And when my parents had finally had enough, we quickly transformed from combatants into a Catskills comedy team to avoid punishment. It helped that our parents didn't really *want* to punish us, they just wanted us to stop fighting.

Right? Half the time I was like "oh God oh God please don't make me do this thing" if only because punishing the kids often is a punishment for the adults, too! Make us all laugh, and we'll all just get some pizza or something.