My son just asked me a question.....

**NooNoo** · October 6th, 2006, 01:22 PM

While watching Superman III on TV this afternoon - my son said

"Mum. why do we call them missiles? Shouldn't they be called hittiles?"

It took me completely by surprise and my son now thinks I am completely mad for laughing so much while completely agreeing with him...

Aren't kids great?

**CCT** · October 6th, 2006, 01:50 PM

Missiles don't have to hit you to kill you - hence. Miss-Ile.

Bullets have to hit you - thus they ARE Hittiles.

**Atodini** · October 6th, 2006, 02:37 PM

Just for interest........

The word missile comes from the Latin verb mittere, literally meaning "to send".

So now we know

John

**NooNoo** · October 6th, 2006, 02:39 PM

damn... I hope you don't have kids... you take all the fun out of their logic.

**slgrieb** · October 6th, 2006, 04:45 PM

Kid logic is great fun. When my older daughter was about two and a half years old, my wife and I were walking through the park when we smelled a strong aroma of cow feces. We weren't near any stockyard or feedlot, and we couldn't see a cattle truck, so my wife turned to me and said, "Where is that smell coming from!"

My daughter replied, "From their butts, Mommy. You know, cow butts!"

**street1** · October 6th, 2006, 05:22 PM

We had a child 2 and a half years old.We went to Kentucky Fried Chicken,In Garden City.

He would say in his unperfected speech.I want to go to Garden titty and get some Kenfu#ky Fried Chitsken.

We drove through that area often for three months.Shame on us.

Hittles was LOL beautiful....even funnier the child was correct.

They just make a so so day come alive.

**Lowland** · October 7th, 2006, 06:43 AM

My son used to call pineapples "piny fruit". He's 19 now and loves me reminding him. My eldest daughter wrote a story in primary school (first grade) and her teacher called me in to show me and berate me for being a tightwad: "For our holidays my dad took us to Halfords and let me sit in a little car" [Halfords is a car acceesory shop). We actually went to Harrod's and the car she was in was a £25k model BMW for the rich kids. She's 16 now and loves me reminding her. My youngest is 3. If any of you have/had 3 year olds you know what NooNoo means. Priceless.