Title: Definitely belongs in the Tech forum!
Post by: gunug on February 19, 2011, 11:35:31 PM
Ah, let me say that there must be finer moments in the history of fatherhood!
Title: Definitely belongs in the Tech forum!
Post by: Highmac on February 20, 2011, 05:12:23 AM
Other methods include: Harley, bow-and-arrow, puppy, slamming a house or fridge door, frisbee, a Nerf Gun (I'd never heard of that)..... Is there no end to man's ingenuity?
And I'm not really surprised that mothers rarely feature in these videos!
Title: Definitely belongs in the Tech forum!
Post by: chriskleeman on February 20, 2011, 09:36:00 AM
Thank goodness they found the tooth... we wouldn't want to shortchange the Tooth Fairy after all!
This guy definitely wouldn't make Father of the Year...
Chris
Title: Definitely belongs in the Tech forum!
Post by: Xairbusdriver on February 20, 2011, 02:53:40 PM
I think I heard a voice saying the son came up with the idea. He certainly didn't seem disturbed by the event, actually seemed to enjoy the excitement. The "rocket" is about as tame a toy, with obvious 'adult' supervision, as can be had. I think if the father had initiated this stunt, he would have had control of the firing mechanism. Half the time with these tooth-pulling events, the biggest obstacle is the fear of pain by the slow extraction. That's why the doorknob, string-on-an-arrow and the ever popular, string-across-a-street-waiting-on-a-car-to-drive-by methods are favored.
As for the mom not being around...Hey, it's a man thing!
Frankly, I'm surprised that the string didn't cause the firing device to pop out of the boys hands. After all, the string was under his hands and the pulling force must have been all horizontal, if not downward! And, the tooth may have been so lose that the boy feared speaking too actively for fear of it simply falling out! Strangely, this family doesn't appear to be from my area of the country; normally events like this are prefaced with, "Watch this!!"