So, like I said in the previous blog I am reading Bringing Up Boys by Dr. James Dopson. I'm reaching for anything to help me help this boy to channel this extreme energy he seems to have. I thought I would share one of the stories in the book that made me laugh, and gave me hope that I'm not the only mother out there with a mischievious one. May I never have to blog a similiar story.
"A friend and I found a coffee can of gasoline in the garage and decided to pour some down a manhole, light it, and see what would happen. We popped the manhole open, poured some gas in, and replaced the cover so that it was ajar. We kept throwing matches down but nothing happened, so we poured all the gas in. Finally, there was a noise like a jet engine starting up, and then a big BOOM! The manhole cover flew up and a flame shot up about fifteen feet in the air. The ground was rumbling like an earthquake, and the manhole cover crashed about twelve feet away in the neighbor's driveway. What happened was the gas ran down the sewer lines for a block or so and vaporized with all the methane in there, and blew up all our neighbor's toilets. I'm a plumber now; that's how I know exactly what happened."
This story illustrates one of the scariest aspects of raising boys is their tendency to risk life and limb for NO GOOD REASON!!! Why?
"A friend and I found a coffee can of gasoline in the garage and decided to pour some down a manhole, light it, and see what would happen. We popped the manhole open, poured some gas in, and replaced the cover so that it was ajar. We kept throwing matches down but nothing happened, so we poured all the gas in. Finally, there was a noise like a jet engine starting up, and then a big BOOM! The manhole cover flew up and a flame shot up about fifteen feet in the air. The ground was rumbling like an earthquake, and the manhole cover crashed about twelve feet away in the neighbor's driveway. What happened was the gas ran down the sewer lines for a block or so and vaporized with all the methane in there, and blew up all our neighbor's toilets. I'm a plumber now; that's how I know exactly what happened."
This story illustrates one of the scariest aspects of raising boys is their tendency to risk life and limb for NO GOOD REASON!!! Why?
1 comment:
How we LOVE those two children!
Can hardly wait to have them here and see what they can do to test their uncle's endurance! Of course, I have had "eight" so I am sure I have "seen it all"! :) Hurry here!
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