I Lost My Ambulance!

@bluesa (15022)

Johannesburg, South Africa

March 8, 2016 5:59am CST

You lost your ambulance?! Haha! Yes, that is what my friend and I asked her 5 year old son a few years back! He had been jumping on a trampoline with his older brother, when he lost his balance and fell over and let out a little cry of shock. We ran to the trampoline! He looked up at us, when we asked him what happened, and with immense dignity said "I lost my ambulance, and fell!". We of course, told him we were ever so sorry, and then after checking he was okay, explained the difference between balance and ambulance, he was very much unimpressed, and told us, we knew what he meant! Haha, my friend and I remembered that incident today. Did your kids or grandkids or children of friends also get words confused and confidently come out with them, then saying, you know what I meant?

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@JudyEv (340019)

• Rockingham, Australia

8 Mar 16

Little kids say some great things don't they? I'm glad he wasn't hurt or you might have needed an ambulance!

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

8 Mar 16

@JudyEv , yes, they certainly do. After checking he was okay, we could then have a good chuckle about it. Thank goodness he did not need an ambulance!

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@PainsOnSlate (21852)

• Canada

8 Mar 16

Kids say the darnedest things...You reminded me of my son when he started talking....another discussion coming up.

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

8 Mar 16

@PainsOnSlate , they come out with some doozy words :D.

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

9 Mar 16

Funny , how kids could mistook a word for another . And they wouldn't accept that they erred .

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@SIMPLYD (90722)

• Philippines

10 Mar 16

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

9 Mar 16

@SIMPLYD , it really is, he was not going to admit he got it wrong, just that we knew what he meant :D

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@marlina (154131)

• Canada

8 Mar 16

Kids say the funniest things.

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

8 Mar 16

@marlina , yes, that is why after we knew he was okay, we could not help but laugh.

@DianneN (247186)

• United States

8 Mar 16

Lol!!! That is so cute! Out of the mouth of babes. My son called airplanes air beans and twighlight, twiwinkle. He was two.

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

8 Mar 16

@DianneN , aw! That is so cute! I called a spread that we used on toasted bread, toothpaste, when we went to a restaurant, I was about three years old. :)

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

9 Mar 16

@bluesa That is so cute, too, Catherine! Such a precious little girl!

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@DianneN (247186)

• United States

9 Mar 16

@bluesa Your cheekbones are fabulous!

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destimona safrina

@destimona (1910)

• Luxembourg, Luxembourg

8 Mar 16

Kids say the funniest thing and make us laugh.

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

8 Mar 16

@destimona , they certainly do, especially when they are so certain they are right. :)

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destimona safrina

@destimona (1910)

• Luxembourg, Luxembourg

8 Mar 16

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@salonga (27775)

• Philippines

10 Mar 16

Ambulance and balance lol, they rhyme anyway. But kids do really have the tendency to confuse a word for another.

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

10 Mar 16

@salonga , yes, those two words sound so similar, that it would be easy for a young child to confuse :)

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@BelleStarr (61102)

• United States

31 Mar 16

MY grandkids were always saying the funniest things and they still do!! I love talking to children they are so confident and sure of themselves.

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

1 Apr 16

@BelleStarr , and they are so serious that they have the right word, that even when a person explains to them they don't, they figure it is that persons problem.

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@LadyDuck (471541)

• Switzerland

8 Mar 16

I am pretty sure that I said weird things when I was a kid, sometimes they ca be very funny.

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

8 Mar 16

@LadyDuck , I know I did too, I called ballet, ballalay :D. Kids can get us laughing.

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@jaboUK (64354)

• United Kingdom

9 Mar 16

That was funny

. I can't think of any similar instances at the moment, but I must have heard quite a few in my time.

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

10 Mar 16

Hehe, Janet, we just could not hold back our laughter, and he was quite indignant about it all, but so stubborn at the same time @jaboUK . :D

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@lilnana1111 (2305)

• United States

15 Mar 16

That's too cute! Hubby and I have fun remembering silly words the kids said when they were little.

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

15 Mar 16

@lilnana1111 , it was so cute, and we did have such a good laugh after we knew he was okay. I am glad you and your hubby still laugh about words your kids came out with. :)

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@HebrewGreekStudies (1646)

• Canada

9 Mar 16

Glad he was okay, and haha such personality "you knew what I meant!"-oh when I was teaching Sunday school or Vacation Bible club, sometimes they would have creative terms-usually it made me lose my train of thought about what I was talking about but it didn't matter because I would kinda just roll with it:).

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

9 Mar 16

@HebrewGreekStudies , good you just rolled with it, if one kid could make me laugh like that, I can only imagine a class :D

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@Lucky15 (37374)

• Philippines

9 Mar 16

Not just kids.. i heard some from older people. Lol

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

9 Mar 16

@Lucky15 , I can only imagine. There are some words that are easy to confuse. :)

NISHA ANN MATHEW

• Mumbai, India

8 Mar 16

Really cute and interesting...Spending time with kids and encouraging them can make them grow better.

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

8 Mar 16

@bestmom , there are some funny moments for sure. But, yes, it is important to be there to spend time with them as they grow up.

@mom210 (9117)

• United States

8 Mar 16

Yes, one of my daughters does this, we have to drill her asking questions until we can figure out what she is talking about. A family joke has become a name she called one of her brothers once, Armless pithole. She meant, bottomless pit. Not sure how she made her way from bottomless pit to armless pithole but it was really cute.

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

8 Mar 16

@mom210 , haha! How you figured out what she really meant is pretty darn awesome, that was a twist on words and then some. But, so very cute! :)

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@Ronrybs (19306)

• London, England

8 Mar 16

Love it1

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@bluesa (15022)

• Johannesburg, South Africa

8 Mar 16

@Ronrybs , once we knew he was okay, we really did think his words were priceless :)

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