Mother: Peter, why aren’t you wearing your favorite skirt?
Peter: The other boys will laugh at me!
Mother: That’s not true. They’ve told me how cute you look in it. You are not leaving the house in those awful old jeans.
Peter: But Mom...
Mother: No buts young man. Go upstairs and change at once!
Peter: But Mom, I can’t wear my favorite skirt when we play baseball!
Mother: Oh...