Miscellaneous: Brain worms

Brain worms

By slightlyslow - 02/07/2009 20:33 - United States

Today, while watching The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh with my 5 year-old, I realized why the kangaroo's name is Kanga, and why her son's name is Roo. Kanga-Roo. Get it? Yeah. I didn't until today. I'm 47. FML

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Animated movies

By Penny - 18/01/2020 20:00

Today, at work, I was discussing animated movies with a male senior who's got kids. I was trying to refer to Zootopia but couldn't remember the name. I went, "Zoo, zoo... filia?" Silence. It wasn't until I got home an hour later that I realized what I said. FML

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By australian6196 - 05/02/2014 02:36 - Australia - Sydney

Today, while on a road trip through Australia with my dad, we were both complaining that we had yet to see any kangaroos. Suddenly, we saw one up real close. The rental car saw it even closer. FML

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Public announcement

By Pissed - 05/10/2011 15:29 - Australia

Today, in an incredibly busy shopping center bathroom with my 5 year-old niece, I was squatting over the toilet seat to avoid germs. My niece then says at the top of her voice, "Auntie, why are you sitting like a kangaroo?" I'd say the whole room pissed their pants laughing. FML

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By raidered - 08/03/2010 06:16 - United States

Today, my three year old nephew was pointing at the TV screen and saying "Uncle, Uncle!" He thought it was me on the screen. It was Rosie O'Donnell. FML

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By Anonymous - 23/04/2016 00:33 - United States - Newton Center

Today, my daughter had a vocabulary assignment. She had to find five new words in books and movies. She was watching Shrek, so her first word was "thong". FML

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Stumped

By walkingdictionary - This FML is from back in 2013 but it's good stuff - Canada - Toronto

Today, a four-year-old said a word that I didn't know the meaning of. I had to look up the definition. FML

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By Anonyme - 16/05/2014 07:55 - Canada - Saint-jean-de-matha

Today, I finally decided to get my five-year-old son a rabbit, so I explained to him how to take care of it. When I'd finished listing all the things he'd have to do, he replied, "That's too complicated... Couldn't we just eat it instead?" FML

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By njh - 27/03/2015 13:29 - Ireland

Today, my 3-year-old son said to me, "Fuck a duck, Daddy." I have no idea where he heard this. FML

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By Anonymous - 12/03/2013 14:05 - United Kingdom - London

Today, I took my daughter on her first visit to the zoo. While we were watching the lemurs, some kid thought it would be funny to start shouting "MONKEY CUNTS" at them at the top of his voice. Now my daughter refuses to stop repeating the same phrase. FML

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By fatty - 03/08/2010 22:37 - United States

Today, my family and I watched Madagascar 2. When we got to the part where Gloria the hippopotamus is praised for her chunkyness, my little sister looked at me and said, "If you were a hippo, maybe then you would get a date." FML

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meeeep 0

Friday 3 July 2009 2:27

i didn't notice that either! haha. i didn't know the moms name was kanga but i knew the little one's name was roo. this made me laugh :D

Seti_fml 0

Friday 3 July 2009 2:29

holy shit... i'm really not joking when i say this. I never realized that until just now. I guess i never really thought about it... Don't feel bad OP, you're not alone.

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dol567 0

Friday 3 July 2009 5:29

I'm 16, but that happens to me ALL the time. The most obvious things escape me. And I'm not dumb either, so don't worry...you're just normal!

FlaminYawn 0

Friday 3 July 2009 5:30

don't worry...some idiots still don't know the word "another" is just the words "an other" put together...

Shyman4ever 0

Friday 3 July 2009 5:51

Maybe you didn't know because ******* winnie the pooh didn't exist back in your god forsaken times

fmylizzy 0

Friday 3 July 2009 5:55

thank you for enlightening me.

Pyrbaby 0

Friday 3 July 2009 6:00

Slightly slow doesn't even begin to cover it. I've known that since I was 4.

cefarix 5

Friday 3 July 2009 6:08

Hmm... sunrise... the sun rises! sunset... the sun sets!

your_face 15

Friday 3 July 2009 6:14

Actually, one of the first Winnie the Pooh stories was originally written in 1926, and Disney has been producing animations since 1966, when the OP would have been about 14. So what exactly did you mean, when you said Winnie the Pooh wasn't around in the OP's time? Even if she had been too old for the animations, she could have read the books.