kids say the darndest things

It's true what they say: kids really do say the darnedest things. This woman shared a story she wrote at seven years old in 2000 (holy crap we're old), and honestly it's a true work of art. Move over Shakespeare, Tess is the newest brilliant writer in town. 

Now scroll down to read the story of Tess and her crabs.

Amazing things happen when you give kids a task that requires some amount of cultural context, such as labeling popular memes. Obviously, kids can't possibly know all of the pop culture references that, say, a Millennial knows. 

We've gotta say that these versions might be even better than anything that most of us adults could come up with.

Kids are often times more clever than we think they are, especially when it comes to finding loopholes in their parents' rules. These people are tweeting about the amusing ways they broke the rules as kids.

The world is definitely a mystical, confusing place when you're a kid. Given that your brain isn't fully developed yet, you can't possibly understand everything properly. This can lead kids to have some pretty amusing explanations for things!

Did you believe anything totally absurd as a child? Let us know in the comments!