Boarding party away!
Less romantic, but more efficient:
Good one!
I think this is why my kids have never been bullied. I’ve always given them the impression (not as blatantly as this graphic but really, along the same lines) that if anyone assaults them, they are not out for a fight...they’re out to kill them and they need to be prepared to kill them first.
The only “bully” Matthew has ever encountered is his best friend at church. The kid had a rep as a bully in elementary school but Matthew said he was verbally picking on him once and he gave him “The Stink Eye”. It’s an extremely hostile glare that basically says “I’m going to snatch your testicles out through your nose and tuck them in your shirt pocket.” Kid never harrassed him again.
This was maybe three years ago. During the December ice storm, when our trees were just hanging in shreds, this kid and his dad came by with a chain saw and helped Steve and Matthew clean up. I donated $50 to Southern Baptist Disaster Relief in their honor. So it all worked out.
Of course, another reason no bully has ever picked on my kids might be because everyone in the neighborhood witnessed me chasing a dog down the street with a large butcher knife.