Kids: Today, while babysitting I decided to play with a children's...

By Username - 03/06/2011 14:04 - United States

Today, while babysitting I decided to play with a children's puzzle to pass the time. Fifteen minutes in I gave up. The kid then came over and put it together in less than five. There were only ten pieces. FML

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Friday 3 June 2011 19:03

you were the kid always trying to put the square shapes in the circle holes weren't you?

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Somebody never had a good education.

Comments

ladlesman 0

Monday 6 June 2011 8:31

blonde much? jkjk

thestig4565 0

Monday 6 June 2011 20:27

I hope you don't reproduce

Jojo0114 0

Monday 6 June 2011 23:13

dumbass

noodleboix 10

Tuesday 7 June 2011 1:50

hahahaha dumbshit

Amarve 4

Thursday 9 June 2011 21:44

fake and gay

nature_girl_08 14

Wednesday 15 June 2011 10:00

i know this is a little old, but i have to say that this isnt really that bad. we tend to over-complicate things the older we get. it's possible you just didn't see the solution because of that mentality, yet the child (being a child) did. however, the fact that it's 10 pieces... XD that's a little sad

Roland2124 8

Wednesday 22 June 2011 1:12

I would say that you might need a knife to shape the pieces to make them fit....but you might kill yourself....wait a min.....that might mot be such a bad idea