Self-control is only one facet of a child's personality development. While null results always add to our body of knowledge, there are plenty of other things that chores may contribute to, like socialization, responsibility, a sense of mastery, family bonding, etc.
They are tax shelters, money laundering schemes, and safe havens in case of emergency. Meanwhile, people who actually live and work in London can't find affordable housing.
So the guy in the article decided to save the cheeses instead of serving them at funerals as the deceased people had planned. That's how you get haunted.
In checking out this post, I was led down a path that explained how I ended up with a green-eyed deaf cat. When I talk about Marshmallow, people tell me she can't be deaf; only blue-eyed white cats are deaf. But according to Wikipedia, "17 to 22 percent of white cats with nonblue eyes are deaf".
When I first saw the title, I thought, "He uses the drill to wind up the rubber band!" My dad flew balsa wood airplanes powered by a twisted rubber band, and he used an old-fashioned hank-cranked egg beater to wind them up. I can see how it would be much more difficult to actually lift the weight of the drill.