Out of the mouths of babes….. HOW DO YOU DECIDE WHOM TO MARRY? (1) You got to find somebody who likes the same stuff. Like, if you like sports, she should like it that you like sports, and she should keep the chips and dip coming. - Alan, age 10 (2) No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with. - Kristen, age 10 WHAT IS THE RIGHT AGE TO GET MARRIED? (1) Twenty-three is the best age because you know the person FOREVER by then. - Camille, age 10 (2) No age is good to get married at. You got to be a fool to get married. - Freddie, age 6 HOW CAN A STRANGER TELL IF TWO PEOPLE ARE MARRIED? (1) You might have to guess, based on whether they seem to be yelling at the same kids. - Derrick, age 8 WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR MOM AND DAD HAVE IN COMMON? (1) Both don't want any more kids. - Lori, age 8 WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE? (1) Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough. - Lynnette, age 8 (isn't she a treasure) (2) On the first date, they just tell each other lies and that usually gets them interested enough to go for a second date. - Martin, age 10 WHAT WOULD YOU DO ON A FIRST DATE THAT WAS TURNING SOUR? (1) I'd run home and play dead. The next day I would call all the newspapers and make sure they wrote about me in all the dead columns. - Craig, age 9 WHEN IS IT OKAY TO KISS SOMEONE? (1) When they're rich. - Pam, age 7 (2) The law says you have to be eighteen, so I wouldn't want to mess with that. - Curt, age 7 (3) The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. It's the right thing to do. - Howard, age 8 IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED? (1) I don't know which is better, but I'll tell you one thing. I'm never going to have sex with my wife. I don't want to be all grossed out. - Theodore, age 8 (2) It's better for girls to be single but not for boys. Boys need someone to clean up after them. - Anita, age 9 HOW WOULD THE WORLD BE DIFFERENT IF PEOPLE DIDN'T GET MARRIED? (1) There sure would be a lot of kids to explain, wouldn't there? -Kelvin, age 8 And the #1 Favourite is........ HOW WOULD YOU MAKE A MARRIAGE WORK? (1) Tell your wife that she looks pretty, even if she looks like a truck. - Ricky, age 10
You can't get married AND play cricket. They do clash awfully. And who would you get to remove the red stain from your flannels every week? xx Jules
The missis, surely? And doesn't she have to make cucumber sandwiches and drive you home after the post-match ****-up? You haven't really thought this through have you? BMB xx
(2) No person really decides before they grow up who they're going to marry. God decides it all way before, and you get to find out later who you're stuck with. - Kristen, age 10 I hope the guy i get stuck with has lots of cash and a great personality WHAT DO MOST PEOPLE DO ON A DATE? (1) Dates are for having fun, and people should use them to get to know each other. Even boys have something to say if you listen long enough. - she obviously is very inexperienced IS IT BETTER TO BE SINGLE OR MARRIED? (1) I don't know which is better, but I'll tell you one thing. I'm never going to have sex with my wife. I don't want to be all grossed out. - Theodore, age 8 his opinion wont stay like that for much longer (and how the hell does an 8 year old know about sex?)
Oh, 8 year olds know about sex all right - they just don't understand why anyone would want to do it! (Thinking back 45 years or so)
Reminds me of a funny tale ( absolutely true, that is why it is funny). Someone I know was at church as a little girl, and she noticed a couple hand in hand. She said, "Mummy, are they married"? Mummy replied, "Of course not, they are holding hands".
I've been doing RE this term (in terms of teaching it in the classroom) We've just had a lecture involving weddings, and the importance of marriage and watched a video clip of a school in Hounslow, One little boy wrote a letter to God, saying : "Dear God, I went to a wedding at the weekend and they actually kissed right in the middle of the church, are they even allowed to do that?!!" I thought it was cute! Sort of on topic, the other letter we saw said "Dear God, i really enjoyed your book, The Bible, Where do you get your ideas from?!"
(3) The rule goes like this: If you kiss someone, then you should marry them and have kids with them. As silly as it sounds in a town near where I live, the rule must be very similar to this as every girl who is 16 years of age has got a baby... they just don't do the marriage bit. Sorry all you Rushden girls...
I wish he didnt have a point! The reason Northants has such low truency levels is because all the kids are on authorised maternity leave from G.C.S.E's.