"You've got three seconds..."

Girlfriend and I are leaving the play room one day and in comes Marcus holding her water bottle; no cap.

I decided to let him give it to me of his own volition.

"Marcus, you have three seconds before you are in time out."

Most people would perceive this as a threat, Marcus perceived it as a challenge. I hadn't started counting before the bottle was inverted and he was chugging. I think his thought process was that he was likely going to be in timeout anyway, so why not quench his thirst?

I yell "Marcus!" but in my head I'm counting. Sure enough, he finished it off in about a second and a half.

The best part though, was that after he chugged it, he triumphantly spiked the bottle. It isn't possible to get real mad at him.