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In reply to the discussion: DAM. My IKEA shelf just broke. Piles of books everywhere. Anybody know if ikea [View all]aikoaiko
(34,188 posts)11. Funny, but true story. While walking in the fastener aisle with my 9-yr old son...
...he asked why there were male and female bolts. I realized that this, the hardware store, was where I was going to give my son his first birds and bees talk.
So I took the two bolts and showed him how the two bolts screwed into each other.
https://m.alibaba.com/product/60280832418/High-quality-stainless-steel-male-and.html?s=p#module-big-image
He was still confused and asked why it was they were called male and female. So I said in a hushed voice that one bolt was like a boys private part and the other was like a girls private part. And his eyes got really big, he blushed, and asked if he was supposed to know about that.
I have him a hug and said that now was as good a time as any. And we went to get ice cream.
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applegrove
Jul 2016
OP
Funny, but true story. While walking in the fastener aisle with my 9-yr old son...
aikoaiko
Jul 2016
#11
You could really confuse him and show him this video about ducks and, well, ....
progressoid
Jul 2016
#27
In France Ikea has vending machines near the customer service department for the oft
underahedgerow
Jul 2016
#20
I bet KD Lang could make it great as it is. She did the same for cigarettes. LOL
applegrove
Jul 2016
#14
Combine with MrScorpio's pain remedy lyrics instead of drowning your IKEA sorrows in Jack
pinboy3niner
Jul 2016
#15
Very nice. If KD Lang sings it, I want a % though you did most of the work. LOL!
applegrove
Jul 2016
#18