“YOU were one of THOSE kids! LOL!! What is it with kids (usually boys) and their fascination with toilets?!! My son was about 2 1/2 and dumped a Costco size baking soda into the toilet.. followed by a gallon of white vinegar. I was dusting and all I heard was him RUNNING. The toilet looked like a volcano... foam spewing everywhere! The only good thing is the toilet was unbelievably clean. LOL!”
Now that is brilliance! Your son and I need to compare notes. LOL
I was fascinated with all mechanical and electrical things. I vacuumed the toilet out twice and dumped water into a lit touché lamp as the bulb exploded and hit the ceiling. My crowning achievement was sticking a slinky into an electrical outlet and watching it burn up and turn to powder.
Don’t get me started on things with fire involved. LOL
My mom was a saint and thankfully I grew out of it all.
Well, most of it. I’m a plumber by trade and like to work on cars. I made it to 51 anyway. My older brother had a thing for hammers (dad was a carpenter) and Christmas decorations. We finally had to get a shorter tree and keep it about 4 feet off the floor. The 50’s to the mid 60’s were fun times at our house.
Then there was the time my brother had a raging fire going in the fireplace in the middle of July and..........
Well, anyway nobody went to the hospital.
I can only imagine that your Mom had these thoughts... “One day, he’ll have kids of his own. I hope he has a dozen just like him!” When Mom was alive.. her kids would share the antics of her grandkids. She would HOWL! I mean to the point that one day.. she fell off the chair she was sitting on. But.. she would defend them. “Oh, he’s interested in science.. that is good. (Or after my daughter used a permanent marker on the wall) “She’s very artistic. That’s a good thing”. Funny... I don’t remember her being so forgiving and excusing when I was little. LOL!