There’s this Chinese idiom, “covering your ears and stealing the bell,” meaning you’re not kidding anyone but yourself. A thief tries to smash a rich guy’s bell to steal it piece by piece, but it makes a loud sound when he hits it. Therefore, he plugs his ears so that he can’t hear the sound of the bell, and starts smashing away. Needless to say, everyone else heard that sound and he was busted. Seems applicable in this situation.
As a college student my roommate and I lived for 4 months with a family who had a sweet little six year old girl and three year old boy who was a monster. Monster knew how to suck up to Mumsy and torture everyone else. He pulled hair, slapped, scratched, threw things when he didn’t get his way etc. And yet Mumsy thought he was such an angel. (He was physically beautiful, he looked like a Murillo Christ Child. Maybe that was it.) When we were getting ready to leave, we bought the monster a tin drum. I hope he drove Mumsy nuts.
My father gave my Brother’s son a toy fireman’s helmet with a flashing light and siren, that the kid loved it, but drove his Mother nuts! Next time we visited it was found on top of the refrigerator out of the kid’s reach!
Algolei I 12 months ago
Wait for it, a recording company will put a copyright strike on this comic.
PaulAbbott2 12 months ago
This was how Keith Moon and Neil Peart got started
dl_supertroll 12 months ago
There’s this Chinese idiom, “covering your ears and stealing the bell,” meaning you’re not kidding anyone but yourself. A thief tries to smash a rich guy’s bell to steal it piece by piece, but it makes a loud sound when he hits it. Therefore, he plugs his ears so that he can’t hear the sound of the bell, and starts smashing away. Needless to say, everyone else heard that sound and he was busted. Seems applicable in this situation.
constantine48 12 months ago
Now I know what to give my nephew for Christmas!
in-dubio-pro-rainbow 12 months ago
Come she told him
Pa rum pum pum pum
Annoying thing it is
Pa rum pum pum pum
His best earmuffs he wears
Pa rum pum pum pum
To save his little ears
Pa rum pum pum pum
orinoco womble 12 months ago
As a college student my roommate and I lived for 4 months with a family who had a sweet little six year old girl and three year old boy who was a monster. Monster knew how to suck up to Mumsy and torture everyone else. He pulled hair, slapped, scratched, threw things when he didn’t get his way etc. And yet Mumsy thought he was such an angel. (He was physically beautiful, he looked like a Murillo Christ Child. Maybe that was it.) When we were getting ready to leave, we bought the monster a tin drum. I hope he drove Mumsy nuts.
iggyman 12 months ago
My father gave my Brother’s son a toy fireman’s helmet with a flashing light and siren, that the kid loved it, but drove his Mother nuts! Next time we visited it was found on top of the refrigerator out of the kid’s reach!
therese_callahan2002 12 months ago
Now if she had said that to Ringo or Keith Moon…….
guenette.charlie(BozoKnows) 12 months ago
Charlie Brown doesn’t want to work, he just wants to bang on his drum all day.
MY DOG IS MY CO PILOT 12 months ago
Or Buddy Rich or Sandy Nelson.
verticallychallenged Premium Member 12 months ago
Ta ti ti Ta ti ti Ta Ta Ta! (IYKYK)
T... 12 months ago
IJBOL!!…
raybarb44 12 months ago
Depends where and when you were conceived……..
Cornelius Robinson Premium Member 8 months ago
Singing sounds better in the shower; drumming sounds better with earmuffs!