Kids - do we need....



Age Group Action Is This Advantagious Comments
18-25 Chop Firewood for you No Too many arguments
18-25 Cook your meals Yes Occasionally they can be bribed to do this
18-25 Sundry expenses - clothes, food, outings etc. No Costs have blown out - especially the cost of fuel and repairs to your car - even though you rarely use it.
18-25 Find things you dropped on the ground No Because YOU didn't drop ALL their clothes on the bedroom floor.
18-25 Insurance Excess No There is no way you can afford to insure your car - the insurance premium is twice the value of the car!
18-25 Mother can give up work No Unless she wins Lotto and runs away without a forwarding address
18-25 Mow your lawns No You are joking - aren't you?
18-25 Nervous breakdowns - theirs or yours No They are very likely to cause you several over the next few years
18-25 Teach adults new words No Often ones we don't want to hear
18-25 Create the need for extra phone lines No No matter how many you have they will use them all.
18-25 Useful as an excuse to end phone conversations Yes Can be used to get rid of unwelcome callers
18-25 Costs of their hobbies No These also are very expensive - especially girl friends!
18-25 Unreliable - except in their unreliability No Never rely on them to do anything!
18-25 Stay out late - leading to worry and hair loss No Another reason for nervous breakdowns and baldness
18-25 Cost of birthday presents, Christmas presents, No Presents have become far too expensive
18-25 Noisy No Especially at 3.00 in the morning
18-25 Puberty No Another cause for a series of nervous breakdowns
18-25 Your car never home when you need it No And always out of petrol
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