What I've learned by having boys

[Bob Juch]

Sent to me by a friend:

1. A king size water-bed 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 a 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 Legos 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. VCRs 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.

25. Women will pass this on to almost all of their friends, with or without kids.

[MarleysGh0st]

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

Not true!

I don't have any brake fluid handy...

[silvercamaro]

I have no basis for verifying the statistical accuracy of the last two statements. As the mother of two boys, however, I can say about the rest of it....

Well, duh. I thought everyone took all of this for granted.

[VAdame]

Heh heh -- I don't have any boys -- but Karen is expecting my 2nd grandson in December (plus my first grandson, Eli -- who just turned 11 -- has probably proved a lot of those!)

I'll hafta pass this on to Karen & Megan

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

Girls do bad things as well. Emma is presently serving the weekend in her room for pouring water on our TV because she was mad at her sister for changing the channel.

[cindy.wellman]

Girls do bad things as well. Emma is presently serving the weekend in her room for pouring water on our TV because she was mad at her sister for changing the channel.

First, I hope your tv is ok.

Second, LOL 'serving'

Third, Holy cow, now THAT was some payback!

[PlacentiaSoccerMom]

Girls do bad things as well. Emma is presently serving the weekend in her room for pouring water on our TV because she was mad at her sister for changing the channel.

First, I hope your tv is ok.

Second, LOL 'serving'

Third, Holy cow, now THAT was some payback!

So far the TV is ok.

Yes, "serving." She has used the opportunity to clean out her dresser and go through the pants in her closet that no longer fit her.

I have good kids, but they are both strong-willed and fight too much.

[a1mamacat]

SNORT!

List seems a little short to ME!