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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 05:43 AM
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Why Boys Need Parents
Edited on Sun Dec-07-08 05:50 AM by SoCalDem













?click to see...put yout beverage down first

When you have sons, you find out about interesting things like:


1. A king-sized waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000-square-foot house 4 inches deep.
2. If you spray dust bunnies with hair spray and run over them with roller-blades, they can ignite.
3. The voice of a 3-year-old boy 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 20'x20' room.
5. You should not throw baseballs upwards 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-paned) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.
7. When you hear the toilet flush along with the word 'Uh-oh,' it's already too late.
8. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke-lots of smoke.
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. The words 'Playdough' 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 that they do.
16. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
17. Marbles in gas tanks m ak e 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, Texas, 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. 80% of women will pass this on to almost all their friends, whether or not they have kids.
24. 80% of men who read this will try mixing Clorox and brake fluid.
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LeftyFingerPop Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 05:46 AM
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1. Hahahahahahaha!! Beautiful! n/t
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 05:50 AM
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2. I added a few more:)
My friend emailed me this, and I messed up on the pics:)
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Chorophyll Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 09:55 AM
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3. So understated in tone...
and yet so terrifying. :rofl:

I think the picture of the baby with the watermelon is cute, though.
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:14 AM
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4. I heard that raising a boy involves an average of 4 emergency room trips
and a girl involves an average of 1.
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nomorenomore08 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 11:26 PM
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26. Really? Hmmm... I've only gone once in my 24 years, and that was for smoke inhalation
after a house fire I didn't start. Guess I'm unusual... :P
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FloridaJudy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 11:06 AM
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5. Why men should probably *not* wash babies


Though I always subscribed to the let-them-run-around-naked-in-the-backyard-and-then-hose-them-off school of motherhood.
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BlueIris Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 11:47 AM
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6. Boy-meets-watermelon is hysterical. nt
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 11:59 AM
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7. I read this to my husband
His only response was, "In regards to the Clorox and brake fluid, does it give quantities?" :rofl:
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 12:53 PM
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8. I just love it...and I did forward it to all my friends...kids or not.
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Kajsa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 12:59 PM
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9. LOL!
These are great!
Thanks. :)

One more to add-
( this happened)

A peanut shoved up a nostril will cause violent,
repetitive sneezing until peanut is removed!

:D
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 01:03 PM
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10. CMW has a bullet wound and a six-inch surgical scar in his left leg
to demonstrate why kids need _attentive_ parents. This is a super cute thread, but there's a vein of truth running through it. :hi:
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TheCentepedeShoes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 01:28 PM
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11. The one with
the boy pulling up the girl's skirt was on a birthday card I gave Mr 'pede several years ago.
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Jade Fox Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 01:28 PM
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12. This is hysterical!
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ACTION BASTARD Donating Member (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 07:09 PM
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13. KnR for the greatest thread in DU today
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 08:11 PM
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14. Talk about 'Toad in the Hole'
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Shine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 08:16 PM
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15. I got this email, too.
as the mother of a 15 yr old son, I can totally relate. :hi:
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GCP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 08:55 PM
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16. That's hilarious
And the statistic about ER visits sounds about right!
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KurtNYC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:25 PM
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17. funny
btw, it looks like #23 & 24 were added. They don't fit with the rest.
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 11:56 PM
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20. Don't know.. It came to me that way..n/t
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flvegan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 10:43 PM
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18. What if you turbocharged the ceiling fan?
I'll bet I can fly...
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AspenRose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 11:36 PM
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19. Pray for me; I have two sons
:scared:


:rofl:
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SoCalDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Dec-07-08 11:57 PM
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21. We managed to raise three to maturity
but we were on a first name basis with the Xray guy at the ER :)
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 12:32 AM
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22. couple more




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madeline_con Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 02:25 AM
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23. Funny photo essay! n/t
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 03:02 AM
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24. the skateboard one looks really freaking awesome.
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ACTION BASTARD Donating Member (765 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Dec-08-08 11:11 PM
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25. Man, those are some sweet, sweet tits.
Edited on Mon Dec-08-08 11:11 PM by MALEVOLENT MARINE
Kid has got taste. I'll give him that.
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