Lessons Grown-ups Learn From Kids

Lesson #1. There is no such thing as child-proofing your house.

Lesson #2. If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.

Lesson #3. A 4 years-old's voice is louder than 200 adults in a crowded restaurant.

Lesson #4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound boy wearing a superman cape.

Lesson #5. It is strong enough, however, to spread paint on all four walls of a 20 by 20 foot room.

Lesson #6. Baseballs make marks on ceilings.

Lesson #7. You should not throw baseballs up when the ceiling fan is on.

Lesson #8. When using the ceiling fan as a bat you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit.

Lesson #9. The glass in windows (even double pane) doesn't stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.

Lesson #10. When you hear the toilet flush and the words "Uh-oh" it's already too late.

Lesson #11. 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.

Lesson #12. A magnifying glass can start a fire even on an overcast day.

Lesson #13. If you use a waterbed as home plate while wearing baseball shoes it does not leak -- it explodes.

Lesson #14. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq foot house 4 inches deep.

Lesson # 15. Legos will pass through the digestive tract of a four year old.

Lesson #16. Duplos will not.

Lesson #17. Play Dough and Microwave should never be used in the same sentence.

Lesson #18. Super glue is forever.

Lesson #19. McGyver can teach us many things we don't want to know.

Lesson #20. No matter how much Jello you put in a swimming pool you still can't walk on water.

Lesson #21. Pool filters do not like Jello.

Lesson #22. VCR's do not eject PB&J sandwiches even though TV commercials show they do.

Lesson #23. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.

Lesson #24. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.

Lesson # 25. Always look in the oven before you turn it on.

Lesson #26. Plastic toys do not like ovens.

Lesson #27. The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earth worms dizzy.

Lesson #28. It will however make cats dizzy.

Lesson #29. Cats throw up twice their body weight when dizzy.

Lesson #30. Quiet does not necessarily mean don't worry.

Lesson #31. A good sense of humor will get you through most problems in life (unfortunately, mostly in retrospect).  

submitted by Julie 

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