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Wednesday, November 30, 2005Four Calling Birds, Three Sharp Knives, Two Rusty Nails...Jonathan and I were driving down the road and he said, "Know what you can put in my Christmas stocking?" I was all ears; the kid hardly ever gives me stocking suggestions. "What?" I said. "Razor blades." "Razor blades?" Surely I hadn't heard him correctly. "What do you need razor blades for?" "They have really sharp edges for cutting things," Jonathan said. "I'm not putting razor blades in your stocking, Jonathan. I could get arrested." I defy anyone to come up with a weirder request. Actually, it's not as bad as it sounds. He's always making things -- things with motors, things with wires, things with small parts and moving parts and the ocassional smoking part. Razor blades would be a helpful tool. I'm not buying him any. I have to draw the line somewhere on "all things for the sake of creativity." Speaking of which -- have you written your Seuss poem yet? I'm dying to read more! Labels: parenting |
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9of my readers are feeling chatty:
Well, our son doesn't ask for things anymore - he gets them on his own - ha...
By the way - I'll promote the contest tonight on my blog - is that okay? Or too late?
BTW - move is almost complete - just have to move comments now...
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I can top that! Yea me!
When I was his age, I asked my parents for a bunsen burner.
What's that you ask?
It's a natural gas burner used in chemistry / science type classes.
It would have required that my parents run an extension from the downstairs gas line that fed our stove into my room.
I asked my mom, but I can just hear my dad saying, "Like that's going to happen!"
A 13 year old with an unending supply of flammable gas... hmmmmmmmm.
It seemed logical to me at the time because I was interested in chemistry.
I had my own chemistry set complete with alcohol lamp that mysteriously exploded. It's amazing what turning an alcohol lamp on its side and lighting it can do. Luckily, the thick shards of glass blew away from me.
"WHOA! COOL!"
I found one chunk of glass wedged between the pages of my chemistry experiment book.
I also torched my model of the Cutty Sark. That was cool, but it left little flying carbon bits floating through the air, and all over my room.
I did sort of get busted when I used rubbing alcohol to start a fire in the downstairs fireplace.
Me??? a pyro??? NAWWWWWWW! Well, okay I was, but I got over it!
** Dave does the butter churn ** "I'm the winner, I'm the winner!" LOL
weirder, how about my boys are getting remote control tanks that when one shoots the other it shocks the person that gets shot. HOW weird is that LOL Not my idea of a fun game but they have been begging for it for 2 or more years so I gave in LOL
what if you bought him a nice exacto knife ?? you know an art knife.
I have one like this but in silver, and it has a fancy little cover for the blade and everything
http://www.44tools.com/merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Product_Code=A1905&Category_Code=olfaKB
Jonathan is definitely one of the coolest kids I know - I was playing with my dad's single edged razor blades by the time I was 11 or 12 - for my extremely artistic clay creations of course... uh, and stuff.
I slipped every now and again, learned how to fuse lacerations with super glue waaaay before it became official emergency room protocol. Although to this day my left thumbnail has this funny ridge... um, but of course that's neither here nor there...
I had one of those little alcohol burners too Dave, dang, never even thought to ask for a gas line to my room! You are one worship-worthy geek. ;-)
OMG! All I can do is laugh! At the post...at the comments.. You name it, I'm rolling over here!
DAVE -- OK, you win! LOL That is extremely funny. If I told you how much of a pyromaniac Jonathan is, you would feel extremely validated. The child SCARES me!
BUT BUT BUT I must take you to task on assuming that I didn't know what a bunsen burner is! I took introductory Physics and advanced Physics in high school and had my share of fun with the stupid bunsen burners. lol
Doris -- Ummmmm......urrrrr......THE THOUGHT TERRIFIES ME! The problem is that he never puts things away because he claims he's always "working on a project"....I could just see an exacto knife lying around! I can also see him cutting things that shouldn't be cut...like, oh, drywall and sibling flesh...
Kerrie...you crack me up, woman! And thanks for the validation for Jonathan. I think he's cool, too, but I'd probably think he was cooler if I didn't live with him. :oD
Jenn...in a houseful of 3 boys, you will soon start your own collection of ridiculous boy stories. :)
Yet one more thing Jonathan and Jesse have in common.
Fire! He has this shrill little laugh he gets when he sees it, sends shivers up my spine! LOL
The explanation of bunsen burner was for all of the OTHER people :)
I had a great chemistry teacher, he would turn on the gas and set it ablaze so it was shooting dragon flame into the classroom. That was cool.
Then they filled up a great big balloon with gas and set it off... IN THE CLASSROOM... That was beyond awesome.
Oh the joys of flame!
Guess who lights the Yule Log every year? he he he
My two year old son keeps telling me all her wants from Santa is Mac and Cheese and Cereal. If only it would stay that simple.
Jessica
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