The legitimacy of supermarket amusements questioned

Kreegle · Post by **Kreegle** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:31 am

MILWAUKEE -- A 7-year-old boy had to be rescued Sunday after crawling into a Sheboygan, Wis., supermarket's stuffed animal game machine while his father talked on the telephone.

Shift Cmdr. Mark Zittel of the Sheboygan Fire Department said the boy was sitting in the glass enclosure with the stuffed animals when rescuers arrived.

Dale Humphries, a member of the Sheboygan Fire Department, said it took them approximately $14 before they rescued the child. "The damn hook thingy just wouldn't latch on. Those games are just tools for stealing your money," he said.

Authorities are currently investigating angry reports that the hook thingy closes a second or two after it begins elevating, making prize collection "frustratingly impossible".

http://www.channelcincinnati.com/news/2 ... etail.html

Canis Lupus · Post by **Canis Lupus** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 9:52 am

Kreegle wrote:Authorities are currently investigating angry reports that the hook thingy closes a second or two after it begins elevating, making prize collection "frustratingly impossible".

Frustratingly impossible? Sounds like whoever wrote that (it wasn't you, was it?) lost a lot of money in one of those machines, and isn't up for the challenge. Damn media dicks.

Kreegle · Post by **Kreegle** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 10:26 am

Pharaoh · Post by **Pharaoh** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 12:18 pm

LOOOOL

Forty-six & Two · Post by **Forty-six & Two** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 1:52 pm

Wierdness.

Lynxer · Post by **Lynxer** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 2:51 pm

Haha, the kid enjoyed the game much he was literally 'consumed' by it.

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:26 pm

Should have seen the trunk of my car 5 years ago..It was full to capacity with stuffed goodness. Those machines are more addictive than crank.

Insane-Lark · Post by **Insane-Lark** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:32 pm

Watch how you say that *Stuffed Goodness* deal or we'll think you are a closet furry. Then again, crane machine skills could be good to woo women, so what do I know?

ExtremeDrinker · Post by **ExtremeDrinker** » Sun Jan 11, 2004 11:40 pm

Actually, the only chicks that were impressed were a couple of fat chicks that I had no interest in. One stole my favorite green teddy bear, and let her dog tear it to shreds when I told her I "didn't like (her) like that." Stupid people.

I find it is easier to just go buy some stuffed animals at a novelty warehouse (MG Novelty Co. in Oklahoma) and keep a stockpile for when I fuck up and/or say something to piss off my girlfriend.

I don't actually do that, but it's an idea I toyed with a long time ago. I'm prone to saying stupid things like "Well, their stomachs were all tight and stuff but yours is a little fla....b...b...y......Oh, god, I just said that out loud, didn't I?" And once again, I'm sorry about that one, Katie...

POOPERSCOOPER · Post by **POOPERSCOOPER** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:08 am

the clamps on those things are way too loose, and always slip out of what your grabing.

Paladin Solo · Post by **Paladin Solo** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:25 am

Edit: Hmm...you should include some of the smiley's NMA has.

iohkus · Post by **iohkus** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 12:34 am

that's rofl.

Stainless · Post by **Stainless** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 2:10 pm

If only the little b'stard starved to death. Would of been darwin award material then

Franz Schubert · Post by **Franz Schubert** » Mon Jan 12, 2004 3:46 pm

Ahh, I remember Darwin Awards.... good times. Unfortunately, the idiots haven't been eliminated yet, wtf?

Thor Kaufman · Post by **Thor Kaufman** » Tue Jan 13, 2004 4:25 am

good one

Duck and Cover

The legitimacy of supermarket amusements questioned

The legitimacy of supermarket amusements questioned

Re: The legitimacy of supermarket amusements questioned