /j

    propgamer XL
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My kids made a youtube video of our rabbits and said: hello I'm Henk the rabbit. Today I'm eating. A kid commented Fake!!

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    Gin. No tonic
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Would be cool on a zipline! Kids could jump on a broom and really feel like they're flying!

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    For individuals who are particularly gullible, it may help to score themselves on the scale developed by Alessandra Teunisse and her colleagues. Including 12 statements that participants can score themselves between 1-7 on (1 being strongly disagree and 7 being strongly agree), this test features two factors: persuadability and insensitivity to untrustworthiness cues. Some of the test’s statements include: “I’m pretty good at working out when someone is trying to fool me”; “I’m not that good at reading the signs that someone is trying to manipulate me”; “My family thinks I am an easy target for scammers”; and “People think I’m a little naïve”. 

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    YvonneBrining Report

    Henry Russell
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    this has nothing to do with anything but your profile pictures look almost the same

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    EvelynWilcock Report

    Starhawk Hunt
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    David. If not facetious, it most assuredly is. Herd cattle, herd horses. Drive sheep. James Herriot for reference. But sure about pigs or goats. Want to watch anyone herding cats.

    Shyla Clay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I loved Herriot's books. The Christmas kitten was my favorite.

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    David Timmons
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's called driving sheep? Not herding? Honest Q

    Aunt Riarch
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is. Also cattle, there's a road near me called Drovers Road, as it was used to get the cattle from the farms to market

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    foofoofloofy
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And when you drive a horse there are wheels, but not on the horse.

    Starhawk Hunt
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh. You can have rabbit drives too but that’s hunting.

    Izuku Midoriya
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    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don’t be silly, rabbits are to small to drive

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    mrrichardjohnw1 Report

    Vector
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah, when are we going to see the whales

    Alexandru Bucur
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Not actually that unreasonable, because I'm pretty sure you could see a whole bunch of fin and minke whales off the coast of Pembrokeshire...

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    Zack Podany
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Next time, go to Shepherd's Bush. She'll be pleasantly surprised.

    Silly Putty
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    When we took my daughter, three years old at the time, to Roxbury, NY, the first thing she wanted to know was where were all the rocks and berries.

    Whether this list is bringing back memories from your own childhood or reminding you of all the times you unintentionally misled your own kids, we hope you are enjoying these hilarious misunderstandings. Be sure to keep upvoting your favorite tweets so your fellow pandas catch the best ones, and then let us know in the comments if you have any personal stories that could have made it onto this list. Then if you want to hear even more funny things kids have said, check out this Bored Panda story next.

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    BurkettMary Report

    stardust
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd love to be called this, guys lets take a vote, should I change my name to Aunty Fairy Edit: HI I ACTUALLY DID IT

    Who Panda 420
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friends kid couldn't say Kristen so I was aunty chicken

    Mia Barrera
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'm Aunt "Meow". My best friend's daughter, who was 2 at the time, couldn't say "Aunt Mia." So, I'm forever Aunt Meow, even to my blood nephews lol.

    SheamusFan1987
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fairy Mary, has a nice ring to it.

    Agent 8433599
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are so many nicknames in my family from the babies not bring able to say our proper names. I have been dawned FiFi (Sofia), my sister is Nana shell (Liliana Michelle) and my Momma is Aunt Ashy (Aunt Ashley)

    Wolfe
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    In my dad's language, the word for uncle is Jomba. somehow, my cousin got bingbong. My mom's friend is named Carol. My brother called her Mashitha. A lot of kids call their father "daddy". I called my father "Dida" I think being bad at names runs in the family

    Angela B
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A young relative used to call his Aunty Frances, Aunty Fanta. That stuck for years too.

    leah
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My first name is a b***h for young kids. As a result I've been Ellie to many people for thirty-some years.

    Susan Bishop
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My aunt, Beverly, actually liked my son's mispronunciation. Hi, Aunt Bubbly. :-)

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    szerard Report

    Shyla Clay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I worked daycare, and was taking a personal day to clean my apartment before my mother came to visit. I told the kids I wouldn't be there the next day. When she got picked up, a three year old told her mother, "Teacher's not coming to school tomorrow. She has to stay home and clean her room. Her mommy's making her."

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    KodaScott1 Report

    Sofia Monteiro
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just come to Portugal then! In ths cities you'll a roundabout every 200 mts or less 😅 By the way, roundabouts actually are very easy to use and help decreasing the number of traffic accidents

    My O My
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    But is there music and smiling faces?

