Getting Down On All Fours And Imitating A Rhinoceros Stops Babies From Crying.

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Getting down on all fours and imitating a rhinoceros stops babies from
crying. (Put an empty cigarette pack on your nose for a horn and make loud
"snort" noises.) I don't know why parents don't do this more often. Usually
it makes the kid laugh. Sometimes it sends him into shock. Either way it
quiets him down. If you're a parent, acting like a rhino has another
advantage. Keep it up until the kid is a teenager and he definitely won't
have his friends hanging around your house all the time.
-- P. J. O'Rourke

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