One day the youngster was offered a job in a big tinware factory.
His father, thinking it might tone him down a bit, consented to let him go.
The first Saturday night the kid lost his week's wages in a crap game and was afraid to go home.
Finally he hit upon a bright scheme. He took his trousers, turned them inside out and had them galvanized.
That night he went home and his father prepared to give him a spanking.
He used his hand first, but the blow almost killed his father.
Then he used a club, but failed to make any impression upon his son.
Then he got out of patience and said to his wife: