FutureCarmeliteClaire Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 I was at theater today and there's this little girl who is in the show. At the end of the show, her and a very good guy friend of mine have to do a dance (very cute), anyway, a couple of us were standing around talking and the little girl says something to my guy friend, and he goes, "You know it, girlfraaaaaaan!", but wait, there's more. This little girl looks me dead in the eyes with this nervous/terrified smile, and says, "Well, I sorta am!" We all laughed, but I mean I was cracking up, and nobody knew why! Not to mention, the majority of these people think me and my guy friend are dating. It's hilarious. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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PhuturePriest Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 (edited) Little girls are loose cannons. There could be millions of books made on the things little girls have said. Edited September 7, 2012 by FuturePriest387 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lil'Monster Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 And also about what little boys have said too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConfusedCatholicGuy Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Remember the show "Kids Say the Darndest Things" with Bill Cosby? That was a funny show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Normile Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Kids are funny more often when they do not mean to be, it took me almost 2 years to realize my girl when saying prayers at night with me was saying " Our Father who aren't in heaven.." ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 [quote name='Ed Normile' timestamp='1347080905' post='2480189'] Kids are funny more often when they do not mean to be, it took me almost 2 years to realize my girl when saying prayers at night with me was saying " Our Father who aren't in heaven.." ed [/quote] Yeah, I did stuff like that. For instance, I would not say "The Lord is with Thee" I would say "The Lord is withee", and for forever in the Our Father I thought "On earth as it is in heaven" meant that we want earth to be like Heaven. It wasn't until I was about fourteen that I connected "Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven", and did not separate the two as two completely different prayer requests. In my defense people do the Our Father weird and they do a pause in between them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmenchristi Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Cute story [quote name='FuturePriest387' timestamp='1347129673' post='2480323'] Yeah, I did stuff like that. For instance, I would not say "The Lord is with Thee" I would say "The Lord is withee", and for forever in the Our Father I thought "On earth as it is in heaven" meant that we want earth to be like Heaven. It wasn't until I was about fourteen that I connected "Thy will be done on earth as it is in Heaven", and did not separate the two as two completely different prayer requests. In my defense people do the Our Father weird and they do a pause in between them. [/quote] Reminds me of the prayer before meals. I must have been ten yrs old when I figured out where the spaces go Blessis O Lord in thesethygifts which we are aboutorecieve from thybountythroughchrist our Lordamen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmenchristi Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 I still can't convince my parents that the prayer says "from the bounty" and not "from thy bounties" which makes no sense! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 [quote name='carmenchristi' timestamp='1347141256' post='2480365'] I still can't convince my parents that the prayer says "from the bounty" and not "from thy bounties" which makes no sense! [/quote] Tell them to read any Catholic prayer book that has it. I actually messed up the prayer before meals as well. I don't remember what I messed up, though, which is unfortunate since it was quite humorous. I'm still not perfect when doing prayers. Sometimes my mind wanders, and I always snap myself back immediately when doing the Rosary because the way I know I am not paying attention is when I accidentally say "O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of hell, and lead all souls to hell, especially those who most need of thy mercy." I always immediately notice it and have a good laugh with Jesus about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmenchristi Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 OK so I am totally hijacking, but this whole prayer thing made me remember a funny story about prayers... When I was in the convent we would start morning prayers prostrated with a Glory be and then the Franciscan prayer that goes "I adore you most holy Lord Jesus Christ here and in all your churches... etc." Well when I was doing my apostolic novitiate the superior was absent from morning prayers, so being the oldest I had to lead. So I start: Glory be to the Father and to the Son.... etc. then automatically we all start "Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell.... (because that's ALWAYS what comes after the Glory be, right?) at that point we all just paused and started laughing incontrollably. Well I guess you had to be there for it to be really funny Or the time I went to communion and couldn't for the life of me remember how I was supposed to respond