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How Dinosaurs Trash Talk

My eight-year-old twins know how to trash talk. I blame their father, the man also known as my husband. So far, our kids only trash talk when they’re in character, most recently as plastic toy dinosaurs who were having a Jurassic showdown.

Dinosaur Trash Talk

William held Stegosaurus; Vivian gripped Allosaurus. They bashed them together and trash talked.

Vivian (Allosaurus): “Hey, Stegosaurus, those plates make you look fat.’

William (Stegosaurus): “So what. You’re naked.”

Vivian (Allosaurus): “You couldn’t hurt a fly.”

William (Stegosaurus): “Oh, yeah, pencil neck?”

Good to know they’re working on their drama skills.

How was your weekend? Any drama? Any trash talk?

Filed Under: Hilarious Family Moments Tagged With: funny mom, funny mom blog, humor, parenting

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  1. jnine0712 says

    December 3, 2012 at 5:46 am

    This was too funny and no trash talk just yet from my 3 year old and 2 year old, but given them time and maybe in another year or two, lol!!

    Reply
    • Leanne Shirtliffe (Ironic Mom) says

      December 3, 2012 at 8:14 pm

      It’s coming…

      Reply
  2. Mark says

    December 3, 2012 at 5:51 am

    All there missing is “yo mama” in there or a c,moment about there mamas lol

    Reply
    • The Byronic Man says

      December 3, 2012 at 7:35 am

      My thought exactly. “Yo mama’s so dumb she had to struggle her way IN to a tar pit!”

      Reply
      • Leanne Shirtliffe (Ironic Mom) says

        December 3, 2012 at 8:17 pm

        Ha. I’m having major brain fail on Your Mama joke dues to the solvents I’m inhaling from our newly poured garage floor, which my husband won…

        Reply
  3. thebusyteapot says

    December 3, 2012 at 7:06 am

    I love hearing chidren play, my youngest has started singing chart songs off the radio I love it!

    Reply
    • Leanne Shirtliffe (Ironic Mom) says

      December 3, 2012 at 8:18 pm

      As long as it’s not the same song, day after day, week after week. Wait, I’m projecting…

      Reply
      • Jenn says

        December 3, 2012 at 10:43 pm

        As in we! are never! ever!! ever!!! gonna hear the end of that song? Like. Ever.

        Reply
  4. The Byronic Man says

    December 3, 2012 at 7:38 am

    “Hey, T-rex! A kitten called – he wants his arms back!”
    “Oh really, stegosaurus? Maybe you better let the brain in your tail write your insults! The one in your head’s too stupid!”

    Apparently I have the same maturity level as your kids…

    Reply
    • Leanne Shirtliffe (Ironic Mom) says

      December 3, 2012 at 8:18 pm

      I may have called my husband earlier today, telling him he had to read your comment. Remind me never to get the two of you together.

      Reply
  5. Lisha @ The Lucky Mom says

    December 3, 2012 at 11:41 am

    My boys are older now, so there’s little trash talk any more. But I did (accidentally) drink toilet water yesterday, so “yes” to the drama question.

    Reply
    • Lorraine says

      December 3, 2012 at 7:59 pm

      WAIT JUST A SECOND. You drank toilet water? You can’t just say something like that and then la-la-la walk away like nothing is weird here.

      Reply
      • Leanne Shirtliffe (Ironic Mom) says

        December 3, 2012 at 8:13 pm

        Agreed!

        Reply
      • Lisha @ The Lucky Mom says

        December 3, 2012 at 9:04 pm

        TheLuckyMom.com — The story’s there, in full glory.

        Reply
  6. zkullis says

    December 3, 2012 at 12:02 pm

    No drama, no trash talk, but there was the cutest little kid dropping the f-bomb Saturday.

    He was two years old, long golden hair that ended in curls, blue eyes, just the right amount of chub, and eye lashes that you could see from 10 feet away. This kid should be in pictures.

    It was a family party, and the kid (we’ll call him Aiden) was running around and shouting off all of the words in his vast vocab. When Aiden got to the word “fork”, silence filled the room.

    It Aiden-talk, the “or” sound is a very distinct “u” sound. Golden-haired Aiden says “fork”, much to his parent’s dismay, and the entire gathering errupts in laughter. Aiden realized he had said something funny and ran around repeating the fork-bomb for the next few minutes.

    TOO much fun!

    Reply
    • Leanne Shirtliffe (Ironic Mom) says

      December 3, 2012 at 8:19 pm

      Bwahaha. I don’t want a/to spoon; I want a/to fork. ๐Ÿ™‚

      Reply
      • zkullis says

        December 4, 2012 at 9:20 am

        LMAO Fork as a verb. I love it

        Reply
  7. The Hook says

    December 4, 2012 at 7:34 am

    Your kids have clearly inherited Mommy’s wit… Good for them!

    Reply
  8. JasmineKyleSings says

    December 4, 2012 at 12:00 pm

    What a wonderful blog! OMG your kids are so funny! Yeah they are working on there drama skills. The next Brad Pitts? UMM yeah!

    Reply
    • Leanne Shirtliffe (Ironic Mom) says

      December 6, 2012 at 7:31 pm

      I’d settle for happily employed and out of my basement in 15 years…

      Reply
      • JasmineKyleSings says

        December 7, 2012 at 5:43 am

        You must dare to dream a little bigger darling! And Mother’s Basements are now THE THING!!! SO at least they would be fashionable!

        Reply
  9. Chase McFadden says

    December 6, 2012 at 8:12 am

    Yo mama so stupid she went to a Clippers game for a haircut. (That’s for the man also known as your husband.)

    Reply
    • Leanne Shirtliffe (Ironic Mom) says

      December 6, 2012 at 7:31 pm

      The man also known as my husband loved that one. As did I.

      Reply
  10. Robin Jingjit says

    December 7, 2012 at 7:55 am

    I love the obviousness and undeniablity of the “you’re naked!” slam. ๐Ÿ™‚

    Reply
  11. mummainmaine says

    December 7, 2012 at 8:06 am

    That’s to funny. I have 3 kids ranging in ages from 3.5 yrs to 12 and another on the way so I can fully appreciate the trash talking!

    Reply

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