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GeorginaA · 17/07/2006 22:25

Saw this on another board and thought you guys would like it

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 20 x 20 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 (bleach) 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.

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tallmummy · 17/07/2006 22:29

LOL. Love the ceiling fan baseball.

Pruni · 17/07/2006 22:32

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MamaG · 17/07/2006 22:33

oh nooooo DS is 2. Now dreading the future!

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GeorginaA · 17/07/2006 22:34

I know .. my dses are 5 and 2.

hums "there may be trouble ahead...."

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doobydoo · 17/07/2006 22:42

HAHAHAHAHHAHAH That was BRILLIANT![GRIN][GRIN]

schneebly · 17/07/2006 22:44
Grin
LadyTamba · 17/07/2006 22:47

My boys are 4 and 2.... I have all this to come!

willow2 · 17/07/2006 22:50

That is my favourite parenting list so far - well found.

brimfull · 17/07/2006 23:01

fantastic.....can relate to the general state of chaos one little boy can do.Ds who is 3 in the last two days has;broken the tiled hearth,flooded the shed,lost an inhaler down the loo and deposited the contents of a cheerio box down the back of the couch

nooka · 17/07/2006 23:43

Hmm think I am either lucky, or ds is not typical. None of those things have happened around here (yet!) and I can't even imagine some of them! ds is 7... Have to admit if he ever even tried to put the cat in the washing machine there would be serious trouble.

MadamePlatypus · 18/07/2006 00:52

DS is only 2.8 and I already know to dread the words "one, two, three..." (or even "one, three, six"). They are usually followed by a loud crash.

Alipiggie · 18/07/2006 01:02

Mine are most definitely starting and they're 4 1/2 and 3. It is a boy thing. It only takes 20 Pampers wipes to block a toilet

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