when the priest said "The Body of Christ"..... ummm... ummmm what do I say!? so I said "Thank you"! Wow I felt dumb after that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhuturePriest Posted September 9, 2012 Share Posted September 9, 2012 [quote name='carmenchristi' timestamp='1347213122' post='2480630'] OK so I am totally hijacking, but this whole prayer thing made me remember a funny story about prayers... When I was in the convent we would start morning prayers prostrated with a Glory be and then the Franciscan prayer that goes "I adore you most holy Lord Jesus Christ here and in all your churches... etc." Well when I was doing my apostolic novitiate the superior was absent from morning prayers, so being the oldest I had to lead. So I start: Glory be to the Father and to the Son.... etc. then automatically we all start "Oh my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell.... (because that's ALWAYS what comes after the Glory be, right?) at that point we all just paused and started laughing incontrollably. Well I guess you had to be there for it to be really funny Or the time I went to communion and couldn't for the life of me remember how I was supposed to respond when the priest said "The Body of Christ"..... ummm... ummmm what do I say!? so I said "Thank you"! Wow I felt dumb after that! [/quote] Unfortunately our misfortunes are life's greatest pleasures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConfusedCatholicGuy Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 I'm left handed so for the longest time I would cross myself with my left hand. It took my parents a while to break me of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r2Dtoo Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 (edited) Once, when I was 10 and out with my parents at a resturant and I had to use the bathroom. So I walk in to the empty bathroom and I notice the absense of urinals. Even in my 10 year old mind I knew something was amiss. I had just accidentally entered the female facilities. Oh. Croutons. I hurried to the door, and just as I was about to grab the handle it swung open to reveal a stern, old lady who was in no way pleased. "Um...sorry." I said, and darted past her as quickly as I could. Edited September 10, 2012 by r2Dtoo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnneLine Posted September 10, 2012 Share Posted September 10, 2012 Oh Lordy, those are hillarious!!!! I have a few, too..... When I was little, I learned the Our Father from my parents. I must have been about 3 or 4 because during that period I had a bit of a lisp.... It was only about 10 or 12 years later, when I was teaching CCD, that I realized the ACTUAL words of the Our Father were "Hallowed Be Thy Name." I got the idea that it was all about the amesomeness of God and the awe with which we should hold Him.... but my internal translator had heard and memorized: "Our Father, who art in Heaven, how would be thy name? [i](It's that 'll' into a 'w' sound that I still have to watch for all these years later.... 'hawwowed' = how would)[/i] And... during that same period, when I was teaching the 1st communion class.... and going over and over and over the Act of Contrition with my kids, I showed up in the confessional the following week, and when Father said, "Now say a good act of Contrition," I happly began, "Oh my God, I am Heartly Sorry for having offended thee... because..... and went TOTALLY blank. Absolute blank. Father must have barked at me for a good 5 minutes, "A big girl like you and you don't know yuor act of contrition. Little kids learn this! You really can learn it!" (and all I could think was, if you knew that I ws the CCD teacher drilling all those kids, Father, you'd be even more scandalized.....). And... when I was in the convent, as the 'senior postulant' I got all the messages to pass on to my fellow-postulants... and sometimes I just plain got those messages mangled. (What neither I nor my superiors knew at that time was that I had a minor hearling loss which made me misunderstand words and re-translate them in my head.... Probably what happened to that Our Fatherm tii.....) One day the Postulant Mistress told me to pass on to the other postulants that she wanted them to bring their bibles, their notebooks and pens, and meet her at the St. Lawrence BBQ just before Evening Prayer. (The St. Lawrence BBQ was the outdoor built-in grill that the Sisters had recently installed.) I remember thinking, that can't be right, and I said, Sister, could you please repeat where you want us to meet you? "The St. Lawrence BBQ" OK, I said, I'll pass on the message.... (thinking, maybe we're meditating on hell tonight?) And I repeated the message to the others. They looked at me. I said, guys I don't understand why either, but that's where she wants us to join her. (And sometimes we really did get some weird orders....) So... time for meditation, we all got our stuff and stood around the BBQ. And waited. And waited. Finally Sister came around the corner. "What are you all doing here?" "Sister, you said we shoujld bring our things and meet you at the St. Lawrence BBQ." "I didn't say 'St Lawrence BBQ'", she said, "I said the 'back of the lay people's chapel'.". Red faced postulant. That one has gone down in community lore, I am sure..... and I still think of it whenever it is time to meditate on hell... or on St. Lawrence's feast... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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