The things they say.

My 7 year old granddaughter asked me what it was like in the great fire of London.

I am 66 years old now. When my eldest son was about 6/7 he asked me how we escaped from the dinosaur's. I was in my mid 30's then.

When one of my grandchildren were young they asked me what I did in the war! My reply was, “which war?”

As a three year old I was taken by the midwife into the bedroom to see my mum and my new baby sister. Poor mum exhausted after a 20 hour Labour called me over to see the baby. The nurse asked me if I was pleased to have a new sister to which I replied no, Ive already got 2 big sisters, turning to mum I said can we have a baby brother next time then please. Needless to say there was not a next time and I eventually adored my little sister who is still my best friend.

Years ago we visited Monkey World in Dorset and the late Jim Cronin was giving a talk. At the end he asked if there were any questions. A little boy of about seven put his hand up and asked “what does smug mean”? It brought the house down but Jim looked rather uncomfortable!

Grandchild sent constant messages “have you got a (anything from a cake tin to a set of medals ) I need it for school tomorrow”. On producing the requested item one day “wow, is there anything you haven’t got?” Immediate response from much older sibling - “yes, enough sense to say no!” It still makes me giggle.

When my nephew started primary school he asked the teacher (who happened to be a friend of his mother's) " Is it better to be a busy bee or a busy body?"

I loving these! Thank you everyone for your amusing contributions!

Only last week, 6 year old dgd suddenly said to her dad, " Daddy, it's really hard work looking after two children, isn't it!".

He was wondering how to respond, worried that he might have said something inappropriate in front of her regarding her and her little brother, when she produced two dolls and announced, " These two have kept waking me up all night, having parties!"

He’s now fifty!

Nutrocker. Yes, it is good that he communicates quite well, but it does get him into trouble at times. He says what he thinks! No filters.

After dancing with my 4 year old granddaughter in the kitchen I said I needed a rest, she replied "that's because you have old bones nan!"

How fabulous Grannybuy that your son is quite conversant. My AS (27) also has Down’s, and finds speech so difficult. Not only that he has a stammer too. He is such a gorgeous person - if only the whole world did Makaton, At his primary school, they used it, and I thought “he’ll be fine, he’s so good at that.” Sadly, after school, I realised that almost everywhere does not, even his now support staff 😓

When my little GS was four his aunt was visibly pregnant. For several weeks my GS wouldn't speak to her and we couldn't understand why. Eventually he whispered to me that he didn't like Aunty Helen any more because she had eaten that baby!

Some years ago I took my mother from the south coast to London to visit family for lunch. Traffic was heavy and the drive took longer than expected. "What time is it?" she asked anxiously. "Nearly half past twelve," I replied. She thought. "So what time is it at home, then?"

My DD, aged around 9, asked me" in the olden days mummy, did you know Jesus? " When asked her age by a salesman in a shop one day, she told them her age, then proceeded to say my mummy says she's 29 but she's much much older than that ( I'd decided I'd be 29 for a couple of years, before admitting to 30)

My DD asked me some 25yrs + ago , if I'd met a Dinosaur..absolute killer of a question..

My AS has Down’s syndrome, and can, unwittingly, be very funny. One day I explained to him my idea for an outing we could have. I said that we’d take the bus to . . . ., then walk over moorland to a Dobbies, where we’d have our coffee. Then, we’d take the bus into town from there, then get our bus home. He said, “ Do you really think we can do all that in one day?”

I asked 6 year old DGS why grannies spoil their grandchildren.
He said "Because they're old and don't know what they're doing."
I'm still chuckling months later!

This was not said by a child, but by my friend's son-in-law when her daughter was pregnant. Q - "Do you want a boy or a girl?" Son-in-law "I don't care - as long as they stay the same!"

My son when younger was bemused at seeing vinyl records and asked if that's how I listened to music "in the olden days"! 😂

Ours regularly asked if the world was black and white when I was young, too.

My daughter, when about 5, asked if when I was young, cars were like they had in The Flintstones.

And my son once asked if everything was black & white (grey he called it), when I was young and when did it 'turn colour'.

My daughter, aged about 6, when asked what she wanted to be when sh3 grew up, replied very firmly, “a woman!”

When my son was about 7 he brought his school exercise book home. Looking through it I saw he’d written the sentence “I like to ride my hores”. I was so relieved he’d drawn a picture of a horse beside it.