One day, my mother was out, and my dad was in charge of me. I was
> maybe
> 2 1/2 years old. Someone had given me a little 'tea set' as a gift, and it
> was one of my favorite toys. Daddy was in the living room reading the
> evening news when I brought him a little cup of 'tea', which was just
> water. After several cups of tea and lots of praise for such yummy tea, my
> Mom came home. My Dad made her wait in the living room to watch me bring
> him a cup of tea, because it was 'just the cutest thing!' My Mom waited,
> and sure enough, here I came, down the hall with a cup of tea for Daddy;
> and she watched him drink it up. Then she said, (as only a mother would
> know), "'Did it ever occur to you the only place she can reach to get
> water is.... the toilet?"