Funny things parents say

I've often featured funny things that kids say on the Charles Fudgemuffin blog, but parents also say many things which make me chuckle. So here are a few examples...

"But I'd make a wonderful pet!"

1) "No, we can't get a dinosaur."

Credit: @Imaginarialist




2) "Kids really overestimate how much parents want to guess things."

Credit: @simoncholland




3) What you say: "Please stop making that noise."
What the kids hear: "Make a different noise that's more annoying."

Credit: @RodLacroix

"Oops, I've made a terrible error!" (part 3)

Throughout history there have been many examples of people making foolish predictions which ultimately proved to be completely false. Here are a few more such predictions...

"I ain't nothing but a hound dog! Woof!"

1) Truck driving singer

When Elvis was 16, rockabilly singer Eddie Bond told him, "Stick to driving a truck, because you'll never make it as a singer."

Elvis Presley went on to become the best selling solo artist of all time, with his estimated record sales totalling somewhere between a staggering 600 million and 1 billion. I think it's fair to say therefore that Eddie Bond was just a little bit off with his prediction regarding Elvis' musical career.

Separated at birth

This week the Charles Fudgemuffin takes a look at people, planets, mops, and other miscellaneous items that bear such a stunning similarity to each other that you can't help think that they were separated at birth...

1) Kevin Magnusson and a banana...

Former formula 1 driver Kevin Magnusson showed his sense of humour when he tweeted the following separated at birth photo...

I split my sides when I first saw this photo! Maybe he should be renamed Kevin Magnesium.*

10 riddles to celebrate National Riddle Day

Yesterday was National Riddle Day (September 3rd), so to belatedly celebrate*, this week the Charles Fudgemuffin blog features a collection of riddles. Some of the following riddles use traditional riddle type logic, but a few of them are a little bit silly.

Riddle me this, riddle me that.
Why is the bottom right question mark, red not black?

* Or alternatively, to prematurely celebrate The Batman villain the Riddler's 73rd birthday (which is next month in October).

1) Parachute riddle

A dead body is found in the middle of a field. There are no tracks leading to or from the body. Their backpack is full. How did they die?

Editor's note: "Charles, you've given the answer away with your title for the first riddle!"
Charles: "Oops, sorry! I'll try to be a bit more careful with the rest of the riddle titles."