I Get the First Pancakes

Morning Story and Dilbert

Vintage Dilbert
February 20, 1998

A mother was preparing pancakes for her sons, Kevin, 5, and Ryan, 3. The boys began to argue over who would get the first pancake. Their mother saw the opportunity for a moral lesson. If Jesus were sitting here, He would say, “Let my brother have the first pancake. I can wait.” Kevin turned to his younger brother and said, “Ryan, you be Jesus.”

A father was at the beach with his children when his four-year-old son ran up to him, grabbed his hand, and led him to the shore, where a seagull lay dead in the sand. “Daddy, what happened to him?” the son asked. “He died and went to Heaven,” the dad replied.  The boy thought a moment and then said, “Did God throw him back down?”

A wife invited some people to dinner. At the table, she turned to their six-year-old daughter and said, Would you like to say the blessing?” “I wouldn’t know what to say,” the girl replied. “Just say what you hear Mommy say,” the wife answered.
The daughter bowed her head and said, “Lord, why on earth did I invite all these people to dinner?”

A mother was teaching her three-year-old The Lord’s Prayer. For several evenings at bedtime, the child repeated it after the mother. Then one night the child was ready to solo. The mother listened with pride to the carefully enunciated words, right up to the end.  “And lead us not into temptation,but deliver us some e-mail…”

A little boy opened the big and old family Bible with fascination, and looked at the old pages as he turned them. Suddenly, something fell out of the Bible, and he picked it up and looked at it closely. It was an old leaf from a tree that had been pressed in between the pages. “Momma, look what I found,” the boy called out. “What have you got there, dear?” his mother asked. With astonishment in the young boy’s voice, he answered:  “I think it’s Adam’s suit!”

Six-year-old Angie and her four-year-old brother Joel were sitting together in church. Joel giggled, sang, and talked out loud. Finally, his big sister had enough. “You’re not supposed to talk out loud in church.” “Why? Who’s going to stop me?” Joel asked.  Angie pointed to the back of the church and said, “See those two men standing by the door? They’re hushers.”

A father was reading Bible stories to his young son. He read, “The man named Lot was warned to take his wife and flee out of the city, but his wife looked back and was turned to salt.”   His son asked, “What happened to the flea?”

A three-year-old boy went with his dad to see a litter of kittens. On returning home, he breathlessly informed his mother,”There were 2 boy kittens and 2 girl kittens.” How did you know?” his mother asked. “Daddy picked them up and looked underneath,” he replied.   “I think it’s printed on the bottom.”

Another three-year-old put his shoes on by himself. His mother noticed that the left shoe was on the right foot. She said, “Son, your shoes are on the wrong feet.”   He looked up at her with a raised brow and said, “Don’t kid me, Mom. They’re the only feet I got!”

On the first day of school, about mid-morning, the kindergarten teacher said, “If anyone has to go to the bathroom, hold up two fingers.”   A little voice from the back of the room asked, “How will that help?”

A mother and her young son returned from the grocery store and began putting away the groceries. The boy opened the box of animal crackers and spread them all over the table. “What are you doing?” his mother asked. “The box says not to eat them if the seal is broken” the boy explained.   “I’m looking for the seal.”

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28 comments
  1. seeker said:

    Our God has a good sense of humour.

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  2. Thank you for the laughter. What good medicine! (Proverbs 17:22)

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  3. Lyn said:

    LOL ya gotta love kids and their thought processes. Simply brilliant 🙂

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  4. Debbie said:

    Thanks for making us smile today! 🙂

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  5. Joyful Reader said:

    Oh that is great! Thanks for making me laugh this morning! Have a great day!

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  6. I wish I knew the author. I’ve seen these before, but it’s been a very long time–I believe they circulated in the early days when everyone was forwarding funny emails.Loved it then, loved it again this morning 🙂

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  7. "Working for Christ" said:

    Very funny! Thanks for the laugh this morning, Kenny! 🙂

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  8. Lol. Absolutely hilarious. “Did God throw him back down?”

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  9. mom923 said:

    thanks for the laugh this am, I needed it..

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  10. Thank you for these little tidbits. I am snitching a few to post on Nincompoopery (with a link to you, of course). I love them!

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  11. Worn to Won said:

    Te He!

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  12. Oh the things children say! It amazes me at their innocent responses. This was a great “giggle gift” for today! Thanks Kenny 🙂
    Stephanie

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  13. forestmtnhike said:

    “The box says not to eat them if the seal is broken” the boy explained. “I’m looking for the seal.” LOL- I loved this story, it just warmed my heart. This was my first time visiting your site today and I am so glad I came across it.Thanks for the laughter…I’m still smiling. 🙂

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  14. I agree with alwayshiz: These little stories are a great giggle gifts. Nothing like the funny things kids say to lift the spirit!

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  15. kids are wonderfully literal. here we are following along a pleasant path, and a literalism comes along and jerks us off it.

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  16. kdcorner said:

    Very cute! I love to laugh.

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  17. coalowl said:

    I love the Kittens printed on the bottom one

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