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Strange
things
happen to
commodes
Strange things happen
in bathrooms especially
involving commodes.
Elvis reportedly died sitting
on the commode.
I once saw a frog in a com
mode. Last time I attended
a meeting of the histori
cal society in Fort Valley, I
went into the restroom to
wash my hands after eating
pastries. Swimming inside
the commode bowl was a big
green frog. At first it looked
like a toy
frog until
it moved.
The rest
room is
very clean
and well
decorated
so your
guess is
a good as
mine as
to how he
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Billy Powell
Columnist
got there. The society was
having a meeting, so I didn’t
mention it. Several minutes
later a man entered the rest
room.
He didn’t say anything,
so I assumed he and the
frog got along just fine.
When I was 8-years-old,
there were reports of rats
in the sewage lines on Ball
Street in Perry. We lived
two blocks south of the New
Perry Hotel. I overheard my
parents talking about rats
swimming up into the com
modes and frightening peo
ple. Some commode users
reportedly left in such haste
that they didn’t bother to
worry about cleaning them
selves.
Well, I proceeded to use
the bathroom one day and
was startled by a sudden
splashing noise underneath
me. Something had popped
to the surface of the water in
the commode bowl. I looked
down and there swam a big
ugly rat. The rat quickly
clambered up the edge of the
bowl and scooted across the
bathroom.
He was fast, but I beat
him out the door. You can’t
believe how fast I exited the
bathroom. My daddy, Lee
Powell, heard me hollering
and came to my rescue. Lee
fetched a broom and killed
the rat. From that day forth,
I always inspected the com
mode bowl before using. The
story was told of a lady on
Ball Street leisurely reading
the paper in her bathroom.
A rat suddenly popped
through the water and
frightened her so badly that
she fell trying to get away.
It’s a good idea to inspect your
commode tank for cracks. If
you want to play it safe,
turn off the water before you
leave for an extended stay.
I’ll tell you why.
A friend of mine and his
family went on a weekend
trip. During the weekend
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2006
Discipline
your son
based on
his intent
QUESTION: I need help
understanding how to
interpret my son’s behav
ior. My problem is that I
don’t know how to react
when Chris annoys me.
I’m sure there are many
minor infractions that a
parent should just ignore.
At other times, immedi
ate discipline is neces
sary. But I’m not sure I’ll
react in the right way on
the spur of the moment.
DR. DOBSON: Obviously,
the first thing you have to do
is determine Chris’ intent,
his feelings and his thoughts.
Is there evidence that Chris
is challenging your author
ity? The more blatant his
defiance, the more critical it
is to respond with decisive
ness. But if he has simply
behaved immaturely or per
haps he’s forgotten or made
a mistake, you will want to
Dr. James
Dobson
Focus on the Family
to see what his parent will
do about it; in the second, he
has simply blundered into a
situation he didn’t plan.
Let me be specific. Suppose
Chris is acting silly in the
living room and falls into a
table, breaking some expen
sive china. Or maybe he
loses his books on the way
home from school. These are
acts of childish irresponsibil
ity and should be handled as
such. Perhaps you will want
to ignore what he did, or
maybe you’ll require that he
work to pay for whatever he
lost -- depending on his age
and level of maturity.
However, these accidents
and miscalculations do not
represent direct challeng
es to authority. Since they
aren’t motivated by haugh
ty defiance, they shouldn’t
result in serious reprimands
or punishment.
On the other hand, when
a child screams obscenities
at his mother or stamps his
foot and tells her to “shut
up,” something very dif
ferent is going on. He has
moved into the realm of will
ful defiance.
As the words imply, it is
a deliberate act of disobedi
ence that occurs when the
child knows what his par
ents want, but he clenches
his fists, digs in his heels
and prepares for battle. It
is a refusal to accept paren
tal leadership, such as run
ning when called, or disobey
ing and then perhaps lying
about it.
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is a very
important
distinc
tion. In
the first
instance,
the child
knows
he was
wrong and
is waiting
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