Snips and snails and puppy dog tails,
That's what little boys are made of.
- Mother Goose
Parsnips
Snail (singular)
Puppy dog with a tail (it could be a tail, could be a weird tuft of fur)
Let me just take this space to plug my idea that boys are dumb. Not dumb in the classical, true sense of the word.
They're dumb in the current way, the sad way that language has been broken down. Because I know plenty of boys who can talk your ear off...