For most of us, we’re in so much of a hurry that we just shovel food in our mouth and just note if it’s tasty or not.
This will determine whether or not we’re going to eat it again the next time. But sometimes curiosity gets the better of us but for one little girl, she probably wished she hadn’t asked.
Three-year-old Erin Copeland was enjoying her sausages and mash when, as is typical among toddlers, she asked dad Brian, 30, where sausages come from.
Watch the conversation between Erin and her dad below.
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Brian, probably expecting the type of reaction he would get, first pauses to think but also pressed the record button.
He then goes in for the big reveal: “We turn the pigs into sausages, the sausages are pigs.”
Erin, understandably, is horrified and replies: “But that’s not very nice!”
Brian tries to serve up more sausages to the toddler but she tells him she’s “done” and doesn’t want them anymore.
Brian, from Glasgow, said: “Erin asked about where her food came from and I told her how the sausages come from pigs. I was quite specific about it, I told her how we take the pigs and make sausages out of them with machines.
“She said it wasn’t nice and wouldn’t eat the sausages on her plate! She eats them now but her favorite things are cucumbers and carrots! She doesn’t have a problem with it now.
“Food is a big thing and I think it’s important children know where it comes from. I feel like if she’s old enough to ask the question then she’s old enough to get the answer.
“I love it when she asks questions, being a parent you get a lot of questions but I don’t think children should be shut down when asking questions.
“Erin always asks more questions and I think it’s great!”
Brian shared the video of the hilarious exchange online and people immediately picked up on it, which astounded him. His YouTube video alone already has more than 50,000 views.
The marketing coordinator said: “I was not expecting anything when I uploaded it, it was mainly for my mother. I uploaded the video onto Reddit and it just blew up! Lots of people loved it.
“Some people are appalled by it, some think it’s the right thing to do and find it really cute and some people say I should show her the conditions some animals live in but I think she’s a bit too young for that!
“Erin is just really bubbly and always asks questions and I love answering them!”
It’s probably better that Erin found out early since eating too many sausages is unhealthy anyway!
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