Chatterbox: Down to Earth

How to get your siblings to stop annoying you and how to annoy your older siblings.

Good tips, and most of the time, very effective, and good to use on older siblings.

What you need:

Patience

Ok, so your little siblings annoy you, right? Here are some tricks they sometimes pull and here is how to stop them.

Trick #1: "What?"

You: "Please get the broom and sweep up the floor in the kitchen."

Sibling: "What?"

You: "Please get the broom."

Sibling: "What?"

You: "GET THE BROOM!"

So as you can see here, your siblings are trying to get you mad. They don't care if they end up doing what you tell them to do, they just want to make you mad. This is very, very hard not to fall for, but basically, the trick is not to answer at all. If they did hear, they'll say 'what' a few more times before walking away to do what you told them to do. If they honestly didn't hear you, they (1) will not stop asking or (2) not do what you told them to do. That was pretty easy. I like this next one better.

Trick #2: "Come get it!"

This can be approached it two ways.

1) Sibling: "Haha, I have your iPod!" or 2) "You have really great songs on your iPod."

You: (looking up) "What?! Give it back now!"

Sibling: "If you want it, come get it."

You: "If that's the way you want it, fine!"

This one gets you really worked up, plus hot and and sweaty. The main trick here is to AVOID EYE CONTACT. As soon as you look at them, the game's up. They've won. The reason you must do this is to make them think you don't believe they have what is yours. If they don't think you believe them, it won't be fun. Keep your mouth shut and look down. Even if they keep using it, they're going to get bored because you're not reacting.

So that's it for now. I'll post back later if I think of more.