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[Damask the Minstrel]

They are cute!

(And the older ones look like trouble. ^.^)

And I should share, then... my trouble. Harassing a horse.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/41780745@N03/4003049833/sizes/l/

[Opal]

Oh my, that's a lot of kids, Su! More power to thee. :P

I'm pretty sure I wouldn't be able to handle more than two. There needs to be at least an equal parent to child ratio or I think I'd go insane chasing after them all. But I kind of suck at handling children, so I hope it'll be different with my own. Still, two is the max for me. :P

And she's so cute, Dammy! ^^

[Damask the Minstrel]

My mother always said, "Two kids... two hands. When I grow a third hand, I'll have another kid."

(Unfortunately for me, Mrs. Damask wants four. XD)

[Cairn Destop]

My mother always said, "Two kids... two hands. When I grow a third hand, I'll have another kid."

1 mother + 1 father = 4 hands.   We'll be awaiting the impending birth of the other two.

[Opal]

And I suppose if you wait long enough between kids, you could sucker the older ones into doing your bidding, like little sibling watching minions. ;D



...Yeahno, still not planning on more than two. :P

[Stonewall]

And I suppose if you wait long enough between kids, you could sucker the older ones into doing your bidding, like little sibling watching minions. ;D

And once you teach the inital batch how to cook and clean and do chores around the house, with minimal sentient thinking involved, then you can sell the surplus and keep your best ones to teach the next batch the importance of indentured servitude. Personally, I've worked out deals to sell at least 35 of them, and though rowing galleys may be a different beat, I believe their training allots for a minimal amount of complaining.

(Aside from being interested in psychology and sociology, the Professor has also discovered the wonders of  economy and the free market. Hey, castles cost money.  ;))

OOC... I don't like kids, because kids don't like me. I'd probably be the worst parent ever.

[Damask the Minstrel]

Indeed, Tara, I plan to use the older ones for improvised slave labor. ^.^

And Cairn: it is true that 2 parents = 4 hands. However, oftentimes, I'm alone with Diana while my wife works. So... still sticking to two at the moment.

(Stoney: I know you'll hear it from everyone, but it really is different with your own. I fear Saturday, for my daughter has a birthday party to go to. 20 children? Scary. My own? Not so much. You... kind of know what to do, and you really can't help but love 'em when you made 'em.)

[Opal]

Kids don't like me either! My little cousins-something-removed always want me to play some sort of game. Sometimes I oblige, but I get so tired of it quickly and I eventually tell them I forgot how to play, sorry. They're not amused by this. :P

Of course, they're kind of special cases. Their real mother...couldn't even take care of herself, so they're being raised by their grandparents. And of course grandparents are all about spoiling children, and these kids kind of need tougher boundaries due to the negative influence their mother had on them...but they don't quite get it, so they're rather...rambunctious. And don't usually listen to any sort of commands. They're sweet kids, but they have some vague traces of their mother's attachment disorder, I think (their mother was adopted and had...not nice things happen to her when she was a child).

My kids won't have all that to deal with, so hopefully they'll be better behaved. I need to perfect my Glare of Death beforehand. My mom has a good one. :P

[Jarrtail]

Heh, my mom as well. I think it might be one of those instinctive motherhood things.

[Damask the Minstrel]

It is. Like Formula 451-spit and Power Word: Middle Name (paralyzes with fear all that hear it).

[Eliza Lacrimosa]

Power Word: Middle Name (paralyzes with fear all that hear it).

Yeah, there's no saving throw in the world that'll let you escape the effects of that one.

[Damask the Minstrel]

Giant dork moment: an issue of Dragon magazine actually had an article on playing parents in D&D... one of the abilities you received was, you guessed it, Power Word: Middle Name. That would paralyze chilluns with fear.

Carry on.

[Erethas]

Sweet looking kids, Sue, they sure must be a handful . And congrats Damask for the boy on board =D! Just don't let him get his hands on sword.
I don't envy you guys chasing after multiple kiddies - both of my paternal cousins have two boys each ranging 1-6 years old, and they are wild.
Little kids scare me a little, not that I don't love them.

[Suellyn]

we got them foam battle axes for christmas.

[Cairn Destop]

When my nephew was under ten, I would give him the noisiest toy I could find.  As an added present, I gave him a pack of batteries that fit that particular toy.  Did I mention that I gave him this "special gift" just before I went back home?      :evil: