Genghis the Engineer
3rd Jul 2009, 10:12
This has to be shared - setting, yesterday, my kitchen. Persons present - my wife, and my nephew (aged about 5).
Nephew has just been exploring switches and managed to turn the dishwasher off at the mains halfway through a cycle.
Wife: Now, you shouldn't do that. It's okay to ask what switches do, but not to press them without asking.
Nephew: Why?
Wife: Well, if you were flying in uncle Genghis' aeroplane, it wouldn't be a good idea to push any buttons without asking him first.
Nephew: But uncle Genghis' aeroplane hasn't got a dishwasher !
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Nephew has just been exploring switches and managed to turn the dishwasher off at the mains halfway through a cycle.
Wife: Now, you shouldn't do that. It's okay to ask what switches do, but not to press them without asking.
Nephew: Why?
Wife: Well, if you were flying in uncle Genghis' aeroplane, it wouldn't be a good idea to push any buttons without asking him first.
Nephew: But uncle Genghis' aeroplane hasn't got a dishwasher !
G