Slingshot???

"Mom can I play with the slingshot?"

"Sure as long as you don't put rocks or anything else in it and do NOT shoot it at anyone or anything."

"Thanks MOM!"

A little while later...

"Mom, guess what?"

"What?"

"I was playing army men and I almost hit a bird with the pinecone I put in the sling shot. I mean it was like an inch away!"

John pipes up, "VERN, why would you want to kill a bird?"

"Because it was the bad guys and I was the army guy and had to kill them."

All the time I am thinking...Did you miss the part about not putting anything IN the slingshot?