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Eric Leclerc Inner circle Ottawa Ontario 1185 Posts |
Hey hey
I am so used to doing my kids show that I have developped a comeback or joke for ANYTHING random a kid might say. This weekend this little darling kept saying something and it was really throwing me off..Which is very rare for me.... Usually ANY comment can be ignored or comically replied to but I had to adress this one EVERYTIME he said it. He kept yelling: "STOP SWEARING!!!'" lol think of it... it was a show in a gym for a carnaval so people kept coming in and parents who just got to the circle of the show wondered if I was a crazy man swearing at the kids!! It became a running gag and obviously went down well after all... but it still made me grin inside. He developped the perfect children's performer heckler comment!! Funny stuff..........Thought I would share |
Lyndel Inner circle wrote the theme to the TV show COPS! 1623 Posts |
Man! What a frame-up job that kid was doing on you! Any idea why he was yelling that?
Lyndel |
kimmo Inner circle Sheffield 1193 Posts |
I've had the exact same thing. With me it was when I used to count 1...2...3... and while doing so hold up my fingers to illustrate. (In the U.K., holding up two fingers is considered 'swearing', although I held them up palm outwards, which isn't)
It took a while for me to catch on.
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rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2475 Posts |
I can't count the number of times - usually during the 'politically correct 90's" - that I was in the middle of some funny effect with my goofusy show persona, and I'd say something like "I guess I was stupid," and some little tyke would go "Mommy he said a bad word."
I remember once the kid went on insistently, and I couldn't hold it in ... I said "guys I grew up in the 1960s and we fought hard to get to say stupid things are stupid things." Got a chuckle (guess I was lucky). |
NJJ Inner circle 6437 Posts |
Maybe if you'd just stopped swearing you wouldn't have these problems.
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magicgeorge Inner circle Belfast 4299 Posts |
I had a kid tell me off for counting to 3, aswell. I think I made some comment about Churchill being very rude if I was.
That confused them. I've also had a kid claim I used a bad word. He'd misheard something I said. Can't remember what. George |
Magic Enhancer Inner circle Robert Haas 1805 Posts |
That's nucking futs!
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Eric Leclerc Inner circle Ottawa Ontario 1185 Posts |
I think he said it over and over because he saw that when he said it for the first time, I stopped dead in my tracks and looked at him...........trying to think about what I just said..... that was funny to all....
and repetition is hilarious to any child... |
NJJ Inner circle 6437 Posts |
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On 2008-02-12 07:42, magicgeorge wrote: Did you call him a 'shining wit' or offer to perform 'cunning stunts' |
Eric Leclerc Inner circle Ottawa Ontario 1185 Posts |
Lol
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wizardofsorts Special user Chicago, IL 935 Posts |
Ross,
The stupid thing didn't end in the '90's. I said the word once and heard about it from a few kids. The one that really got me was my wife (who is also a kid show performer) called a child "silly" once. And she cried. Now, no one who has ever met my wife could say she has a mean bone in her body. We use the word "silly" all the time around the house. For us, it's something to aspire to. But to this little girl it was quite the insult. Whoda known? Edd
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Eric Leclerc Inner circle Ottawa Ontario 1185 Posts |
You know what......... I find that's the word parents use all the time to comfort their child when I say something funny and kinda edgy to them..
``hes just being silly honey`` I tend to listen to how parents talk to their kids and take mental notes... I don't have kids myself.. so that's all I got to base myself on... |
alexa Veteran user NJ 393 Posts |
I tend to listen to how parents talk to their kids and take mental notes... I don't have kids myself.. so that's all I got to base myself on...
[/quote] You know...that's a good point...I'm 17 and my dad is a magician but my parent's certainly never raised me to think anything bad of any words, really...of course I don't curse around kids, but it is interesting what it socially acceptable...some parents don't let their kids watch Hannah Montana... Alexa |
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