Tricks of the trade

Here's one trick that I've been working on. All parents are incredible with it.

I call it the Carlos Mencia.


Child is playing with an object that is not a toy...perhaps a remote, or a Sharpie, or the cat. Parent, in an attempt to stop child from playing with dangerous object, offers a second (incredibly lame) toy while taking the fun toy.

It's a lot like Comedy Central offering Mind of Mencia to fill the void left by Chappelle Show.