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BIGSAGE136

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Raising boys. A Must read.



"Miracles and Blessings"



RAISING BOYS

The following came from an anonymous Mother in Austin, Texas ... Things I've learned from my Boys (honest and not kidding):

1.) A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4 inches deep.

2.) If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.

3.) A 3-year old Boy's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded
restaurant.

4.) If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate 42 pound Boy wearing Batman underwear
and a Superman cape

It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20x20 ft. room.

5.) You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on. When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way.

6.) The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.

7.) When you hear the toilet flush and the words "uh oh", it's already too late

8.) Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it.

9.) A six-year old Boy can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36-year old man says they can only do it in the movies.

10.) Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive tract of a 4-year old Boy!.

11.) Play dough and microwave should not be used in the same sentence.

12.) Super glue is forever.

13.) No matter how much Jell-O you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.

14.) Pool filters do not like Jell-O.

15.) VCR's do not eject "PB &J" sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.

16.) Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.

17.) Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.

18.) You probably DO NOT want to know what that odor is.

19.) Always look in the oven before you turn it on; plastic toys do not like ovens.

20.) The fire department in Austin, TX has a 5-minute response time.

21.) The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy.

22.) It will, however, make cats dizzy.

23.) Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.

24.) 80% of Men who read this will try mixing the Clorox and brake fluid.

Those who pass this on to almost all of their friends, with or without boys do it because:

a) For those with no children - this is totally hysterical!

b) For those who already have children past this age, this is hilarious.

c) For those who have children this age, this is not funny.

d) For those who have children nearing this age, this is a warning.

e) For those who have not yet had children, this is birth control.
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Thanks baby girl! :D
 
Eldest of 4 boys - no kids - totally hysterical!

Got to try the Clorox and brake fluid:D
 
I have two boys, 10 and 12 - ok, make that 3 boys, because one is 40 years old. I have learned quite a bit about physics, gas, noise, stain removal, and the quietest places in the house.

I have also learned that an empty fireplace has the appeal of a sandbox to a toddler and a preschooler, and that they can cover themselves and an entire family room in ash in the amount of time it takes to start a load of laundry 20' away from where I left them, playing nicely with their building blocks. Fireplace ash also plays havoc on central vacuuming systems.

I now have dark carpeting (because I chose that color), a canister vacuum, the second largest capacity washer made, a mud room, scrubbable walls, and eyes in the back of my head.

oh...and I also found this hysterical too.....at least that's what the voices in my head tell me.
 
I raised 3 sons. WE all somehow managed to live thru it.
Not sure how but they reached adulthood and I still have most of my sanity.

Sons do have many things they teach you. Looking back most are funny.
 
middle child of 5 boys. Never a dull moment in the house when we were growing up. We're all in our 20s now. I don't know how my mom did it, but she did. All 4'11'' of her!
 
Ya know, when I was I kid the Mattel Toy co. made a western six shooter pistol that actually fired plastic bullets! A REAL kid had to have a B B Gun, or be a dead shot with a sling shot. The discovery of surgical tubing was an exponential development:D
And....Who was the last spartan that caught a lawn dart with the top of a garbage can?!!!!!

By the way, media and personal injury lawyers were not known of back then:D
 
chip104:
{snip}I don't know how my mom did it, but she did. All 4'11'' of her!
Its the "little" Moms that are the most durable. I am only 5'1" and still managed to earn the respect (aka scare the $h!t out of) all my sons friends.
None of them EVER was rude or overly rowdy at my house.

It also helps to be the Mom who bakes cookies and allows the boys to eat the entire double batch while the cookies are still warm.

Warm chocolate chip cookies are magical. :D

I think being a great shot with a BB gun also helped. The ROTC in high school did pay off.
 
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