Rockingham Remembered
Short Stories
Things Learned From
Children
The following came from an anonymous Mother in
Austin, Texas:

Things I've learned from my Children (honest &
no kidding):

1. A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a
2000 sq. ft. house 4 inches deep.

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

3. A 3-year olds voice is louder than 200 adults in
a crowded restaurant.

4. If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the
motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42 pound
boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman
cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a
paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a
20x20 ft. room.

5. You should not throw baseballs up when the
ceiling fan is on. When using a ceiling fan as a bat,
you have to throw the ball up a few times before
you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long
way.

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

7. When you hear the toilet flush and the words
"uh oh," it's already too late.

8. Brake fluid mixed with Clorox makes smoke,
and lots of it.

9. 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.

10. Certain Lego's will pass through the digestive
tract of a 4 year old.

11. Play dough and microwave should not be used  
in the  same sentence

12. Super glue is forever.

13. No matter how much Jell-O you put in a
swimming pool you still can't walk on water.

14. Pool filters do not like Jell-O.

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

16. Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.

17. Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when
driving.

18. You probably do not want to know what the
odor is.

19. Always look in the oven before you turn it on:
plastic toys do not like ovens.

20. The fire department in Austin, TX has a
5-minute response time.

21. The spin cycle on the washing machine does
not make earthworms dizzy.

22. It will, however, make cats dizzy.

23. Cats throw up twice their body weight when
dizzy.

24. The mind of a 6-year old is wonderful. First
grade...true story:
One day the first grade teacher was reading the
story of the Three Little Pigs to her class. She came
to the part of the story where the first pig was
trying to accumulate the building materials for his
home. She read,"..And so the pig went up to the
man with the wheelbarrow full of straw and  said,
'Pardon me sir, but may I have some of that straw
to build my house?'"
The teacher paused then asked the class, "And
what do you think that man said?"
One little boy raised his hand and said, "I think he
said...'Holy crap!
A talking pig!'"
The teacher was unable to teach for the next 10
minutes.

25. 60% of men who read this will try mixing the
Clorox and brake fluid.