last night while working in the garage....
Cotter: {crying}{tears}{whining}Owwwww...{/whining}{/tears}{/crying}
Me: what happened?
Cotter: I bonked my head again. It really hurts
Me: Isn't that the third time?
Cotter: Yessir.
Me: Well, stop doing it.
Cotter: I can't help it. My head is doing it all by itself.
announcement: my son is going into protective custody, so he not be gathered up by liberals who want to sue me, the toy box manufacturer (where he thrice 'bonked his head'), my home builder, my neighborhood association, the city of Florence, the county of Fremont, and the state of Colorado, as well as RJR Reynolds (just because they *must* somehow be complicit in the victimization of this lad). I'm certain they'd affirm that he his not responsible for the actions of his own head, and therefore anyone and everyone else must be held liable for negligence.
disclaimer: my son has not shown any adverse effects from repeatedly striking his head against a self-closing lid of a wooden toybox, apart from apparent forgetfulness, evidenced by the repeated striking of his head against a self-closing lid of a wooden toybox.