Funny story.....
Son Jimmy loved to eat at Roy Rogers. It got to the point, before we entered the place, there sat the mechanical Horse that we would stick in a quarter in the box, and start the push button. We would sit, and wait and wait for the darn horse to stop.
Then we told Jimmy, if he was good, he could ride the horse again before we left.
Then.... it got worse. He wouldn't eat his Trigger Burger, unless he could sit on the horse they had inside for little tykes. There were like three or more from what I remember.
It became a PITA..... I said, I goota stop this happy horse sxxt!
Then it hit me. I said to Tina, "give me a quarter!" I went outside the place, jumped on the horse, and stuck the quarter in, and rode the horse. Little Jimmy saw that, and he climbed under the table, telling mommy... "Mommy, why is daddy on the horse?"
"Don't tell anyone that's my daddy, ok mommy?".... "I wish daddy wouldn't ride that horse!"
I finished the ride.... came to finish my meal, and Sonny leaped next to mommy, and said, "Daddy's too big to ride the horse, right?".... "I'm getting big too, but I will only ride the horse once, ok?"....
I explained, it's ok to ride the horse, but he didn't need to sit on the horse to eat.
Maybe once in a while....
(Sometimes, another kid was on the horse, and Tina would have to wait till that other kid was done, and then by that time, the food would get cold, and Jim wouldn't eat it.)
He then said, ok dad, .......and we left it like that.