If those were my kids(god forbid I ever have kids in the first place) this picture would show the last seconds of their lives.

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+1

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"You two will never see the light of day again, just look at my Flatscreen TV! Scuse me dear, Look at what YOUR children did"

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Flatscreen TV, nuthin. Leather couch, death follows.

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LOL, the sad thing is I have a friend who has some VERY similar pictures...only it was colored paint.

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oooooooh I could just SEE my kids doing this!

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The next morning, headlines read: TWO CHILDREN FOUND DEAD IN SUBURBAN HOME (Parents refused to explain actions, but gestured to the paint splashed about the living room. Detectives are stumped at what it all means.)

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WHY OH WHY is the photographer taking pictures instead of selling them to the Gypsies?

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Gypsies - the number 1 reason why my child never ever does these things. Healthy fear of said gypsies keep all valuables, well, valuable.

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That looks like so much fun! I'll have to give it a try. My kitty did something similar once...it merited him a bath pronto.

SBj

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Please, dear God, let that be water-soluble paint.

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The hell with the camera. I'd be beatin' them senseless.

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Excellent icon.

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OMG! BEAT THOSE KIDS!!!!

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my niece and nephew did that once.. but with a bag of flour.

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What I love about this photo is what it says about the person taking the picture. It's uplifting and inspiring that their first reaction, after recognizing the hilarity of the situation, was to grab a camera as opposed to beat the kid up. You can't change end results, you can only deal with them. It's the "how" part of that equation that determines what type of person you are.

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Unless the photographer was taking it in order to provide evidence at the child-abuse hearing. ;)

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Why beat the kids? Where the hell were the parents and why was a can of paint left open in a place where the kids could get to it? And people wonder how kids get poisoned with household products. Idiots like that shouldn't be allowed near children. EVER!

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Look again: see the spoon in the foreground? Notice the complete lack of paintbrushes or other impliments of paination in the area? There was no painting intended, and clearly the paint can was not open, but kids are like cats with thumbs, and they got the paint and got the spoon and applied the spoon to the lid of the paint can and then began with the foot-er painting. I can't quite make out what's on the tube, but I'll wgaer that it's a kidde show that they were expected to sit dully in front of while the parents did something somewhere else, and clever kids that they were they made up thier own fun.

Still: my ghod what a mess.

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As a friend of mine says: cute is a survival trait. If they weren't cute, we'd certainly leave 'em by the side of the road...

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My theory has always been that the reason God makes them cute so we don't kill them. So far it's worked for mine.

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I honestly don't think I could be angry.

Just loops right around the whole anger spectrum and becomes funny

Like drinking yourself sober

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Besides - think of the future blackmail potential when they bring the girlfriend over to meet the 'rents.

But other than that - yet another reason why I'm an *uncle* and not a father ;-)

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"Daddy, look! We made Dharma and Greg go away!"

If you're going to let reruns raise your kids, what do you expect. :)

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An excellent motivation to legalize 13th-trimester abortions.

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LOL!

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Don't beat the kids. The kids are freaking adorable. Beat the PARENTS for leaving the paint and two unsupervised toddlers in the living room.

I agree - it would have looped past "anger" and into "hysterical" too fast to be mad. Look at the smile on the older kids's face. That was FUN, Dad!

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the parents would have to beat themselves
or we'd need a law that's invokable which allows police beatings

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My son Nic did the same thing with chocolate syrup and a bag of flower. It killed the carpet cleaner. But I wish I had a camera for that. All you can do is shake your head and smile. Now there is something to guilt trip them about all their lives and an embarrassing story. :)

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You must be reading my IM logs! I sent this picture to my friend last week and he said it looks like something you'd post! Creepy! ;)

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Wow, that's childfree fodder right there if I ever saw it.

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Wow, that is a rather disturbing group.

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"Two small children for adoption. Parents no longer able to care for them due to mental health problems. Will trade older one for leather couch and/or smaller one for 27" TV."

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Oh, that's why andrea yates went crazy in the bathtub...

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I would be so angry if I came home and saw that, I would piss myself.

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haaaah. why does this look so much like a bachelor pad?? good going dad.

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I think it might be about to become one! Tell you what honey - you can keep the TV and couch, OK?

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What a wonderful picture! And they look so proud of themselves. But it's a very good advertisement for not leaving opaque spreadable substances (in containers or not!) lying about where cats with thumbs (good one!) can get to them! I'd like to direct the parents of these children to any store where they can purchase washable crayons.

*wanders off chuckling, and happy that TV isn't mine*

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