Tonight we were on our way back from Wal-Mart when my nephew, 9 years old, looked like he was in deep thought.

I say, "Whatcha thinkin bout babe?"
He says, "What I want to be when I grow up"

I'm very impressed, and of course we all did that when we were kids so naturally I asked,
"Well, what DO you want to be?"

his first response was a normal good thing that I think we all think of when we're kids "I want to be a vet, Aunt Jayme"

"Well Zac, that's a really wonderful thing to want to do, but its good to have a back up plan too just in case."

He thinks for a minute and says "If I end up not being a vet,I want to be the guy who crash tests the cars"... My mother and I immediately burst into laughter when we realized he didn't know that they used dummies... My wonderful, brilliant, adorable nephew wants to be a crash test dummy when he grows up, people.

That has to be the most original answer to "What do you want to be when you grow up?"... "oh, I think I'll be a crash test dummy"

Maybe its just funny to me, lol, or maybe you had to be there, but I just HAD to share that!

kids say the darndest things

i love it! cracked me up!

my brother, who happens to be a vet , wanted to be one of 2 things when he was little.....first he said that since my mom said we could be anything we wanted, he wanted to be a horse. after that, he wanted to be a mailman but he told my mom she would have to go with him to read the letters b/c he couldnt read!

LOL, thats too funny! A horse? Don't ya just love the crazy stuff kids say?! I think the funniest part was that he's SUCH a freakin smart kid, probably ahead of most his age (not saying that b/c I'm partial to the kid, he is in advanced classes), and he didn't realize that people aren't in the cars when they crash test them. We laughed so hard our eyes were watering, my mom had to pull over before she accidentally showed him what he was talking about Smart he is, but I guess we are still working on the common sense thing

thanks for sharing...kids are sooooooo awesome...and not to be a buzzkill....but how can anyone be mean to them??? especially their own?????? i would die a thousand deaths for my children's happiness...sh*t now i'm tearing up

Hey hey now thats a Legitimate job comon, Its been my dream for years I just cant afford collage so im SOL :(

You go back and tell that young man that indeed there are people who spend thier lives testing our new cars to make sure they are safe. They might not ride in the cars when they are crashed, but there are many very clever people who are standing right there when the dummy drives the car into a wall. They gather the data and make the best possible us of it. I look forard to the day when we have even safer cars than we have today. Your 9 year old might be one of those people.
JB
Thanks for sharing. I enjoyed it.

My little 5 year old nephew yesterday morning comes up to me and introduces me to Mr. Smiley....He talks outta his bellybutton....He then turns around and introduces me to Mr. Putt Butt...He grabs his cheeks and acts like he is talking outta his rear... I told him, hey.I didn`t teach you that He had me laughing my azzzzzzzz off I think he watches too much comedy

lol i remember being little and me brther and I whose birthdays are very close would have a joint party. it was usually themed and one year it was crash dummys! one of us got a slick doll and the other got spin. oh the memories

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww tooo cute

those are some funny and cute stories, kids are so cute i cant wait to have some of my own.

when my first born was 5(now 21) got his bike,I took him to the school so he could ride it on the track & field track. After going around the track for the 6th time he comes over to me crying,I asked him what was wrong.
He pointed to the police car that had pulled into the parking lot,and said I dont want a speeding ticket like you got mommy.
I almost died laughing