Drummer Boy

[John81]

There was once a small boy who banged a drum all day and loved every moment of it. He would not be quiet, no matter what anyone else said or did. Various attempts were made to do something about the child.

One person told the boy that he would, if he continued to make so much noise, perforate his eardrums. This reasoning was too advanced for the child, who was neither a scientist nor a scholar.

A second person told him that drum beating was a sacred activity and should be carried out only on special occasions. The third person offered the neighbors plugs for their ears; a fourth gave the boy a book; a fifth gave the neighbors books that described a method of controlling anger through biofeedback; a sixth person gave the boy meditation exercises to make him placid and docile. None of these attempts worked.

Eventually, a wise person came along with an effective motivation. He looked at the situation, handed the child a hammer and chisel, and asked, "I wonder what's inside the drum...

[chev1958]

It was amazing how all my kids' noisemaker toys seemed to stop working the day after their birthdays or Christmas. I guess it was just poor workmanship! :Green

Mitch

[HappyChristian]

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[John81]

I know what you mean Mitch! Somehow they just stop working or disappear. :Green

I pulled a good one on my wife one time. I hid a real noisemaker that our youngest was really using a lot...until I had to go somewhere and I got it out of hiding and put it where I knew our youngest would find it shortly after I left. :Green :tum