I Was in my back yard trying to launch a kite.

I threw the kite up in the air, the wind would catch it for a few seconds, then it would come crashing back down to earth.
I tried this a few more times with no success.
All the while, my wife is watching from the kitchen window, muttering to herself how men need to be told how to do everything.
She opens the window and yells to me, 'Come here - You could use a piece of tail.'
I turned with a confused look on my face and said, 'Last night when I wanted some, you told me to go fly a kite.'