Recent questions from my 4-year-old

[weevil]

When small children tie you up in knots with awkward questions, don't take it lying down. Buy a copy of this

 

[Hover Fly]

Seeing as there are a couple of 'kids' threads knocking around-


Why does the moon follow us?

To see what you're doing wrong. It's god's spy.

Does it hurt when you die?

You'll have to be patient here. Get a friend to stand outside the house making terrible groaning, wailing and shrieking noises. Explain it's someone dying.

What's water made of?

Condensed steam.

 

[bonj2]

The water one is simple, it's tea, with the milk and tea taken out.

no, tea with the milk and tea taken out = a cup.

 

[vernon]

Sounds like a good opportunity to introduce Foucault...

As in 'I know Foucault about the subject so ask me a question that I can answer?'

 

[Yellow Fang]

Sounds like a budding natural philosopher.

Seeing as there are a couple of 'kids' threads knocking around-


Why does the moon follow us?

A good question, I suppose it looks like it's following you because it does not appear to get any smaller when you move away from it. That's because it's very big, but a long way away.

Does it hurt when you die?

Quite often.

What's water made of?

Easy, hydrogen and oxygen, but is that really answering his question? Perhaps what he's really interesting in knowing is what gives it its properties.

 

[Coco]

I usually find "ask your real dad" shuts them up.

 

[XmisterIS]

Half a bee, philosophically, must, ipso facto, half not be.
But half the bee
has got to be,
vis a vis
its entity - do you see?

But can a bee
be said to be
or not to be
an entire bee
when half the bee
is not a bee
due to some ancient injury?


A classic Monty Python moment

 

[XmisterIS]

When small children tie you up in knots with awkward questions, don't take it lying down. Buy a copy of this

I love it when kids are at that age where they will believe absolutely anything that you tell them!

I remember when my cousin was about 4 years old and I was about 10 years old, I did her head right in by telling her things like, "Don't touch the car or it will explode!" and "If you don't eat your cereal fast enough the sky will fall on your head!".

My mum put a rapid stop to that!!

 

[swee'pea99]

My eldest, at about four, told me for no apparent reason while walking across a lawn: 'when there are flies, you have to wave your hand at them like this (wave wave) and say 'piss off flies...piss off flies''

 

[Arch]

Quite often.

But does it? I mean obviously sometimes it hurts a lot in the moments, or hours or days or weeks before, but actually dying? I don't suppose anyone can say for sure (IE if you die, you can't report back), but I saw a programme on whether there was a humane method of capital punishment and they suggested that CO2 (or was it CO?) suffocation was painless and even induced a moment of euphoria (I guess thats the reason behind the kinky games that sometimes go wrong)...

Perhaps a bit deep for a 4 year old though.