You can talk, bargain, reason, with a bully

[canetoad]

But sometimes you just need to take them behind the shelter sheds and belt them with an old fence picket.

Peace. xxx

[Demovictory9]

1. ?

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2. I think they are referring to a "two x four" to a mule.

[canetoad]

4. LOL

D'ya even know what a 2" x 4" is?

I kinda dig your ultra-nuanced non-gender-specific pronoun. Some folk would just call you thick. Not me.

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6. Do I even know what a 2 x 4 is?

I have built thousands of structures, rooms, pergolas, casitas, carports, garages...etc in my 76 years.

There are probably close to 100-150 thousand 2 x 4's that wish I had never driven a nail or screw into them.

LOL, yes, I most assuredly know what a 2 x 4 is, and I know why it was used on obstinate critters like donkeys, or RePuqs.

More questions?

[Hekate]

3. There are certainly times when dragging someone out behind the woodshed seems appropriate

When all the reasonable words fail to make a dent.

Peace back atya.

[canetoad]

5. Gotta be done young enough

Shake em by the scruff, same as their mother does. Oh wait.....