Fireworks..oooo..aaaahh.. "CRAP"

I was teaching last night and having some funny conversations with my amazing students! LOVE THEM ALL! One story reminded me of something that happened this past summer that I need to write down so I don't forget it J.

On this fine summer day, I was out doing yard work, or something outside…can't quite remember. My 16 year old son Brayden was helping me. Tanner who is now 17 came out asking if we knew where some duct tape was. Well, this is not an odd request. My kids seem to think that duct tape is the "fix it, make it, assemble it" tape. So when Tanner asks for the tape, I of course think nothing of it.

A couple of hours go by and I'm now relaxing out on our patio. My wonderful son Tanner comes out and starts asking odd questions like: "How much is a new refrigerator?"….what????? ummmm I'm not sure son, it depends on how much you want to spend…maybe $500-$1500. Ok, I'm thinking that was odd. Then the next one was, "How much would a new washer and dryer be"….double what?????? Ummmm well, again son, it depends on how much you want to spend, anywhere from a couple hundred dollars to a couple thousand. Now I'm really wondering where this is leading. With the next one we hit the jackpot, "How much would a new toilet be?"….well, I think you could get one for just under $100, again depends what you want to spend.

Now my radar is way UPPPP…what's going on. I'm looking at him with that same look....the look of, do I really want to know where this is leading. He finally confesses…. "Well, we need to go buy a new toilet". Why in the world do we need a new toilet. OK, I know our bathroom is a bit small…well, REALLY small, our sink leaks, our walls are, well lets see, about 100 yrs old and falling apart, but our toilet is actually one of the newer things in our bathroom that WORKS. "Why in the world do we need a new toilet". Tanner responds, "Well, I kind of blew it up"…WHAT, how do you "kind of" blow up a toilet. Come to find out, if you put a "FIRE CRACKER" in the toilet, it will actually blow it up. Really Einstein! YA think????

To top it off, he thought that duct tape of all things would fix it. His genius plan was to duct tape the whole bottom part of the toilet back together. Funny thing is, duct tape does not stick to a wet surface. AGAIN…really Einstein, YA think??? So what does he do next….pulls out the blow dryer, yea the blow dryer and try's to dry the water and melt the tape to the toilet. Can you believe this did not work!!!???!!! He thought he had mastered the fix, until with the first FLUSH it all blows out and water is now all over the bathroom floor…again! Only when he knew he was defeated, did he come out with his 20 questions to lead into needing a new toilet.

Well he now knows that a toilet cost exactly 79.99, + 10.00 gas fee to drive to the Home Depot in Park City. He also knows how to install a toilet for when his brilliant child decides it will be great fun to put a fire cracker in the crapper.

ARENT BOYS GREAT!!

Einstein Tanner