Kids: Today, I came home to find my eight-year-old son had basically...

By SadDad - 22/09/2012 18:11 - United States - Alexandria

Today, I came home to find my eight-year-old son had basically set fire to the kitchen, after trying to practice some kind of stupid shit he'd seen on TV called "fire bending." FML

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Sunday 23 September 2012 2:26

Thats avatar. I always liked that show when o was young though.

FlamingTacos 7

Sunday 23 September 2012 2:27

So he's a water bender?

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cupkate18 6

Wednesday 17 October 2012 20:05

Avatar YDI for not knowing what fire bending was

Mads_1234 28

Friday 4 January 2013 7:09

Earth, Water, Fire, Air. Long ago, the four nations lived together in harmony, but then, everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked. Only the avatar, master of all four elements, could stop them. But when the world needed him most, he vanished.