At four, my nephew Nathanne is a sponge. We have to be constantly on guard over anything we say, or do, lest we get caught off guard hearing him use these in the most inappropriate time and place. He can read and write his alphabet and has now taken an interest in reading, and asked to be enrolled in a summer reading class for beginners. He has even begun taking an interest in English, too. Because Cebuano is used at home, it amuses to hear him use the limited English vocabulary he gets from his books and kid TV. His action figure toys speak English, mind you. Or something which sounds like it.
Anyway, I just wanted to share this joke. It has nothing to do with my nephew, of course.
A little boy was doing his math homework.
He said to himself, “Two plus five, that son of a bitch is seven. Three plus six, that son of a bitch is nine….”
His mother heard what he was saying and gasped, “What are you doing?”
The little boy answered, “I’m doing my math homework, Mum.”
“And this is how your teacher taught you to do it?” the mother asked
“Yes,” he answered.
Infuriated, the mother asked the teacher the next day, “What are you teaching my son in math?”
The teacher replied, “Right now, we are learning addition.”
The mother asked, “And are you teachingthem to say two plus two, that son of a bitch is four?”
After the teacher stopped laughing, she answered, “What I taught them was, two plus two, THE SUM OF WHICH, is four.”
8 Comments
April 18, 2007 at 10:43 am
hehe. narinig ko na yung joke na yan eh.
salamat po sa pagdaan sa blog ko..
April 18, 2007 at 12:16 pm
I do agree. I envy kids sometimes because they’re still at that age when they’re not on sensory overdrive. That’s why they seem to absorb everything they see and hear. If adults could only do that! But it’s dangerous for adults, I guess, because of our different way of thinking. We just can’t handle that much information
April 18, 2007 at 9:53 pm
Hahaha… Really funny, some kids really don’t understand what they’re saying, they mimic what they hear and some of them might have heard it the other way around.
Anyway, thanks for the tag, link exchange?
April 19, 2007 at 4:04 am
The boy just heard it the wrong way. Even I do it sometimes. But it is quite funny! hehehhee
April 19, 2007 at 11:14 am
This is funny! Even my younger bro changes the lyrics of the “ABC” hehehehe. Duh, those are kids!
I think we are also like that before way back in the year …. hehehehehe…
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April 19, 2007 at 10:57 pm
Padre Salvi: thanks for dropping by, too. peculiar name for a blog, LOL.
Doc Tess: ironic, isn’t it. given their size, they could absorb all the information given them, while us adults could only envy. hehe.
Ryan: you have one of the coolest blogs i’ve ever come across. of course, you’re in my blog roll na.
chase: the question is, when, where, or from whom did the boy hear of the funny phrase?
Xerendipity: yes, i’ve heard him having fun with his ABC’s too. and 123s. and i personally don’t want to correct, we all agree not to. it’s all play. he’s exploring language, i suppose.
April 23, 2007 at 3:48 pm
kids. they say the darnedest things. LOL
April 25, 2007 at 10:53 am
Sonuvva!? Ha ha! That was really funny