McTag wrote:Head-bashing as a remedy is underrated these days, imho.
It worked on the teenager who lives across the street from me. He now respects his neighbours more.
Now that is interesting, so it wasn't a teenage girl who didn't think your jokes were funny?????? It was a boy you or some other neighbor needed to discipline, when you or they were at a loss for words. I'm just trying to get a handle on what types of violence you older boys find to be most useful. I can see your point, however, because nothing is more insulting than some uppity female having the audacity to be underwhelmed with something posted here. And if you get stuck and can't think of a clever comment to assert your God-given authority over lesser beings, I suppose head-bashing is the way to go.
Speaking for myself, I have never resorted to violence to gain control over a situation. That included raising my sons, dealing with his male friends, dealing with rude teenages, and my 32 years with DOD when I was responsible for managing a diverse workforce that was heavily male, and usually had over 50% military personnel. The hard truth here is, if it's your responsibility to make sure the job gets done, you don't go crying to your boss and say the boys won't listen, sniff, sniff, you explain the situation to a problem employee in terms they will understand. If you don't have the presense of mind to do that, then I suppose you will have to rely on heavy objects.