Kids...

[Nimrod]

This is for the benefit of the young parents, soon to be parents, and one day to be parents, out there.

My younger boy is 6' tall, built like Zeus, and he is 16 years old.

My wifes pet name for him is "Pumpkin"
My pet name for him is "Dumb-A$$"

You’ll get to vote after the next paragraph.

The High School just phoned up. They yanked my boy off the school bus during dismissal. Seems there was a fly on the bus.... so my boy decided to crush the fly against the window........ Yep.... put his hand right threw the window. Claims he got the fly. (My boy is fine, no cuts or anything)

Which "Pet Name" should we use for my boy around the dinner table tonight?

PS: He had plans to sleep over a friends house tonight. Does he now get to go?

 

[Adam]

Hee, hee! Great story.

Which "Pet Name" should we use for my boy around the dinner table tonight?

I think that your screen name might be fitting tonight.

PS: He had plans to sleep over a friends house tonight. Does he now get to go?

Depends. Would he be in trouble for unintentionally breaking the window, or intentionally killing the fly?

 

[Halon451]

Jesus, what are you feeding that kid??

 

[Midcow2]

Nimrod, he is destined to become a pilot

This is for the benefit of the young parents, soon to be parents, and one day to be parents, out there.

My younger boy is 6' tall, built like Zeus, and he is 16 years old.

My wifes pet name for him is "Pumpkin"
My pet name for him is "Dumb-A$$"

You’ll get to vote after the next paragraph.

The High School just phoned up. They yanked my boy off the school bus during dismissal. Seems there was a fly on the bus.... so my boy decided to crush the fly against the window........ Yep.... put his hand right threw the window. Claims he got the fly. (My boy is fine, no cuts or anything)

Which "Pet Name" should we use for my boy around the dinner table tonight?

PS: He had plans to sleep over a friends house tonight. Does he now get to go?

"FLY, boy"

Life is short. Was he sorry or remorseful at all about the breaking window part ?

You will learn, you probably already have, that there are lots of skirmishes and battles in the game of Life. You gotta pick your battles. you can't fight win them all; you only need to win the important ones. If it were me this is one I would let him go, after the "one of life experience talks". Well son you menat to smash a fly and you broke a window. You weren't hurt, it could have been a lot worse. What did you learn from this? What do you think you should do next time? ..."

The other thing ... This of all the postives about your son. There are a lot of poeple that are much less fortunate. Remember the same glass can be viewed as "half-full" or "half-empty"


Have a good weekend!

MidCow2

 

[jamie2112]

Bam Bam or The Punisher.....LOL my little guy is 7 and he is already a Bam Bam

 

[Nomo]

Just call him Oops.

Funny story.

 

[jostenmeat]

I vote for Dumb-Pumpkin, or Pumpkin-As$.

I'd take it easy. Doesn't seem to have any malicious intent here. Hell, my brother did a lot more stupid things than that, and he came out pretty fine. Like midcow says, pick a different fight. There'll be more to come...

 

[Gimpy Ric]

Call him Fly Boy. Like Halon said, what do you feed this kid? If he's seen "Back to the future" call him McFly.

 

[Halon451]

I remember the windows on school buses being pretty darn tough. Kid must have some serious power to knock through one of them just simply trying to swat a fly!

 

[jinjuku]

I would guess that is a pretty tall tale your kid has drummed up. I wouldn't buy it...

Sure, he was going after a fly...

 

[MidnightSensi]

I would guess that is a pretty tall tale your kid has drummed up. I wouldn't buy it...

Sure, he was going after a fly...

Werd. There is no way he broke a school bus window going after a fly. Now if he took the seatbelt buckel and adjusted the strap as long as it would go... and then punched into the window with it as hard as he could, that would probably work.

 

[Nimrod]

Got home last night, took it easy... boy my son couldn't wait to show me his 90% on the Trig test, 100% on the Spanish test, etc.

My son is going to write out an apology letter to the bus driver, the school principal, and Monday morning tell the bus driver he's "sorry for the problems" he caused. He'll live to see Monday it looks like

How much is the window going to cost me?

 

[Nimrod]

Jesus, what are you feeding that kid??

Answer = everything

Between him, and his 18 year old brother $300 a week at the Supermarket.
Disclaimer: Both my kids are "trim" and eat heathly

 

[jinjuku]

Got home last night, took it easy... boy my son couldn't wait to show me his 90% on the Trig test, 100% on the Spanish test, etc.

My son is going to write out an apology letter to the bus driver, the school principal, and Monday morning tell the bus driver he's "sorry for the problems" he caused. He'll live to see Monday it looks like

How much is the window going to cost me?

Wrong question, how much is it going to cost him...

 

[pzaur]

Yes, he gets the sleepover. I think this one is about actual intent and learning the limits of our physical abilities.

My brother was ~6'3" in 6th grade (~6'9" now). His locker was right below the fire alarm pull. One day, he puts his books above his locker. Reaches up to get them. Goes too far and pulls the fire alarm. The entire school is evacuated and everyone has to wait for the fire department to arrive and "Clear" the building.

No punishment was involved because it wasn't malicious in nature. Of course, he still hears about it every now and then.

I say you buy him a fly swatter and ask him to use that next time.

-pat

 

[pzaur]

Werd. There is no way he broke a school bus window going after a fly. Now if he took the seatbelt buckel and adjusted the strap as long as it would go... and then punched into the window with it as hard as he could, that would probably work.

Those bus windows aren't the sturdiest windows in the world. I can definitely see how a 16 year old could break the window with a solid swat.

-pat

 

[Sheep]

It's all about tensile strength. Hard but brittle, that's why he broke it.

We all know the real story, he was showing off for a girl.

SheepStar