Comments on: Kids and an Open Can of Paint, What Could Go Wrong?

By: Harold

Harold — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:23:39 +0000

that´s what u get for leaving a open can of paint laying on the floor, jajajajaja!!!!

By: Harold

Harold — Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:18:03 +0000

thats u get for leaving a open can of paint layng around just anywhere!

By: Zach

Zach — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:21:35 +0000

No joke, these kids used to be my neighbors!

By: r

Mon, 23 Mar 2009 11:19:24 +0000

That’s what you gt for spending $3000 on a TV. LOL.

By: Skra.m.ld

Skra.m.ld — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 01:00:43 +0000

That T.V. is’nt $3000 at any store you go to for one and those two kids are awsome, me and my brother did shit like that all the time at two years apart.

that’s not the first/only time somthing like that will happen.

By: Keira

Keira — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:04:33 +0000

This is a great advert for DUREX.

By: A

Fri, 23 May 2008 00:23:30 +0000

Hi Sir,
Am Mr Adams and i will like to order some paints from your shop to a newly built Orphanage Home.I will appreciate if you can email me with the types and prizes you have in stock as well as the method of payment you accept so i can know the quantity to order.Thank you.

Best Regards,

By: Nasra

Nasra — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:20:41 +0000

Its so sweet …

By: munchkinchop

munchkinchop — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 08:01:40 +0000

donna @1: your child is a totall nerd.
theresa @72: your child is a genius.
eveybody who values $3000 tvs over awesome, hilarious, totally destructive children, i’ve got three little letters for you: i.u.d.
also, paint and toddlers don’t mix, even if it makes for an endearing, enduring pic.

By: Theresa

Theresa — Mon, 13 Aug 2007 21:46:30 +0000

I showed my 3 year old the pic and asked him what happened. He says “he spilled it on hisself to be a swamp monster”.

By: Rebecca

Rebecca — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 12:03:52 +0000

LOL my they looked like they had fun!

Can’t leave anthing out with young kids they love to explore…. n these kids look like the had a hoot!

By: Arduenn

Arduenn — Sat, 15 Jul 2006 16:27:54 +0000

Technically I’m still grounded for decorating my mom’s furniture with toothpaste 30 years ago.

By: dreamer

dreamer — Fri, 14 Jul 2006 09:59:42 +0000

Judgemental lot here. Just look at the pic and smile ffs, it is amusing.

By: faith

faith — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:42:27 +0000

It’s called “learning by doing” and is the best way to educate anybody. At this age, what they learn with is up to adults. Sorry, I think the fault lies with the parents.
(Unless it is staged, of course.) The neat square area and the one cushion painted is a bit worrisome. Pretty compulsive behavior for such little kids.

By: Lesley

Lesley — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:26:09 +0000

Sweet! Kids are angels, huh?? Reminds me of when my husband and I woke up to find our 1 and 3 year old in the kitchen making snow angels on the kitchen floor with baking powder. It wasn’t their fault though, they couldn’t help it, they were hopped up on the Easter candy they found stashed in the cabinet. P.S. This was all discovered at 7:00 am. Yeah, they were real go-getters…and for their reward they each got shiny new locks on their bedroom doors. Aaaaahh…memories.

By: Demile

Demile — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 06:27:26 +0000

Now… if this was staged do you think the little crotch-loafs would be allowed to spread paint on the couch cushion… Look at the last cushion right near the TV with the little smirking failed abortion. Is it just me or is it covered in paint?

This is disgusting and sick and those damn kids should be put down.

By: JO

JO — Thu, 13 Jul 2006 02:22:57 +0000

I’m a professional artist, and can understand!
I’m not a mother, unfortunately, but was a child of course! And can understand THAT!
Had the biggest laugh in years over this! this is so hilarious!
I do hope it was fixable though!
Thanks so much for sharing this with me!!!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 20:07:49 +0000

I think that this very silly photo was staged. It looks like the parents moved the coffee table, put the curtain up off the floor and the made the fake mess themselves. I wonder if they used a broken TV or one of those plastic prop TVs you see in model homes. I can’t believe it actually sparked a real controversy. I wouldn’t base future birth control decisions on this photo.

