Ethics question re: Cereal 'prizes'
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Skynut wrote:Now cracker jacks come with some lame-**** paper something-or-another that isn't worth opening the box for.
We used to get something you could actually choke on if you were one of "those" people.
Yeah, what happen to the good 'ol days when kids choked on stuff? Kids are pussies nowadays...
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i would make a comment about our president, but let's not go there...steveinaz wrote:Yeah, what happen to the good 'ol days when kids choked on stuff? Kids are pussies nowadays...
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Russ, first and foremost thank you for the term 'dickbeaters'. That will get plenty of rotation in my future vocabulary. Now, hopefully at 6 his hands have not yet turned into dickbeaters or you have problems. Now finally I hope that most of your post falls into the realm of sarcasm and hypothetical cruelty to kids, because that my friend, is hilarious. However if you are 'seriously' debating the ownership of a crappy cereal box toy with a 6 year old then you need to examine your priorities in life. I am gonna give you the benefit of the doubt, but i dont know for sure as sarcasm doesnt translate well via internet text.
To answer your question yes, its absurb that the prize is not in the cereal. However which is more absurb is when boxes advertise prizes that arent prizes in the box at all. In my childhood, sometimes there were vouchers, or some deal where you collect 3 coupons from boxes and send 6.95 for S&H to some address. Kids are about immediate gratification. Give a kid a so-called "prize" that he has to fill out a form for, and youre liable to get hit square in the face with one of his dickbeaters.-Stopher
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Apple Jacks.Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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Now I'm hungry. I'm a Golden Grahams kinda guy myself. That or Cinnamon Life.
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Russ has been bored here lately!Never kick a fresh **** on a hot day.
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With a 150-160 I.Q. he should be bored all the time. He should also be inventing pretty cool **** stuff all the time.
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How many six year old are able to read the warning message? Furthermore, what six year is going to pay attention to a warning message? Have you read the warning labels on your over the counter meds lately? Warning: may cause bazooka diarrhea, firehose vomiting, blindness. Doesn't stop us from popping that viagra substitute pill.
No, my friends, warning messages are there to protect manufacturers from any attempt on my part to do something stupid so I can sue for $18,000,000,000 and a new set of speakers later.
