I love how offbeat BB articles remind me of the old days: My 11 year old brother and I (10 years old) discovered a termite-infested tree stump in the backyard of some family friends. They – three brothers midway in age between my brother and our parents – were considered cool and fun to hang around, at least by my brother and I; we learned stuff. Anyway, after my brother brought the termites to their attention and urged them to dig up the stump so that he could see the termite queen, the three brothers were ALL OVER him, laughing hysterically, insisting that he only wanted to see the queen in order to mount her. They went further, suggesting that he “bag up” before doing so. At 14 years old, a boy MIGHT see the humor, but not in my brother’s case; he looked beaten. I managed to stay out of the line of fire.
