Lessons Children Teach Us

(this has been going around the internet, apparently by an anonymous mother in the States. If anyone finds out who wrote, it, please e-mail me here. Thanks!)

  • There is no such thing as child-proofing your house
  • If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite
  • A 4 years old's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant
  • If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing pound puppy underwear and a superman cape
  • It is strong enough, however, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20 by 20 foot room
  • Baseballs make marks on ceilings
  • You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on
  • When using the 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.
  • The glass in windows (even double pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan
  • When you hear the toilet flush and the words Uh-oh, it's already too late
  • Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke, and lots of it
  • A six year old can start a fire with a flint rock even though a 36 year old man says they can only do it in the movies
  • A magnifying glass can start a fire even on an overcast day
  • If you use a waterbed as home plate while wearing baseball shoes it does not leak - it explodes
  • A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq foot house 4 inches deep
  • Legos will pass through the digestive tract of a four year old
  • Duplos will not
  • Play Dough and Microwave should never be used in the same sentence
  • Super glue is forever
  • McGyver can teach us many things we don't want to know
  • Ditto Tarzan
  • No matter how much Jello you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water
  • Pool filters do not like Jello
  • VCR's do not eject PB&J sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do
  • Garbage bags do not make good parachutes
  • Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving
  • You probably do not want to know what that odor is
  • Always look in the oven before you turn it on
  • Plastic toys do not like ovens
  • The fire department in San Diego has at least a 5 minute response time
  • The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy
  • It will, however, make cats dizzy
  • Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy
  • Quiet does not necessarily mean don't worry
  • A good sense of humor will get you through most problems in life (unfortunately, mostly in retrospect)

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