Tongs please

My dad is a funny guy and one day one of our ducks died (yes we ended up with two..that girl I knew was my sister) So my dad dresses for the occasion.  

He came in the living room wearing:

a rain coat

rain boots

A hat

and had a pair of salad tongs in his hands.

Then he said, "im going to get the duck"

Everyone rolled their eyes, and he went out and buried the duck

Well a few days went by and my brother who was about 7 or 8 comes inside and comes to my mother and  I who are in the kitchen, then he says "SOMEBODY GET ME THE TAMPONS"

Mom: What?

Brother: The duck is dead, I need the tampons

Mom: you mean the tongs?

Me: hahahahahahahahahahaha

Brother: oh ya the tongs

me: hahahahahahah

And that is the story of tampons being confused with tongs.