Way out in the country, little Jimmy lived with his parents, two brothers and two sisters. One summer day, being out of school with nothing to do, Jimmy and his sibs went out 'goofin' around, generally getting into mischief. Out in the woods, they came across the 'Johnny house'. They circled it and decided to see if it would rock. Yes! It would. They got it rocking back and forth until it tipped over and tumbled down a hill to the bottom. Next, they took off running and yelling, not to be found for the rest of the day.
That night at the dinner table, after Grace, before anyone got a mouthful, Father looked at little Jimmy, the eldest, and declared that someone overturned the neighbor's outhouse that very morning and he wanted to know if Jimmy knew anything about it.
Jimmy thought for a moment then said, "Daddy, George Washington didn't get in trouble when he admitted to chopping down the cherry tree...so, yes. I cannot tell a lie. I turned over that outhouse."
Daddy stood up and replied, "Jimmy, let me tell you the difference between you and George Washington."
"George Washington's father wasn't sitting on a limb, up in that cherry tree when he chopped it down!"