Bob Falfa: Didn't I see this at the end of Community last night?

Go get me a switch, boy.

oh thank god. i thought you were gonna say FL

If you put a dollar in the machine and caught him with the claw, can you keep the child?

FTA: "The toddler could not get back out again and was only rescued after a blacksmith was called to break open the lock"

Huh. I would have called a locksmith for that.

serpent_sky: Am I the only person who finds it hard to believe that she looked away for "two minutes" and the kid climbed up a small chute? Seems like it wouldn't be that easy to do....

I'm right there with ya. Chute seems too small, and too long, for this kid to just climb up in there on his own.

I am officially calling shenanigans on this one.

Classic (new window)

JesseL: FTA: "The toddler could not get back out again and was only rescued after a blacksmith was called to break open the lock"

Huh. I would have called a locksmith for that.

Or maybe find the person with the keys. Just a suggestion.

If a kid gets stuck in a vending machine, just leave him there. That's Darwin telling you to make another one.

You know how alot of Jews change their name to something less obviously Jewish? These people have accomplished the polar opposite with their son.

'The hole was tiny. I have no idea how he did it. That's when I started to panic. I didn't know how I was going to get him out.'



Oh, I dunno, maybe the operators might open the obvious FRONT PANEL with HINGES right on the front of the damn machine, lady.

/There's no way it was only "two minutes" either...

LOL...

serpent_sky: Am I the only person who finds it hard to believe that she looked away for "two minutes" and the kid climbed up a small chute? Seems like it wouldn't be that easy to do....

I don't know. He could have been standing by the machine giggling the handles and stuff already when she turned away and maybe 2 minutes was really 3-4 (did she really have her stop watch going?). I'll bet it could happen pretty quick.

Of course, it doesn't disqualify her as an inattentive parent. I don't know about other parents out there, but I became a master of carrying on conversations with people I wasn't looking at because I keeping an eye on my little one. Quick glance at the person I'm talking to to reassure them I am still in the conversation mixed in among long gazes at the little one.

Tito the King of the Streets: Classic (new window)

Well, there ya go serpent_sky and airplayne... that kid was up in there in about a minute.

Show the kid a hot fudge sundae and tell him he can have it if he can come out.

Bet he'd be out in 5 seconds.

/Dear Lord, save us from panicky mothers.
//The chute is MEANT to allow things easy egress.
///Little kids can get into/out of ANYTHING.

good thing it wasn't a french fry vending machine.

/ouch

WOO0HOO!
Lollys!!
Oh Fark!!

I wish I were big.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: Bob Falfa: Didn't I see this at the end of Community last night?

Go get me a switch, boy.

The switch scene was hawt. I would totally switch that. Brita I mean, not Troy.

I_Am_Weasel: airplayne: JesseL: FTA: "The toddler could not get back out again and was only rescued after a blacksmith was called to break open the lock"

Huh. I would have called a locksmith for that.

Or maybe find the person with the keys. Just a suggestion.

A blacksmith is more likely to have the hammer required to break the lock, as they were unable to break the lock themselves.

And a locksmith could handle it without breaking anything.

Not to mention that there are a lot more locksmith around and on call these days.

As the father of no longer little ones, how and the hell do they get in to these things?

Bob Falfa: Didn't I see this at the end of Community last night?

I had the same thought.

I can think of an awesome way to get him out, but it would cost a dollar for two goes.

I'm seeing a trend here.

I_Am_Weasel: airplayne: JesseL: FTA: "The toddler could not get back out again and was only rescued after a blacksmith was called to break open the lock"

Huh. I would have called a locksmith for that.

Or maybe find the person with the keys. Just a suggestion.

A blacksmith is more likely to have the hammer required to break the lock, as they were unable to break the lock themselves.

But that's the problem. Someone has to be responsible for refilling that thing, and taking the money out, on a regular basis. The manager or owner of the store must have keys to this thing.

JesseL: I_Am_Weasel: airplayne: JesseL: FTA: "The toddler could not get back out again and was only rescued after a blacksmith was called to break open the lock"

Huh. I would have called a locksmith for that.

Or maybe find the person with the keys. Just a suggestion.

A blacksmith is more likely to have the hammer required to break the lock, as they were unable to break the lock themselves.

And a locksmith could handle it without breaking anything.

Not to mention that there are a lot more locksmith around and on call these days.

I'd have gone with the vending company who owns the machine. Chances are they (oh, I don't know) have a key.

cedarpark: I'm seeing a trend here.

Hey now. White children are pretty desirable prizes in some parts of the world.

We should send this kid to Afghanistan... bet you he climbs into some tiny hole and finds Osama.

Dammit. "Things" like this.

That would never happen at Wal-Mart...

The kids head would be to swollen from getting smacked in the back of it with a handful of keys...

I'll see that article and raise you a hot midget girl locked in a publix freezer

The group of nine had chosen the venue specifically for its children's play area to entertain scamp Cohen.


scamp = ?



/little help
//oye oye oye

JesseL: FTA: "The toddler could not get back out again and was only rescued after a blacksmith was called to break open the lock"

Huh. I would have called a locksmith for that.

I would have shot the lock off.

Subby Today's child stuck in a vending machine story comes to you from Perth, Australia

Be funnier if it was in Darwin

???? That's the tallest midget I've ever seen.


You must have a gigantic monitor!

schattenteufel: I'd have gone with the vending company who owns the machine. Chances are they (oh, I don't know) have a key.

They're probably not be available on a moments notice. They probably have one guy servicing vending machines and video games over a pretty big geographic area.

Kanemano: JesseL: FTA: "The toddler could not get back out again and was only rescued after a blacksmith was called to break open the lock"

Huh. I would have called a locksmith for that.

I would have shot the lock off.


I'd have played until I won him back...

serpent_sky: Am I the only person who finds it hard to believe that she looked away for "two minutes" and the kid climbed up a small chute? Seems like it wouldn't be that easy to do....

Watch the link posted by Tito the King of the Streets. The girl goes in, fools around for a bit and gets dragged back out in 3:20. Even if its fake, it shows how easy it is to do.