Hire child labor.
Child Labor from Adam Avitable on Vimeo.
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The year’s already getting off to a good start.
Words wouldn’t do this recap justice. That’s why Steve Jobs invented the iPhone.
Awesome. That’s how I use my kid slave too.
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@Miss Grace, as long as you pay them in juice boxes and pizza, they seem satisfied.
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Good thinking. Hell, it appears that they were enjoying it.
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@Nobody, they were insisting on helping, no matter if we told them something was too heavy or not.
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Wow !! Are they for rent ? : )
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@Kim, I’m just the broker. I’ll talk to their agent.
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Twitter: Whatsananna
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WHY are YOU huffing and puffing when my grandchildren are doing all the work????
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@Nanna, I was working hard, too, contrary to popular belief.
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Twitter: msmegan
, January 28th, 2010: 9:45 AM
@Nanna, I was just gonna ask the same thing! Except I would have left out the “my grandchildren” part.
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Wow they are strong little kiddos lol
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@Cheri, yeah, I was impressed. Those Iowa kids come from strong stock.
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@Avitable, That took years of fine breeding my freind.
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Twitter: leeleykeel
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as my father would say *its good for them, builds character.*
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@leel, and puts hair on their chests.
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Heeeeee! When my kids complain about chores I’m all like, “Why do you think you even exist?!” They roll their eyes and say “Oh, Mom!” I love how they think I am kidding.
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@GeekByMarriage, I love it.
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@GeekByMarriage, and these weren’t even my kids, so it’s even better!
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Twitter: perpstu
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Fantastic. I’m glad the little buggers are earning their keep. They are adorable!
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@Karin, they are pretty adorable, it’s true.
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Twitter: VerdantDude
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Are they handy with electrical wiring and stuff? Because we have this one wonky light in our kitchen that could use some fixin’.
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@B.E. Earl, if not, they’re fast learners.
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Smart move. You can train them to follow directions.
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@MariaV, they work as a natural team, too.
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Child laboUr Rocks!!
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@J from Ireland, heh. You’re humourous.
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*snerk* Nice!
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@Al_Pal, at least I helped when they moved the piano.
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Twitter: missbritt
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Now if I could just get them to work like that at HOME…
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@Miss Britt, I think it’s all from the pep talk you gave them.
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I like it!!!
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@Sybil Law, me too!
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Twitter: karensugarpants
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I made my kids watch this. Thought it would teach them a thing or two.
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@Karen Sugarpants, so that next time they move furniture, they’ll know what they did wrong?
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Those kids are so stinking cute and amazing.
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@Hilly, they really are.
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Twitter: LeSombre
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What, no whip?
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Twitter: Faiqa
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You know what feeling washes over a brown woman when she watches a video like this? Justice. I love seeing little white kids laboring for The Man. Hehe. Now, I have some soccer balls that need sewing lying around here somewhere…
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Twitter: elizabethbarone
, January 28th, 2010: 1:33 PM
@Faiqa, I just almost spit out the cracker I was eating. Oh. My. I just said “cracker.” It’s gettin’ racial in here!
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@Faiqa,
Holy cow, that was funny.
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Think Miss Britt would rent them out to me? I could use some help unpacking my house still…Clever man, you got free manual labor! I’m jealous.
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At one point of this video they were both standing on the wall.
I need coffee.
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Twitter: _scifidad_
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I’m still reeling from the fact that someone who seems to have more than reasonable technical skills cannot maintain a common aspect ratio for 30s of video.
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Ive loved the kids so much that they do this. Howd do you do it to get them to?
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Twitter: msmegan
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I get happy every time I just look at Emma. And Devin so reminds me of Lil’ M.
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Twitter: hellohahanarf
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almost enough to make me move to florida so that they can help unpack!
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Twitter: laurie_pooh
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I hope you tipped them extra!
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But, did you PAY the child laborers? Because if you didn’t, it’s not really considered “hiring” but “using”
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Twitter: Jayman3768
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Well done. Next you can have them clean out the garage and wash and wax your car.
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Twitter: themuskrat
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nice stains!
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I showed this to my fur-kids…got no response. Damn useless beasts;-)
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Twitter: an_bhean
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You’re a natural taskmaster! Here I’ve just been using mine to do laundry and dishes – I need to aim higher and get more work from them!
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At first I thought you were literally referring to feces. I feel like I moved 33 years worth last night, so I was going to recommend you go to my local bad hospital (which I nicknamed the Deathstar) and get something (anything) treated there. But since you’re talking household objects, I recommend fire as the solution to all your problems. As usual.
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Twitter: alotofnothing
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Did you at least pay them with more than food?
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Twitter: an_bhean
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I’ve been thinking. We should write a book on this. Child Labor for Fun and Profit. You and Miss Britt can write, and I’ll do the editing (for a share of the profits, of course). It would be a hit. Think of all the parents who would scoop it up so that they, too, could make money from their children’s sweat. Could even make it a multimedia thing and use some of this nice footage of Miss Britt’s kids. You could be bigger than Jonathan Swift!
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Twitter: elizabethbarone
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Britt’s and Jared’s kids are so cute!
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How did they do with the TV?
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Twitter: thepsychobabble
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Klassy. :p
I can’t wait till mine are big enough to move furniture. Currently, clearing the table, feeding pets and picking up their own mess, er, room, is a stretch some days.
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Twitter: poppycede
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They clearly adore you.
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I think, during the next stage of your life, you should become a foster parent. Or, Big Brother. Think, “Role Models”. You would be great.
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That’s why I had kids – slave labor. And when you don’t have your own, you have good friends who loan theirs out. It’s the natural order of things. ;D
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