The youth of America worry me...

[beadingmom17]

Well, perhaps it's just my brother.  I feel compelled to share the inner workings, or lack thereof, of a 14 year old, male mind.

My girls and I were at my parents' house.  My mom had the girls and they were playing in the family room while I was chatting with my dad in the living room.  My brother came in asking for something, then complaining about it.  My dad told him, "Dan, don't look a gift horse in the mouth".  I was packing up the diaper bag getting ready to go when the words uttered out of my brother's mouth made me stop and sit back down!

"Who the heck came up with that saying anyway?!"

I stifled a giggle.  My dad looked at my brother like he didn't believe he just asked that.  He goes "Well, where do you think it came from?"

"Well, obviously from Earth" says the 14 year old.

I'm now laughing out loud.

My dad chuckles and then says "Well, no, really?  I thought I got that one on one of my space travels.  Seriously, Dan, I know you don't know much about horses but do you know how to tell if they're healthy?"

"Nope"

My dad looked at me with almost pleading eyes.  "Rach, do YOU know?"

At this point I'm thanking my lucky stars my husband's best friend is a horse owner.  "Yeah...you check their teeth."

My brother gets that light bulb look.  "Oh, I get it.  You don't look them in the mouth 'cause you don't want them to bite you."

I am nearly on the floor from trying to hold back the laughter at this point.  I can feel the tears from laughter starting to come.

"Dan...do you know what a gift horse is?" my dad asks cautiously.

"A horse that gives you presents?"

The tears spilled over.  I'm trying so hard not to show that I'm laughing but at this point I'm nearly gasping for breath because I can tell he's serious.

"No, a horse that's given to you.  So, if it's given to you and you're not buying it, you don't look in it's mouth to check the teeth" my dad says in a slightly exasperated tone.

"Oh, got it.  You don't check its teeth because if they're giving it to you (I was hanging on hope thinking that he finally got it...but wait for it....wait for it....) it probably has bad breath (and there it is)" says my brother.

My dad just closed his eyes, shook his head, and started laughing.

I said "Daniel!  Omg!  You don't look in it's mouth because if it's a gift, it doesn't matter if it's healthy or not!  You didn't pay for it, so you just take it and thank the person!!!!!!"

"Oh."....."OH!  Okay...so you just take the gift and be glad that you got anything at all!" my brother finally cries out.

By this point, my dad and I are laughing so hard that my mom comes to see what's happening. 

And that, ladies, is the reason I am scared for our future.  If all teenage boys think with logic like this, the human race is doomed!!!!!!!

[momie_of_munch2]

Jul. 25, 2009 at 3:20 AM

 

Thats so funny

[MSugarKane]

Jul. 25, 2009 at 7:28 AM

LOL~!