I feel like we are all part of a side study. While everyone is discussing whether or not this is good parental motivation, the real experiment is us. This comments to this thread are an excellent indicator of who among us have raised children and who among us have not.

That looks like so much fun! I would love to participate.

And here all this time I thought they were just peeing in it!

Some beers are a little on the skunky side even when they're fresh. I find Moosehead (green bottles) to be like that. Not that I haven't pounded my share of it. Back when my friends and I were minimum-wagers, that our payday beer. But now, I prefer darker beers so Moosehead hits me as a tad skunky now.

Generally, people who enjoy working into the wee hours of Saturday.

Once in a while, I see posts about guitar-related stuff. Guitars are near and dear to me! Do any of you play an instrument?

I'm getting more used to it, but still prefer the old system. Takes too much digging now. I rarely read more than the first few comments now. I wonder if it has (or will) hit their bottom line?

It's OK. None of my screwdrivers are that valuable.

And then the young troublemaker termite emerges from the ooze. Face contorted into a constant smile, but with a maniacal laugh, and evil in its eyes. And once again Gotham is covered in darkness.

I suppose they can stop selling it as old fashioned now.

Do you remember where you were when Twitter went down? It will become this generation's moon landing.

Reminds me of a power strip I saw back in the day. It was labeled "Windows 95 compatible."

Tomatoes or "tomatoes"? You should never trust someone will just water your "tomatoes" without doing a little pruning.

Because no candy has as creepy a delivery system as Pez. We're not going for image improvement here. We're going for the good old fashioned heebie-jeebies.

Yes! Anything to make it super creepy, yet irresistible! How about a bank? And to get the money back out, the kids have to smash their dearly departed father's face in with a hammer! Question is, did they save enough for a tropical vacation AND therapy?

This! Under one condition; Must also dispense Pez.

The ad says the water is separated from the water to slow the melting process. But that doesn't work because something has to occupy that space between the cubes. If it isn't the melted water, which is nice and cold, it will be the room temperature (or outdoor) air, which will SPEED UP the melting process. The melted…

I went back to school for telecommunications, in hopes of working for the phone company. Part of the course was computer networking. Once I sat down and worked on one and learned how they worked I was fascinated. The thought of a comfy inside job in the rainy PacNW was good incentive, too! It was all very noble and…

I have been denied zero jams. If I want a Def Leppard fix I just fire up the ol' turntable. Of course, I bought those back in the day when you could actually own what you paid for.

I would have had to stop for the snake so my daughter could inspect it. She's fascinated with snakes! I had to deal with my phobia so I didn't cripple her interest. Now we play with them when we find them in the yard.