By: Deb

Deb — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 16:17:22 +0000

Who cares how or why or even if this really happened, but I had the best laugh I’ve had in a long time!

By: Janie

Janie — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:18:30 +0000

:O Maybe… it’s cream?

Another reason not to have kids then…

By: Little_Serpent

Little_Serpent — Wed, 12 Jul 2006 01:06:20 +0000

What perfect little candidates for post-term abortions.

No vacuums or coat hangers required!

By: Ed Schafer

Ed Schafer — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:24:36 +0000

I was four, the paint was pink and it fell from a shelf in the garage. Dad was ready to kill, but mon saved her baby. The punishment was getting me cleaned! My two sons were angels by comparison.

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:09:19 +0000

Just to add to the comments regarding little girls and the trouble they cause: When I was about two or three my mother went to take a shower and left me in the supervision of my father. We had just eaten dinner and my parents must have had steak that night. The kitchen table had yet to be cleaned and while my dad was watching TV in another room I played in the kitchen. I would check on my father every couple of minutes to make sure he was still just sitting there. He didn’t think anything of it; obviously I was safe and sound. When my mom got out of the shower I immediately ran up to see her with a big innocent grin. She knew right away that I must be up to something. My mom followed me down the stairs and into the kitchen where she saw what I had been doing for the past 15 – 20 minutes or so. Our old chairs used to have cushioned seats, which I had deliberately murdered with steak knives. One of the chairs still had a knife stuck in it, and only two of the six were left un-harmed.

By: Cor

Cor — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 21:07:22 +0000

At least it goes well with the walls.

By: Spoonaloon

Spoonaloon — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:50:55 +0000

I’m just glad there weren’t any animal victims of the painting spree, at least I hope there weren’t.

By: smokie

smokie — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:50:20 +0000

Hey,

Lets not forget, some of us are still acting like kids.

Kids know how to have fun, and they do it with out spending a dime.

We on the other hadn will spend a fortune and still be board. DUH.

By: Six Nine So Fine

Six Nine So Fine — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:39:25 +0000

Man, why couldn’t they have just been like normal kids and eaten the paint?!

By: Katherine

Katherine — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:03:49 +0000

I think my tubes just tied themselves.

By: pickman's model

pickman's model — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 20:03:21 +0000

Man, I’m glad I’m never having kids. I’d wind up pulling a muscle beating the little monsters if they got into trouble like that.

By: nicole

nicole — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:31:32 +0000

Stupid parents. Stupid, stupid parents.

By: Bubba

Bubba — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:20:50 +0000

BTW, that’s not a $3000 tv. More like a $500-600 set. It’s still a terribly funny lesson, though.

By: weredonkey

weredonkey — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 19:04:07 +0000

those kids are conveying a hidden message
smash your tv

By: Fred

Fred — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:51:31 +0000

DO NOT BLAME THESE KIDS! I see people talking about beating the kids for doing this. Blame the parents! Maybe we should be them.

By: trr

trr — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 18:08:46 +0000

24 hr supervision is not necessary. But more supervision than was applied here is necessary. Cans of paint should not be accessible to toddlers, nor should they have had enough time to do this much damage. At least the parents who took these photos weren’t upset, judging from the smiling kids. What a pain to clean up though! The glass TV screen – not too bad. The sofa – forget it, it’s garbage now. Looks like the one on the right probably ingested some paint – yuk!

By: ET

ET — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:30:48 +0000

I can only assume that the comments calling for 24 hour supervision of two toddlers is not a parent. Even if it were, why would you want to? At some point you have to give them space to figure out what they can and can’t do–here’s a great example of a can’t. An expensive lesson for everyone, but kids have to learn boundaries by testing them–if they never get to, you end up with whiny Gen-Yers who have never been allowed to get hurt in their short, overprogrammed lives.

By: everbody

everbody — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 14:57:12 +0000

Smart kids! Obliterated the idiot box!

