Dumb Stick

The other day the kids were acting crazy and, for lack of a better word, "dumb". George turned to me and asked if the kids had been hit with a dumb stick. Of course Mark asks "Daddy, what is a dumb stick?" and Caitlin turns to him and says "It is right there on the couch with daddy." Mark kept telling her no it wasn't. It took George and me a few minutes to figure out what Caitlin was talking about. She was referring to the yard stick that has duck tape holding it together. We looked at each other and laughed before George told her what he meant by being hit with a dumb stick.