Archive for the 'close but not quite' Category

When I got home from school yesterday, my little sister was in the bathroom rubbing sunscreen all over the wall. When I asked her what she was doing she said "I’m protecting the walls from harmful ultraviolent rays" IMMD

Submitted by: Carrieishappy

Yesterday, a co-worker asked how to De-Frog her computer.

Submitted by: Piglet19704

As I fussed at my son for picking on his younger brother, I told him “You are a hypocrite.” I then asked “Do you know what that means?” He pondered for a moment and then asked “Half lion, half horse?” IMMD

Submitted by: Donnie

Today, I was explaining to my ESL students that many nouns end in "ation." As I was listing some examples – imagination, situation, etc – one boy yelled "Playstation!" IMMD

Submitted by: Tamara

My five year old nephew was rocking out on his toy electric guitar, when I asked what he was ‘playing’ he shot me a *duh* look, told me "Kings of Leon?!" and started singing very loudly, "Whohhhh, my socks are on fire…"

Submitted by: the vav

At Thanksgiving we were discussing how my boyfriend’s grandfather was a revolutionary against Tito in Serbia and shot one of his "generals." My sister wasn’t listening but suddenly piped up and said, "Wait, Tito Jackson got shot?" IMMD

Submitted by: Monica

Recently my mom found out that Sting is not actually singing about the "fields of Bali", but rather "fields of barley". She refuses to acknowledge this new information because "barley isn’t romantic". IMMD

Submitted by: Fishie