By: Andy Morgan

Andy Morgan — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:12:00 +0000

Hey! mummy bought some contents insurance this week. It’s time we got a new lounge…’

By: happy nonparent

happy nonparent — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 12:06:25 +0000

Incidents such as this, documented in all their gruesome glory on the Internet, only serve to further bolster my intense happiness that I will never, ever, have to enter a room to find my furniture and expensive television covered in white paint. Children are the devil incarnate.

By: Clark

Clark — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:32:48 +0000

You can achieve the same effect by mixing cornstarch and water. After it dries it just flakes and brushes off, and you can vacuum it up with your Dyson.

By: lauren

lauren — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 11:32:38 +0000

*kisses IUD*

By: cindy

cindy — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 07:53:07 +0000

Thank Goddess they didn’t paint the Dyson (seen at bottom of photo)!

By: wipe

wipe — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:54:17 +0000

throw the tv and the rest of the “sh*t” out and get em a nice room where they can paint all over the walls…then you’d be getting somewhere. anyone who even jokingly places a $3,000 piece of brain liquifier over a child should be summarily shot. in fact anyone who’s spent $3,000 on a tv should be shot period.

By: Dan

Dan — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 06:15:19 +0000

What you don’t see is the person taking the picture (my guess â€” the eldest child hoping to become, once again, an only child).

By: Eston

Eston — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 05:29:30 +0000

I agree with Emru. If I had kids and they made a disaster like this, I would’ve taken a picture too. It’s so ridiculous that there’s no way you can actually get awfully angry at this. Nearly everything I can see there you could get the paint off of without too much trouble – the TV is not trashed; it still operates with a bit of paint thinner to get the latex off the screen and the sofa/floor can be cleaned (well, the sofa may require one new cushion.)

It could’ve been worse. I would have just shook my head, taken blame for the paint, and promptly transported both kids to the shower, do not pass Go, do not collect $200. There’s nothing you can do about it now.

By: Emru

Emru — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 04:53:56 +0000

This is the fun thing about being a parent. These kids’ parents had enough of a sense of humour that they went and took photos, even though their TV and sofa got trashed. Then, if they’re reading this, they have to put up with a few people who know nothing about the family or the photo’s context insulting them and their intelligence, and making assumptions about their parenting skills and habits.

Parris called it: Clever kids can outsmart even the most careful of parents. When it happens, all you can do is thank God they didn’t kill themselves, laugh, and take pictures to show them when they’re older.

By: Parris

Parris — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:33:37 +0000

Kids and monkeys; can’t keep them out of anything. Glad they didn’t paint eyes or eat the stuff. Otherwise, what fun! Glad the parent(s) took it in the right way. Paint will come off glass well.

Some girls are worse than boys, tho’. When we were poor hippies traveling Europe and living in my VW van, we woke up one morning to discover my daughter had captured a red ballpoint pen. She had decorated herself completely, the little hammock that stretches over the front seats, the walls, the ceiling … and the look on her face was partly angelic and partly Salvador Dali. Priceless!

By: deannie

deannie — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:33:27 +0000

I couldn’t help but notice that it seems that Barney is on that TV screen – are these kids going to get no credit for saving themselves from that mindless pap?!?

By: Bill

Bill — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 02:04:56 +0000

Hey, it’s like Picasso’s blue period, but white. Be happy they got it out of their system so early, now they can go onto more groundbreaking work.

By: Steve Parkinson

Steve Parkinson — Tue, 11 Jul 2006 01:24:35 +0000

Now would be a good time to educate the kids on how much its going to cost to get the floor, tv and sofa replaced/cleaned.

Even if they are too young to do the math, you could take them to Toys-R-Us and show them how many aisles they could buy for that amount of money.

By: James

James — Mon, 10 Jul 2006 23:22:19 +0000

1) They are WAY too young to be left unattended with a freakin’ can of paint nearby. That was WAITING to happen.

2) They could have been MUCH more thorough, I see unpaint-covered spots ALL OVER the place. Tsssk.

3) Depending on what show was on at the time, this may have been COMPLETELY justified TV and Room-icide.

4) I have three children. If this happened to me I would KNOW it was my own d*mned fault. I raised them, I left the can around, I was too busy with myself to be watching them. TV is not a babysitter, folks.