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    ceribrad Report

    Khavrinen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    No lions, or tigers, or bears, oh my!

    My O My
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only tourists and tourists and tourists

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    Chewie Baron
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    Premium
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It’s annoying that Circus is Latin for circle!

    robin aldrich
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had the same expectations and was disappointed the same way as an adult on a visit to Piccadilly Circus.. Not that I support the forced performance of imprisoned animals...I just expected a more festive atmosphere

    Geoff CB
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "And a foreign student said to me Was it really true there are elephants and lions too in Piccadilly Circus?"

    Cat Furr
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I felt the same way when I went when I was 30...

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    Kellie68961375 Report

    Lazy Panda (she/her/hers)
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My friend always announced to her small son “Look, we’re at Grandma’s house!” and when he started talking they realized he’d learned the wrong emphasis. Her MIL is still known as House and her son is 12 now. Her own mother is [First name] House to be able to tell them apart in conversation.

    JB
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    To be fair, Devon is a little slice of heaven. Or at least that’s how it seemed to my 6-year old, city-dwelling, self. Mind, I struggled to get over the horse I had breathily been calling “Rajah” (a majestic chestnut who obviously deserved the name) was actually dubbed “Roger”. English accents are….very different.

    Jane Thorne-Gutierrez
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was asked by our teen neighbors if I wanted to sunbathe with them. At age 4, I came home very bummed that there was no water involved at any of that!!

    Shyla Clay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That would be a rather long drive....

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    CavJamLady Report

    glowworm2
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I’m not sure how he got ninja out of that, but let him go as a ninja. Sounds like it would be fun!

    Bec
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes you hear what you want to hear

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    2econdSelf
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Kiddo Christmas Ninja Turtles, Kiddo Christmas Ninja Turtles!

    SheamusFan1987
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    You have the village people with you, but your son is the defender of your kind, your Village Ninja!

    le_smol_froge
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    imagine just showin up in a ninja costume bruh that would be badass

    Shyla Clay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My mom handmade a very extensive and beautiful nativity set when I was a child. It ended up large enough to cover two coffee tables. It had a whole field for the shepherds, with a ceramic lake, the wise men's entourage, animals galore. The most awesome thing you've ever seen. At the age of 5, my cousin contributed a plastic hippo. She's around 40 now, and every year, Mom puts out the plastic hippo with the nativity set.

    Huddo's sister
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    We had a kid turn up as a penguin for the nativity once!

    Zack Podany
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Now THAT'S a play I wanna see!

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    RabbitFishboy Report

    Raye West
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Well, that sounds like a billion dollar idea though

    Isabel Care
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Did you actually meet any of the locals? It fits quite a few

    Shyla Clay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I don't know if I'd totally enjoy this park or be scared to death of it.

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    Alderley Report

    Angela B
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Baby Eiffels....walking to the Mama Eiffel in Paris.

    lowercase
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to call them 'Eiffel Towers with chemicals on them' I didnt know what a chemical was lol

    Shyla Clay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sometimes kids are easy to please.

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    gsmarshall64 Report

    Al Christensen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was little when our family visited New York. I was perplexed and a little terrified when I learned the subway train to Brooklyn went under the river. Underwater? We'll drown!

    Al Christensen
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And my teen brother, who had told me we were going underwater, never bothered to explain away my fears. He was (and is still) kind of a jerk.

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    Hiram's Friend
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If you saw whales and fishes, some would have been seriously wrong.

    Vicki Parkes
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I believed this too until more recently than I care to admit 😅

    My O My
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I've never travelled through the Channel Tunnel, but I vividly remember my disappointment when my mom explained you can't see fish like in the tunnel at sea world

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    AmyEarnshaw1 Report

    Zack Podany
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    If I have a son, I'm going to take him on a trip to Bangkok and watch the relief as he realizes.

    Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aw! I understand where that disappointment comes from

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    stuart0beach Report

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    krisdikeman Report

    Mrs S
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Only until she saw the show. It's amazing!

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    earthyjules Report

    Juanita Austin
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I was once shopping in a supermarket seafood department and overheard a young mother muttering to herself and the little girl (maybe 2y/O) sitting in the shopping cart “well sweetie what do you think, should I get Red Snapper for supper?” The toddler began hysterically screaming “yes mommy, RED SNAPPER, RED SNAPPER, I WANT RED SNAPPER!!!” The mother looked very surprised and said “do you even know what Red Snapper is?” To which the little girl pointed to a large display of fully cooked LOBSTERS😂

    glowworm2
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I used to misread that as lion too!

