What expensive thing did your kids destroy when they were under 5yrs old?

My negligent discharge got upset last night because Spongebob Squarepants was interrupted by a commercial. He figured the best course of action was to throw a Paw Patrol walkie talkie at the 60' Sony LCD t.v. Cracked the screen, t.v's shot.
I didn't even get mad. The boy is out of his mind, all hopped up on Albuterol & Steroids for an Asthma issue.

I caught the Adult ones when they were rag rats tearing up CASH that was my PAYCHECK. They got through half before I caught 'em. I beat the snot out of them,,,,they weren't under the influence. Had to match up all the pieces, but as long as you have three serial numbers the bank will replace the bill. We laugh about it today.

D.I.N.K. here, double income no kids, I think I have a lot less breakage but when it does occur I seldom have anyone to blame but myself.

I had a 60" LCD Sony years ago, a friend was playing with my dog and got a little too enthusiastic throwing the ball around, on one throw he straight pitched the ball at the TV screen, luckily it was a soft foam ball and caused no damage, but the dull thud as it wadded up against the screen was sickening.

I just looked at him in disbelief, even the dog stopped playing, seriously, what can you honestly say at that point?

One spring my wife and mother were off one a shopping trip to the warehouse and I had the boys. I was upstairs and they were playing downstairs when I smelled a bleach and thought someone outside the window was filling a pool. I closed the window and the smell got stronger so I went downstairs and discovered the source: A few days before my boys had seen me me kill a wasp outside with Formula 409 cleaner. This day another wasp had somehow gotten inside the house. The boys grabbed the Tilex (active ingredient: chlorine bleach) and chased that sucker throughout the house. The trail started in the foyer where they sprayed it on a wooden table and destroyed the finish. From there they chased the wasp across the living room leaving an unbroken swath across thirty feet of carpet and several especially large spots where they thought they had their man. They finally did corner him on the new dining room table I had just given my wife and emptied the bottle onto him, nicely etching the finish. When I caught up with them I had them sit down and shut up until I could get my temper under control.

When the ladies returned I showed them the catastrophe. Then as we unpacked the groceries, my mother dropped a two-gallon glass bottle of red "bug juice" drink (oddly apt nickname, no?) in the dining room. The bottle virtually exploded, permanently dyeing that carpet vivid red and blasting bug juice in splotches up the walls and across the ceiling. Standing with red drops falling from the ceiling into her hair and over her clothes, my dear mother uttered a comically appropriate line: "Have you considered an insurance claim?"

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The total ticket was over $4000.

Bob

Purely by the grace of God our only losses were a set of contact lenses flushed down the drain when our then 5 year old 'number 1' son decided to perform an act of love and wash out the contact lens case for mummy, and a pair of pair of candle holders that were broken when the boys (then 10 & 14) were told not to play ball in the house while we were out for their mother's doctor's appointment have been.

Now the grand kids - how about an 80+ year old and irreplaceable Queen Mary tea service that our 'Number 2' son's number 2 son crushed one Sunday afternoon?

There should be insurance policies against child damage,,,,Seriously.

One I got away with. I was 13 or 14 and had stolen a few of my dads beers. I hid them in the woods behind the house "in the dead of winter" with plans to skip school the next day and drink 'em. All went to plan except of course the beers where frozen. No problem, I'll just put them in boiling water and get this party started. Back in the house, pot of boiling water, put the cans in the water light a smoke and go watch t.v til they're done.
About five minutes later,,,BOOM,,,BOOM,,,BOOM. Beer all over the kitchen but worse three holes in the drop ceiling and the plaster ceiling above shattered.
I don't know how they didn't notice but all I did was clean the beer up and replace the ceiling tiles with spares in the basement. The replacements where white the originals where now tinged yellow so the new ones stuck out but I got away with it. Pointed it out to dad years later,,,he laughed.

Sitting reading when things were quite, too quiet wheres the boy ?
Follow the hose - Oh lookie here he is washing my nice and done up inside by myself XC V8 panel van sin bin fully carpeted through out with a top of the range Marantz stereo system the real sad part is the windows were down and he had the hose going inside the car all over the dash seats ceiling everything was drenched this was in 1983 my boy was @ 3 years.
What a mess seriously as you can imagine the carpet on the roof took ages to dry the stereo was very temperamental after that but it was such a pig to fit in front of the gear shifter, doors were soaked as well and it was very unpleasant on a hot day for weeks afterwards :yikes:

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Originally Posted by CINDERS

XC V8 panel van sin bin

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Please tell us you had the "If the Vans A Rockin, Don't come Knocking" sticker. :madsmile:

Sorry WP that' s classified hhhmmmmmmm! Oh I did have a sticker on the back window as it was a Ford Falcon was "Mind your own Falcon business" it had a 302 Windsor V8, 4 speed manual I threw the stock carby away after using 3/4 of a tank to do 87 miles and plonked a 600 Holley with vacuum secondary's and sports air cleaner sure breathed easier with all the anti pollution stuff plugged up.

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Originally Posted by CINDERS

Sorry WP that' s classified hhhmmmmmmm! Oh I did have a sticker on the back window as it was a Ford Falcon was "Mind your own Falcon business" it had a 302 Windsor V8, 4 speed manual I threw the stock carby away after using 3/4 of a tank to do 87 miles and plonked a 600 Holley with vacuum secondary's and sports air cleaner sure breathed easier with all the anti pollution stuff plugged up.

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302 or 351 ?
Chris

302 Windsor a very tidy engine I must say