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"That cat is soooooooo adorable!!!"

;)

This should read:

"Home is...Small Creatures with lots of toys"

The cat looks like it has lost patience with the child and is ready to scratch her.

Quick, Curtis, make up a story about the picture to get the thread going in the right direction!

Quick, someone teach the child to put toys away when she's not playing with them!

That cat is soooooooo adorable!!!
Is that a kid next to it?

P2, don't you like felines?

wow. them there sure is a lot of toys, hehe. cute kiddie/kitty =P

Pixie--
I like 'em just fine, but am always surprised at (to me) the outrageous amount of discussion they generate here! And how they swept the latest contest, how many people design around them, etc.

But they're so cute!

But so are dogs!

They're cute too!

Hey! I've got one of those! (the kid)

...should have just talked the wife into buying a bulldog instead! ;)
(just kidding of course... or am I? )

now all that's left to do is colour co-ordinate her toys to match our decor!

Heck, Pete, just the toys? Amateur! The real decor freaks color coordinate the child to the decor! ;)

And the cat, of course.

Too many toys out at one time overwhelms a child; it's better to store them, rotate in which toys are being played with this week. By rotating the toys the child will receive more benefit from each toy, particularly educational ones.

That one picture contains more toys than I have given my half-savage, bastard child in 17 months. i give the kid spoons and tupperware, and until he ACHIEVES that's all he is going to get.

Fiona, let's just say it's a good thing I'm not a decor freak or else I'd be "freaking-out" right about now! :)

Jonathan, for the sake of your son, I beg you not to let the description you just gave of him become habit. Reference to a one's child as a "half-savage bastard" calls for pause. It's meant to be humorous, but it falls very flat, and, rather, reflects on you as a person. This is meant to amuse, however, I have to tell you, all it does is show you are immature to have to resort to public verbal abuse, humiliation of your child, and, in the home, such words amount to using him as a verbal punching bag. As his father, such dialogue reflects very poorly on you as a caring human being. If you were my husband and called my son such names, I'd leave you in a New York minute.

Oh, blah, blah, blah....... Louise, lighten up.

I have to agree with Justin - Lighten up Louise! Jonathan has been posting his humorous/snarky comments for months and I for one get a giggle out of them.

Having three nieces/newphews who look like Jonathan's adorable son, it's personal. My brother married a beautiful Indonesian woman and, together, they produced exceptionally beautiful children. Being an very intellegent man, he would never, ever dream of referring to his children in such a manner. Children of mixed marriages get enough of such from the world without hearing it from their own fathers, who are supposed to protect them.

Sorry Justin and Lori, and anyone else who agrees with them; realize this isn't the venue, but Jonathan needs to be tempered when his discourse involves defenseless children. Can't help but wonder of the climate of his household when he's so loose with his language, attacks, here, amongst strangers. I'm done.

T.M.I.

Lori--
Cut Louise a break. At least seh is coming from a point of empathy and sincerity.

Anyone stumbling on here and discovering his "humor" without knowing this is just his never-ending "schtick" of bitterness, when he obviously has a beautiful wife, darling offspring, and a monstrous brownstone which he is in the financial position to own and completely gut may think him serious in his "poor me" act.

Louise, don't take his "humor" personally. When you don't pay any attention to him, he does eventually go away. Until he yet again wants the opinion or endorsement or attnetion of the people he takes such sport in baiting and/or outright insulting.

I meant no disrespect. It's just a funny picture and it invites funny commentary.

Yes, THE PICTURE *is* funny. And does indeed invite funny commentary.

All the more reason Louise is totally founded in her reaction to another comment on the thread.

good god, patrick, enough with the policing. as my favorite yoga teacher says, "mind your own business, and don't forget to smile."

Noname,

I don't think Patrick is policing. He's pointing out that someone not so familiar with Jonathan's sense of humor could be led astray. The no-policing crowd seems to not practice what they preach, and also to not realize the ironic aspect of their own policing.

Am I the only one freaked out about all the choking hazards?

i don't see any choking hazards.

there's this cool little gadget marketed to parents which is exactly the size of the average 3 year old's oral cavity/windpipe. if a potential toy fits completely inside the gadget, it's a choking hazard and shouldn't be given to babies or toddlers.

nothing on that floor would come even close to fitting into one of those things.

i love this photo.
:)

must...not...re-title this...must close site now. ahhhh...

title.
'i am bored lets start a war.'

(heres the plan, i will crap my diaper and start crying, you go flush the toilet, when the crying stops make sure you have accomplished what we spoke about, no distractions, if i fall asleep come breathe with me, we will get this right next time...)

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6497257644936185526&q=cat+flush+toilet&hl=en

herstory/history
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=i+am+bored+lets+start+war+therapy

Holy crap, does anyone else find it ridiculous and sad that a picture of a baby playing with a cat caused a friken 30 yeard old + fight that tried to sound smart?

I love the Internet!

noname--
I never stopped smiling, but thanks for your concern.

I love you guys.

a carefully placed plush toy does not make for a halo full of stars. ;)

Louise found Jonathan's comments insulting, so what is the problem with that? He has repeatedly insulted his family and other posters here for a while. Personally, I think we should stop providing him with a ready made audience.

My block in park slope, and most of our friends in the slope, are couples with children of mixed ethnicity. we pretty much joke about it all the time...if you were a fly on the wall, louise, you would be clenching your fists in rage at some of these jokes!! seriously Louise if you think it's going to be all that unusual/difficult for a biracial in the next generation, you clearly don't live in new york. my best friend, who is irish, just had his first child with an african american woman - you should see how i refer to his child!! then you would REALLY be insulted!! and guess what - he laughs. because some of us removed our indignant sticks long, long ago.

notice it's white Jonathan and his white neighbor making and enjoying these remarks.

just because you raise your kid in cute cuddly sanitized park slope doesn't mean he's immune from the intense fucking up he's going to get from his racist father.

i can't even fathom what your wives think of all this. the only thing i can figure is they must hate either themselves or the two of you.

Jonathan,
Did you end up buying your wife that gorgeous piece of jewelry? I gather that you love your wife and child very much, but don't think there is much harm in your jokes about the "chunkster wife" and the "savage bastard child." But just imagine how hurt either would be to one day see what you've written here.

You ask for our advice on every aspect of your remodel, perhaps you should take it on the way you treat your family.

Jonathan, you arrogant A-hole, it's called CHILD ABUSE.

The girl staring at the cat half menacing half melancolic reminds me of a Neruda poem as he describes leaning into a caribean afternoon, and the tones of colors of the toys remind me of an early Rothko, when he was still understandable. Way to go Terra, is that your Baby??

Louise = AGREED. Children just should not be used as the butt of jokes, and talked about so harshly in print or otherwise, period. They are defenseless and at the mercy of adults, and this should be honored. I admire L's standing up to Jonathan's insensitivity..maybe he's not hateful, but he sure lacks insight and social awareness. And his neighbors in Bklyn might not be as appreciative of his "humor" as he thinks.