I heard something on a news report that cracked me up. Even the males in my family understood. It's in the spirit of "boys will be boys." I know it's stereotyping, and it's politically incorrect to do so, but please indulge me this once. I am the mother of a boy. I am sure there are other mothers of males reading this, who may think their little angels are incapable of certain boy antics. I might have been there once. Believe me, no matter how perfect your child's behaviour now, put this one in your pocket, someday you'll be able to use it. In high school, college perhaps, sometime when collective male hormones take over for the brain.
So here's the story. Recently, in a nearby town, two young men were arrested for shooting at the window of passing cars with an air gun. A car window broke, thankfully nobody was hurt, the two were arrested, the cop was interviewed. It was radio, but I swear I could hear him shaking his head when he uttered the quote. He didn't say "Stupid kids, what were they thinking," he said "One boy, one brain. Two boys, half a brain."
There was silence in the newsroom. A pregnant pause, followed by the soft chuckles of two staff people in the background. One woman broke the silence "I get it," she said, "I have boys."
Life's a Stitch 
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