My wife and stopped to check on a young girl who had a flat tire. There were three boys with her. High schoolers. NONE of the boys knew what to do. My wife and I changed the tire and showed the boys how to do that. When we were finished, my wife asked the boys for their man cards.
That is the parents' fault. A tire is so reliable today that it almost never goes flat unless it pick up a nail. When I was growing up, tires went flat regularly.
Before I let my kids (a boy and a girl) drive, they had to learn how to drive a manual shift, change the oil, replace the air filters, replace a battery, and change a tire. The first and last one really pissed off my daughter. Well guess what, 6 months later she and her boyfriend got a flat tire. My daughter walked her boyfriend through the process. She was tickled pink.
“When we were finished, my wife asked the boys for their man cards.”
Awesome riposte but I bet the kids had no idea what she meant.
A bit of humor involving our family ... when teenagers, my sons and a few of their buds once argued that any guy with an electric chain saw (vs. gas powered) should have his ‘man card’ either revoked or a hole punched in it. Three hole punches and the man card was revoked. Interestingly when cleaning up after the Great Texas Ice Storm last week we found out that one of my sons friends did indeed have an electric chain saw. Much ribbing ensued.