Kids Say The Darndest Things: 9 Hilarious Quotes From Kids
Oh to to be young, bold, and blissfully unaware. I’m here to give you a good laugh and recall some of the hilarious conversations I’ve had kids while entertaining as a mermaid.
1. How do you pee?
Me:  Wow! Rude, I don’t ask you how you go to the bathroom!
Kid:  I use a toilet 
Me:  Thank you for sharing….so what’s your favorite animal??
2. What do you do for work?
Me:  You’ve really thought about this in advance didn’t you? Haha I clean the ocean and sometimes I direct whale traffic
Kid:  Whales are cool 
Me:  They’re the coolest
3. Do you have a mom?
Me:  Yes I do 
Kid: Are they a mermaid too?
Me:  Yes 
4. Can you talk underwater?
Me:  Yeah, of course!
Kid:  Prove it! ** dives underwater **
Me:  ** also dives underwater and screams ** Hello! Can you hear me? 
Kid:  ** surfaces ** AHHH I HEARD YOU!! YOU CAN TALK UNDERWATER!!
Me  ** surfaces ** AHHH ARE YOU PART MERMAID? 
Kid:  I DON’T THINK SO?!?!? ** confused, excited, shocked **
Me:  Hmmm you might want to ask your parents
Kid  ** gets out of pool, runs to parents **
5. Do sharks try to eat you?
Me:  No silly, we’re friends
Kid:  Why?
Me:  Why Not?
Kid:  ….
6. Can you walk?
Me:  ** looks down ** nope.. I’m stuck here 
Kid:  Why?
Me:  I don’t have legs!
7. How did you get here?
Me:  See that human over there? They carried me in!
Kid:  Why?
Me:  So I could come see you!
8. Do you have any pets?
Me:  Yep! I have a pet seahorse
Kid:  What’s their name? 
Me:  His name is Triton and I should probably go home soon and feed him lunch
Kid:  Don’t leave yet, can’t someone else feed him lunch?!?
Me:  Nope I forgot my shell-phone so I need to go home and take care of him
9. Are you real?
Me:  I’m real, are you real? ** gentle poke **
Kid:   Of coarse I’m real!! 
Me:    ** shrugs and smiles ** just checking 
Do you have mermaid questions too? I’m here to help!