Today, while watching The Many Adventures of Winnie-the-Pooh with my 5 year-old, I realized why the kangaroo's name is Kanga, and why her son's name is Roo. Kanga-Roo. Get it? Yeah. I didn't until today. I'm 47. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, at work, I was discussing animated movies with a male senior who's got kids. I was trying to refer to Zootopia but couldn't remember the name. I went, "Zoo, zoo... filia?" Silence. It wasn't until I got home an hour later that I realized what I said. FML
Today, while on a road trip through Australia with my dad, we were both complaining that we had yet to see any kangaroos. Suddenly, we saw one up real close. The rental car saw it even closer. FML
Today, in an incredibly busy shopping center bathroom with my 5 year-old niece, I was squatting over the toilet seat to avoid germs. My niece then says at the top of her voice, "Auntie, why are you sitting like a kangaroo?" I'd say the whole room pissed their pants laughing. FML
Today, my three year old nephew was pointing at the TV screen and saying "Uncle, Uncle!" He thought it was me on the screen. It was Rosie O'Donnell. FML
Today, my daughter had a vocabulary assignment. She had to find five new words in books and movies. She was watching Shrek, so her first word was "thong". FML
Today, a four-year-old said a word that I didn't know the meaning of. I had to look up the definition. FML
Today, I finally decided to get my five-year-old son a rabbit, so I explained to him how to take care of it. When I'd finished listing all the things he'd have to do, he replied, "That's too complicated... Couldn't we just eat it instead?" FML
Today, my 3-year-old son said to me, "Fuck a duck, Daddy." I have no idea where he heard this. FML
Today, I took my daughter on her first visit to the zoo. While we were watching the lemurs, some kid thought it would be funny to start shouting "MONKEY CUNTS" at them at the top of his voice. Now my daughter refuses to stop repeating the same phrase. FML
Today, my family and I watched Madagascar 2. When we got to the part where Gloria the hippopotamus is praised for her chunkyness, my little sister looked at me and said, "If you were a hippo, maybe then you would get a date." FML
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meeeep 0
i didn't notice that either! haha. i didn't know the moms name was kanga but i knew the little one's name was roo. this made me laugh :D
Seti_fml 0
holy shit... i'm really not joking when i say this. I never realized that until just now. I guess i never really thought about it... Don't feel bad OP, you're not alone.
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xOblivion 0
I don't understand why he/she would deserve it......... come on give people a break
00754chan 0
I feel sorry for your poor kid, the kid is only 5 years old and the mother is already nearly 50. peers are going to ask the kid if it's the grandmother that picks him/her up from school. imagine when the kid is 15 and the mother is nearly 60. ahaha , 15 - prime bullying years. poor kid. nice work having a kid so late (Y)
MarissaGee 0
I just noticed it too. But I never really watched so I got a reason lol
MrsLeesha05 0
Who the hell cares how old they were when they had their daughter, the point is they are there for her and that she's healthy. I'm sick of seeing these posts talking about the person's and child's age. That part is not the point of the post. The point was that they didn't realize Kanga-Roo. *rolls eyes* FYL for caring so damn much about age.
nevergoneforever 0
don't worry i never got it either!!! Fact until you mentioned it, i always thought the writers just weren't creative.
xoxkarinexox 0
HOLY SHIT REALLY???!!??
zorkat 0
um winnie the pooh - his name is told in the stories - he had his arms stuck up above his head once and a fly kept landing on his nose so he would go "pooh" to swat it away and that's how he got his name - thats my memory from reading the book..... as for kanga-roo, i spose if you're american you don't rly have kangaroos around, unlike here in australia where i live, everyone would get it straight away...
porkchop69 0
ay yo #205 my mother is fuckn 51 and shes fuckn HOT. so bitch watch the **** out what yur sayin. sorry yur mother prolly looks older than mine. iight stfu!
Emma_91 0
lmao don't feel bad. :D
deathbunny256 0
ok, so to all the retards out there (I'm so sorry I don't mean it) here are the origins of the names as I was taught: A. A. Milne, the author of the original book, created these characters based off his son Christopher Robin's toys and their imaginary adventures. His toy bear was named after I think an ostrich named Winnie and a different zoo animal named pooh. Tigger is obviously from the word tiger and rather than pounce he bounced. You can thank childhood innocence for that. Piglet is a boy (no more confusion) and he is named Piglet cause he's a small pig. Rabbits a male rabbit Eeyore I'm just gonna guess is derived from "ear"? like a donkey ear? Maybe it's more kid speak. Kanga + Roo = Kangaroo haha I realized that at like age 5 Owl's an owl I think that's it hope you've been enlightened!
Jaberjaws003 0
WOAH!!! Haha! I didn't know that. But I also didn't know that Dumbo got drunk and that is why he (or she) was hiccuping