Funny Stuff
Penny Heneke of Burlington, Ont., has collected memorable quotes from her eight grandkids over the years. Here are a few:
AIDAN Ten-year-old Aidan was listening to his grandparents and parents discussing the pope: “What’s a pope?” he asked. His other grandmother explained that a pope was the head of the church, sort of like his dad was the head of their household.
“Oh, no,” Aidan replied. “In our house, Mom’s the pope.”
ELLIOTT In the car one day, six-year-old Elliott commented,
“Gramps, you are the sun and Nana, you are the moon.”
Our son Earl retorted, “What about me, Elliott?”
Elliott promptly replied, “Uncle Earl, you are a shooting star.”
KIAH Four-year-old Kiah had this conversation with her father,
“Daddy, I’m going to marry you because I like you.”
“Well, Kiah, I’m already married.”
“Then I’ll marry Mommy.”
“But Mommy is married to me. You’ll have to find someone else. What about at school?”
“I’ll marry Dylan, then he can be my pet.”
EVAN While running on a trail one day, teenaged Evan came upon a fawn sprawled out on the path. “It looked dead. Then it blinked. Suddenly, the mama deer appeared and began barking at me. I thought I’d better keep jogging. A little way along, I heard a rustling behind me. The fawn came bounding along beside me, as if it was a game and I was his sibling. Then he turned and went back to his mother. The experience gave me goosebumps.”
ALISSA While attending high school, Alissa complained about a presentation she had to give on a social issue, but didn’t have a topic. I suggested euthanasia.
“That’s not a Canadian issue,” she replied.
“Oh, yes, it is a big issue in the news right now,” I answered.
Alissa rolled her eyes and said: “l can’t see what Youth in Asia has to do with Canada.”
SAMARA & ASHA A conversation overheard between our two seven-year-old granddaughters,
Samara: “Santa gives you Christmas presents, and God gives you birthday presents.”
Asha: “Yeah, and if you don’t meditate, God will think you don’t believe in her.”
SORREL From his letter to Santa as a five-year-old. He began: “I’m Sorrel. Sometimes I’ve been good.” He ended his letter:
“Thank you, Santa. I will try not to say cuss words.”