If ever there was a justifiable cause to actually kill the kids
 

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Heh heh...Anyone with such light colored furniture and little ones is just asking for it..... My niece had her toddler take a black Sharpie to her white leather couch.:D

You needed a reason?

Hippie.

Hey, I'm pro-choice up to puberty.

And why was a can of white paint opened and left unatended with kids arround? I do hope it was water based, though......

Hmmm. Count me suspicious. I mean, if this happened in your house, would you first go get your camera and photograph the little dears smiling amid their handiwork? And the mess looks oddly contained. I dunno, though, maybe it's the real deal. I'd love to hear the story first hand if it is.

Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!

Ugly furniture, too.

And Flippy? If I walked in on that, I'd definitely take a picture - clean up isn't going to be delayed by THAT long, anger gets diverted, and the story just wouldn't be enough without illustrations.

We tell our kids that they are on an 18 year trial period. Up until they are 18 we can return them at any time. Once they are 18 we can kick them out.

I feel fortunate to have had nothing like this happen in my household.

Yep, no kids for me. Thank you very much. Now I think I'll take my disposable income and go out and buy Frodo a bone shaped food dish...
:D

Puh-leeze. An open can of paint. :rolleyes: If anyone, parents that stupid should kill themselves.

I just pictured white bunny prints all over CP's carpet.
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I'm saving this comment for use in the future. :)

I threaten death daily, it usually goes something like this-

Me - do that again and I will kill you.
Munchkin - I'll tell Dad
Me - How are you going to tell Dad you'll be dead?
Munchkin - oh

I would have taken photos if she had done something like that, then killed her.

We have conversations like that all the time, Katiesue.

I say "complainers will be shot on sight". If I happen to shorten it and say "complainers will be shot", my 4 year old always adds "on sight?".

She also once asked, in all seriousness " you wouldn't really do it would you?"

My dad's favorite line, stolen from Bill Cosby: "I brought you into this world; I can take you out, and make another one just like you."

Wow that picture... umm..... I guess that's kids for ya.

The couch I can forgive (slipcovers!), but OY the TV! Actually, on second thought, paint thinner can save the tv, the couch and floor are destroyed!

I'm tired of being "taken" into someone else's fake drama just so they can get some publicity. I don't believe that this happened in reality for an instant.

My favorite Bill Cosby with relation to kids was how he thought his name was "Jesus Christ" and his brother was named "God Damn It".

TO Russel, My Brother, Who I Slept With. It has got to be the best album he ever put out.

Me too.

If my little brother did that, no one would be running to get the camera, and even if they did, there's no way in hell the mood in the house would allow smiling.

I agree. Hmm I think my copy is still at my mom's.

I dunno, I think it all depends on who took the picture. If my little brother had done that and I discovered it before my parents did, I'd be laughing my ass off and would gleefully snap some pictures. I could also imagine a grandmother who thought it was hilarious because she put The Mother's Curse (to further reference Cosby) on her daughter.

I don't know if the scenario depicted is legit or not. I can certainly see the argument against it though. But I'll relate a story from my own childhood.

My cousin and I were born one month apart. We were for all intents brothers. We spent a lot of time at our grandmother's house because all four of our parents worked. So one day in our boredom, we decided to "decorate" one of the walls in the guest bedroom. We each put a crayon each of our hands and proceeded to jump up and down on the bed whilst holding the crayons against the wall. (The long edge of the bed was butted up next to the wall.) I don't know how long it took us, but when we were done, the entire wall was covered in a thick layer of colorful wax.

When our parents came over to pick us up, they were ready to kill us! Were it not for Grandma's intervention, we probably would still be in trouble. Not only that, but when my parent's wanted to paint over it, she wouldn't let them. She felt it was a work of art and steadfastly refused to let them get rid of it. Years later, when she sold the house, our "mural" was still there.

A non-parent might believe that this could never happen. A parent knows it can happen.Over reacting just a tad bit on this one?

Oh no. That's not how it would go at all, I know the exact quote I would hear:

"Well if you weren't spending so much time on that ******* Disney Message board and watching your brother, it wouldn't have happened! Why the Hell did we even buy you a laptop anyway? Just so you could surf on sites about useless ****? I can't wait until college starts and you get out of my house!"

Ten bucks says that's the rant word for word.

Agreed. In a situation like that I think there is no choice but to laugh. Getting angry won't help. Leave an open can of paint with what looks like a two year old and a baby, and what do you think will happen? I would definitely have grabbed the camera.

We had something similar, but not as bad happen. We were rushing around one morning getting ready, not realizing that we had left a tube of red acrylic paint on a low shelf. Indi was two at the time and did what any two year old would have done in that situation. He squeezed it all out onto the carpet, then rubbed it all over himself. Luckily, we had some really good stain remover and the carpet came out ok. We made sure not to leave paint down again!

Yep.

Odds are, that can of paint wasn't open. It probably still had the lockseals on it as well. Any parent can tell you that childproofing is an illusion, and only kids can open childproofed items.

My niece, the one with the toddler/Sharpie incident, did grab a camara and take pics. She was mad, but mostly at herself for leaving the marker out and her kiddo alone for the 2.5 seconds it took for him to ruin their furniture.