akshayxyz Posted February 21, 2012 Posted February 21, 2012 Preferably from your own experiences/thinking in childhood. Let me start with one, - How can one die/get-hurt, when run over by a truck/bus/car - tyres are made from rubber only????
akshayxyz Posted February 21, 2012 Author Posted February 21, 2012 One of my relative aunt had this old-gen name - Angoori. She asked me to translate to English - I took no time to come up with - "Grapesy"
MonishaSarabhai Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 i dont know what logic i used - but as a kid i used to think that if you swallow the seed of a fruit, that tree will grow in your stomach :D
punjabi_khota Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 I watched a lot of horror movies as a kid, lot of dubbed english ones (think evil dead, omen series)...then I thought to myself that since I couldn't speak english that well(when I was 10), I wouldn't be able to converse with him if he comes to haunt me. .. I was very stressed about that situation
Nova Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 i dont know what logic i used - but as a kid i used to think that if you swallow the seed of a fruit' date=' that tree will grow in your stomach :D[/quote'] and in adulthood... the logic is that if you swallow the seed, a baby grows in the stomach. :ohmy: :cantstop:
MonishaSarabhai Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 I watched a lot of horror movies as a kid' date=' lot of dubbed english ones (think evil dead, omen series)...then I thought to myself that since I couldn't speak english that well(when I was 10), I wouldn't be able to converse with him if he comes to haunt me. .. I was very stressed about that situation[/quote'] :--D that's cute !
Sidhoni Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 When in bed, i used to think there's a ghost somewhere near me, and so I fully covered myself with the blanket and thought that the ghost moved away after seeing there is nobody here. :D
MonishaSarabhai Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 and in adulthood... the logic is that if you swallow the seed, a baby grows in the stomach. :ohmy: :cantstop: :ohmy: :ohmy: Anyway i still rememer my nani scaring the hell out of my cousin after he swallowed orange seeds that an orange would come out of his ear :hysterical: we all believed her
Cascada Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Here are a few: -In the States we call it a Traffic Jam, but I was 2 yrs old I think and to me it made sense that I could call it a Traffic Jelly since Jam/Jelly are basically the same thing. We were stuck and I told my mom "We're in an awful traffic jelly aren't we?" She died laughing...still tells the story. -My brother called firecrackers firecookies. -I cried for hours and was truly frightened by my dad after I overheard him tell my mom that he had "fired" someone. I took it literally and had to ask my mom later if my dad really had set someone on fire. I felt much better after I knew that it only meant losing your job.
Sidhoni Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Here are a few: -In the States we call it a Traffic Jam, but I was 2 yrs old I think and to me it made sense that I could call it a Traffic Jelly since Jam/Jelly are basically the same thing. We were stuck and I told my mom "We're in an awful traffic jelly aren't we?" She died laughing...still tells the story. -My brother called firecrackers firecookies. -I cried for hours and was truly frightened by my dad after I overheard him tell my mom that he had "fired" someone. I took it literally and had to ask my mom later if my dad really had set someone on fire. I felt much better after I knew that it only meant losing your job. nice experiences, and welcome to ICF :icflove:
akshayxyz Posted February 22, 2012 Author Posted February 22, 2012 i dont know what logic i used - but as a kid i used to think that if you swallow the seed of a fruit' date=' that tree will grow in your stomach :D[/quote'] :icflove: This has to be one of the most common kid-logic.
ganeshran Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 My nephew once draw an apple with a small circle inside. When asked what the circle was , he innocently said - "its the sticker, all apples have it na".
akshayxyz Posted February 22, 2012 Author Posted February 22, 2012 Two more: a) Once we visited some of neighbors, and I watched "Giant Robot" at their place. As soon as I reached home, I asked parents to turn on the TV immediately, saying - "abhi hmarey TV pe aana baaki hai".. I used to imagine that content is buffered somewhere in the cable leading from Antenna to TV. So, effectively, I 'invented' the concept of 'buffering' before I learnt it years later ;). b) I was playing chess with my 7 y.o nephew. I do not like to give easy wins to kids, so I beat him 4-5 games in a row - ruthlessly. Nephew - I wont play with you anymore, you always beat me. Me (philosophy mode) - Don't be afraid of losses. If you want to improve, you should always play with better players....btw, who is the best chess player in your class/circle? Nephew - Why would/should he play with me? (How will he improve?) Me - :insert any pwn face:
Prakat Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 ^ :cantstop: That's check and mate to you, Akshay.
Prakat Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Me in 5th Class exams: Q. What is a Right Angle? Me: :hmmmm2: A. An angle facing the right is a right angle.... Q. Name the three states in which water exists. A. Himachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal :rock:
hari504504 Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 - I doggedly questioning everyone around me including my teachers about the colour of electricity that is running through the wires. "No Colour" is ofcourse nonsense as everything has a colour. - Vehicles move forward as a result of the force with which the smoke is expelled from the exhaust pipe (like the balloon that is untied and released) - heated debate with my science teacher on why does the textbook say other planets can't support life just because they have no oxygen and water. (why can't there be new life that is non-water and non-oxygen based)
Sidhoni Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 Two more: a) Once we visited some of neighbors, and I watched "Giant Robot" at their place. As soon as I reached home, I asked parents to turn on the TV immediately, saying - "abhi hmarey TV pe aana baaki hai".. I used to imagine that content is buffered somewhere in the cable leading from Antenna to TV. So, effectively, I 'invented' the concept of 'buffering' before I learnt it years later ;). b) I was playing chess with my 7 y.o nephew. I do not like to give easy wins to kids, so I beat him 4-5 games in a row - ruthlessly. Nephew - I wont play with you anymore, you always beat me. Me (philosophy mode) - Don't be afraid of losses. If you want to improve, you should always play with better players....btw, who is the best chess player in your class/circle? Nephew - Why would/should he play with me? (How will he improve?) Me - :insert any pwn face: :cantstop:
akshayxyz Posted February 22, 2012 Author Posted February 22, 2012 - I doggedly questioning everyone around me including my teachers about the colour of electricity that is running through the wires. "No Colour" is ofcourse nonsense as everything has a colour. - Vehicles move forward as a result of the force with which the smoke is expelled from the exhaust pipe (like the balloon that is untied and released) - heated debate with my science teacher on why does the textbook say other planets can't support life just because they have no oxygen and water. (why can't there be new life that is non-water and non-oxygen based) :nice: A related one. When I first learnt concept of "heating a closed space leads to building of pressure". I had a eureka moment, [inspired by some DD serials] ,and asked my classmate - "You know why they keep fire burning under the cannons?" He - "why". Me - "to build up the pressure and when there is sufficient of it, the cannon-ball shoots off."
Asim Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 On something I asked one my friend's little around 3yr kid "aisa kyu kia?" he said "issliay" I asked "isliay kisliay?" he replied "ussliay" I asked "usliay kisliay?" he replied "issliay"...
Vijay.Sharma Posted February 22, 2012 Posted February 22, 2012 i dont know what logic i used - but as a kid i used to think that if you swallow the seed of a fruit' date=' that tree will grow in your stomach :D[/quote']That is quite a common thing that parents use to put fear in kids' minds so that they dont swallow seeds. My mom did it successfully
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