Terrible things?
Cracked: 5 Terrible Things You Can’t Stop Your Children From Doing
Number two is touch a gun:
I’m not one of those people who thinks that movies and games turn ordinary people into raging psychopaths, shooting up schools while shouting out the Ten Commandments. But I’m also not ignoring the fact that the only lesson they’ve had about guns so far is, “Point at a human and pull the trigger to make fun occur.” In this part of the country, they have to learn what a gun is, what it does and how to handle one without killing or maiming themselves or someone else.
December 9th, 2011 at 9:52 am
Even better is his subsequent realization that it was his responsibility to teach proper gun safety to his children. Sure they’re BB guns but depending on his son’s ages that might be perefectly appropriate.
And a BB gun can get the safety and basics in.
Either way his reaction is far better than plugging his fingers in his ears and screaming “Won’t somebody think of the children!”.
December 9th, 2011 at 9:56 am
Also the title “terrible things” may be a bit of an intentiona misnomer. Given the other subjects in the list.
Number 1 is Fighting, but the author has a strong defense of -well- self defense.
December 9th, 2011 at 11:21 am
When I was a kid way back in the 70’s Cracked was Mad’s unfunny competitor.
These days, every time I find a link to a Cracked article, I wind up finding a bunch of other articles I want to read. Today, I found 7 more. There goes the morning.
December 9th, 2011 at 9:51 pm
John Cheese is one of my favorites on there. I plan on printing out his articles whenever I have a kid on the way, he’s been solid advice all the way through. Not always funny, but solid.