    Mary Bricklin
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Haha, I had the same misunderstanding when I was a kid. My dad took me to an ice cream shack that also sold tenderloins. I remember asking my dad what made the lions tender.

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    EpiJackie Report

    Willow Bell
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Some roads in the UK had "cat's eyes" on the lines that would reflect the headlights. I thought those were the jewels.

    Lady Goldberry
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Our dad told us that if they went over a cats eye, a cat would poke its head out, rub its eye and quickly duck back under. I have a clear memory of looking out the back of the car to try and see one...all in vain...

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    stepickford Report

    Daniel Atkins
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sounds like a knock off park where you meet Mackie Mouse and Ronald the Duck.

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    Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I didn't know that ferrets could be a mode of transportation

    Shyla Clay
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They'd have to be rather larger than most.

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    Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A boating booth sounds more exciting than a voting booth, tbh

    GoldfishCrackers
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Right? With how most politics go these days, I’d far rather participate in boating.

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    Metalhead Turtle 🇺🇦
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Spain seems like a nice place. If I ever can afford it, I'd love to go

    Shyla Clay
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd rather go to space, although I understand Mars doesn't have UberEATS yet....

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    lupolucy Report

    My O My
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What is a pinifore? Google always redirects me to "pinafore" dresses

    Magali Hollande
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It is indeed a pinafore dress. Most primary (elementary) schools in England have a uniform, with a small number of choices (a black or grey pinafore dress is normally a very standard option).

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    Be Potato
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    24 years old and finally knowing what a pinafore is lmao

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    peckhamsian Report

    Lynne S
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    My 4 year old son had a friend at school named Omar. And... once you replace an unfamiliar NAME with a familiar WORD...? Bugs Bunny's nemesis became Omar Fudge. Oh... and Sylvester the cat was too wordy, apparently, so was born 'Catvester'

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    Araminta
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I mean, why would they call it a lighthouse place? If it isn't???

    Sara Hoffmann
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    At many rentals, they offer "light housekeeping", meaning someone will come in and tidy up but not scrubbing toilets and changing towels every day.

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    Graynurseshark Report

    David Timmons
    Community Member
    3 years ago (edited) Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have never heard the term hire car in my life before reading it now 10 times in this article

    foofoofloofy
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Where I live, we call them rentals. I assume that it's a regional thing.

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    bo_wom Report

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    postyourtoast Report

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    alibaldie Report

    stardust
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Being carried by fairies would be so frickin' awesome

    Starhawk Hunt
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Be really upset if told fairies (fey) ere really taller than us as a rule, very slender, and don’t have wings. Sprites are small, have wings, and do not live in green soda bottles…..

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    Angela B
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How are we? We are DISAPPOINTED is what we are!

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    svjdempz Report

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    KateHudson Report

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    msinburslem Report

    Daniel Atkins
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine if Paul McCartney Ian Mckellen Patrick Stewart an Elton John have to wear armor all the time just because they are knights.

    Zack Buckner
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Imagine the queen calling all of her knights to battle and a bunch of geriatric actors had to actually fight

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    Nunya Business
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I want to know just WHY aren't there any unicorn shops anyway??

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    Hello
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'll take the ice cream over the bus any day.

    Zack Buckner
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    First time I've ever heard of a child being disappointed that they weren't getting ice cream

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    RuthBacon4 Report

    Starhawk Hunt
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This a very British thread! love it!

    Zack Buckner
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    As an American whose favorite YouTubers are 5 British people, I find it fascinating hearing about British customs and, especially, British idioms

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    stardust
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This one seems kinda off-topic...?

    hot foot mask
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    yeah, & it's not like it's odd behavior for a child... they're very observant creatures! probably saw a truck reversing in person or on tv & copied it. not at all strange.

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    Aunt Riarch
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I can fully understand the mistake, especially in this context!

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    twatterings Report

    Jane Doe
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    So they visited New Haven or something?

    Zack Buckner
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a very confusing list when a lot of the tweets are made with people who know the places as the target audience

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    JB
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    All within the British Isles. Duty free requires crossing international borders.

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    dorkus
    Community Member
    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Funny thing is I’ve been on that ferry and I have no idea what this post means