Freeze!

The other day, the older boys asked if they could have a water balloon fight outside (Jonathon: "Can we please, will it be ok, may we...and don't interrupt me...can we please just have a little water fight outside today?"). At the time of his query, it was approximately 3° F outside. Now, as those of you who have extensively studied physics are no doubt already aware, water, as we know it, takes on several characteristics at 3° F, not the least of which is the tendency to, as is referred to in the scientific community, freeze solid as a block, you doofus.

Can you imagine: a water-ballon fight where the water contained therein is, to borrow again from the scientific community, frozen solid as a block, you doofus? Methinks the boys would learn some important things about physics rather quickly.