Daddy's Home by Tony Rubino and Gary Markstein for December 11, 2009

Case in point: I smell burnt paper - go into son’s room and ask wha you are burning. Son - “noth’n” me - I smell smoke and burnt paper - did you burn paper? Son - “nope” (staring straight at my face) me - one more chance - what were you burning? son - “I did not burn anything” me - come with me (I close his door and wait 2 minutes) me - (open the room and walk in with him, the room stinks of burnt paper) So, do you smell that? Son - “yeah?” me - it’s the only room that smells like paper was burning. Now lie to my face again and tell me you were not burning paper. Son - “I did not burn any paper” me - (exhasperated) You are lying, why does it smell like burnt paper? Son - “A piece of paper ‘synched’ as I used it to insulate a piece of wire that I placed between the poles on a battery”

I could strangle him…..