Comments on: From the mouths of babes… http://www.screenwriterguy.com/other-musings/from-the-mouths-of-babes musings of a wannabe comedy writer Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:35:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: screenwriterguy http://www.screenwriterguy.com/other-musings/from-the-mouths-of-babes/comment-page-1#comment-48 screenwriterguy Tue, 20 Feb 2007 00:51:13 +0000 http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2007/02/17/from-the-mouths-of-babes/#comment-48 When I was a teacher, I used to try to keep a running list of great things kids would say. Sadly, there sayings are a lot like bubbles. If you try to capture them, they break. They need too much context to just turn into your next stand-up routine. Still, I found some definite winners. On why a sixth-grade boy wanted braces: "People can call me metalmouth, and I'll be like one-thousandth of a percent cyborg!" A second-grader, puzzled by why I didn't let her get her way: "But we said please lots of times!"<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('48','screenwriterguy'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('48','screenwriterguy','When I was a teacher, I used to try to keep a running list of great things kids would say. Sadly, there sayings are a lot like bubbles. If you try to capture them, they break. They need too much context to just turn into your next stand-up routine.\r\n\r\nStill, I found some definite winners.\r\n\r\nOn why a sixth-grade boy wanted braces:\r\n\"People can call me metalmouth, and I\'ll be like one-thousandth of a percent cyborg!\"\r\n\r\nA second-grader, puzzled by why I didn\'t let her get her way:\r\n\"But we said please lots of times!\"'); return false;">Quote</a></div> When I was a teacher, I used to try to keep a running list of great things kids would say. Sadly, there sayings are a lot like bubbles. If you try to capture them, they break. They need too much context to just turn into your next stand-up routine.

Still, I found some definite winners.

On why a sixth-grade boy wanted braces:
“People can call me metalmouth, and I’ll be like one-thousandth of a percent cyborg!”

A second-grader, puzzled by why I didn’t let her get her way:
“But we said please lots of times!”

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]]> By: Michael http://www.screenwriterguy.com/other-musings/from-the-mouths-of-babes/comment-page-1#comment-47 Michael Sun, 18 Feb 2007 23:28:23 +0000 http://www.screenwriterguy.com/2007/02/17/from-the-mouths-of-babes/#comment-47 bwahahaha - you HAVE to use that line in your 'earl' spec! that is friggin' classic! thank god for the minds of children!<div class="comment-remix-meta"><a href="#" class="replyto" onclick="replyto('47','Michael'); return false;">Reply</a> - <a href="#" class="quote" onclick="quote('47','Michael','bwahahaha - you HAVE to use that line in your \'earl\' spec! that is friggin\' classic! thank god for the minds of children!'); return false;">Quote</a></div> bwahahaha – you HAVE to use that line in your ‘earl’ spec! that is friggin’ classic! thank god for the minds of children!
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