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Wait– What Ex­act­ly Are You Us­ing As a Vol­ley­ball?

Mom to three-year-old son un­der the ta­ble: Whatcha’ doin’ un­der there, bud­dy?
Three-year-old son: Play­ing vol­ley­ball.
Dad: Vol­ley­ball? Smells like you’re poop­ing your pants.
Three-year-old son, gig­gling: I am.
Three-year-old son’s sis­ter to friend: See, I told you it was­n’t the food.

Los Tres Ami­gos Mex­i­can Restau­rant
Michi­gan

Over­heard by: Scott

Why “Fam­i­ly Va­ca­tion” Will Al­ways Be an Oxy­moron

Tod­dler to old­er sis­ter: The pen­cil! Pen­cil! Look! (scream­ing) Looooook!
Teenage sis­ter: That’s the Wash­ing­ton Mon­u­ment.
Tod­dler: Noooooo! It’ll kill us! (sob­bing un­con­trol­lably) Ki­i­i­il­l­ll! (con­tin­ues sob­bing)

Na­tion­al Mall
Wash­ing­ton, DC

Over­heard by: Meag­goo

Did I Stut­ter?

Six-year-old boy: Hey, look at this piece of bam­boo!
Eight-year-old broth­er, tak­ing bam­boo, hid­ing it be­hind his back and then bran­dish­ing it like a staff: And now, with my mer­maid mag­ic, I pro­nounce you Sir Gi­raf­fe­tail! Ahoy!
Six-year-old boy: What?

In­di­anapo­lis Zoo
In­di­anapo­lis, In­di­ana

Over­heard by: Emi­ly and Aaron