One evening Ved was creating a racket in the family room when Ravi came back home after work. As Ravi entered the room, he noticed toys scattered across the carpet: Lego, cars, and puzzles. Ravi sneaked a quick peak at the clock to see that it was time for Ved's shower. Using that as his excuse, Ravi asked Ved to "put away his toys."
Ved, as usual reluctantly started to put his toys away. As he did this, he pranced around the room, full of energy. After about 20 minutes, he had still not finished putting his toys away, so Ravi asked Ved "Can we have peace and quiet while you clean, so we can finish and go upstairs for a shower?"
"You mean you want me to be silent vacuum?" Ved asked. "What is that?" replied Ravi. "Well, my teacher says that when we clean up, we need to be quiet, like a silent vacuum." "Yes, can you be a silent vacuum?" Surprisingly, this worked and the next 10 minutes were the quietest, most efficient clean up ever.
What a brilliant terminology to get the job done!
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