FARK.com: (5619532) Toy prizes in cereal boxes used to be so much cooler than they are today

If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page.

		Toy prizes in cereal boxes used to be so much cooler than they are today (stuff.co.nz)		91
		More: Sick, cereals, thomas, prizes

• • •

30677 clicks; posted to Main » on 15 Sep 2010 at 7:32 AM | Favorite | share:

Share this link:

URL:

http://fark.com/go/5619532

Bookmark:

Article Comments close

91 Comments (+0 »)

Archived thread

First | « | 1 | 2 | » | Last | Show all

The_Sponge		2010-09-14 11:20:43 AM

A used tampon? Maybe it was a free bag of vampire tea in a box of Count Chocula.

luckyeddie		2010-09-14 11:36:42 AM

Mmmmmm. Free raspberry.

CitizenTed		2010-09-14 12:40:15 PM

So he goes to the hospital? Sissy. I've had my red wings since I was 20 years old.

haddie		2010-09-15 07:34:08 AM

Wait, wait.

He noticed it AFTER he took a bite out of his cereal?

He is clearly not a morning person.

Aardvark Inc.		2010-09-15 07:34:27 AM

Maybe his wife can tell us just how drunk he's been coming home lately.

Zebby		2010-09-15 07:37:05 AM

haddie: Wait, wait.

He noticed it AFTER he took a bite out of his cereal?

He is clearly not a morning person.

lol yeah really. How do you NOT notice something like that pouring out of the box? :)

freakdiablo		2010-09-15 07:37:22 AM

It happened in 2008 and they just filed suit now?

Psycoholic_Slag		2010-09-15 07:39:49 AM

Mommy, mommy! Buy me this cereal it has a free cotton pony in it!

haddie		2010-09-15 07:40:50 AM

Psycoholic_Slag: Mommy, mommy! Buy me this cereal it has a free cotton pony in it!

Sally, somebody has clearly stabbed that poor cotton pony.

LoneVVolf		2010-09-15 07:43:37 AM

He should have become suspicious after pouring 6 cups of milk into he bowl without wetting the cereal...

shadow9		2010-09-15 07:44:04 AM

man, that trix rabbits really sunk to an all time low on this one...

or is it kix? "get tested, mother approved" ?

Flakeloaf		2010-09-15 07:45:13 AM

Now with Iron!

Chiselphane		2010-09-15 07:46:48 AM

It probably had more flavor than most of the garbage that gets passed off as 'grownup' cereal anyways.

festygrrl		2010-09-15 07:48:53 AM

Why sue the company who you just happened to have bought It from, not the company who actually manufactured it? The grocery store isn't the company who produced the goods.

shucherfase		2010-09-15 07:51:45 AM

That's what he gets for buying that new "Japanese Vending Machine" brand. I got suspicious the second I saw it on the shelf.

haddie		2010-09-15 07:52:51 AM

- Man furious that wife cut stereo cable
- Kills her with drug overdose
- Join us on Facebook | Twitter

One of these three is not like the other.

The Dread Pirate Robertson		2010-09-15 07:52:59 AM

In my entire life, the only product tampering that I ever remember being real is the Tylenol poisoning in the 80s. Has there ever been another one that worked? And what possesses people to go to the most butt-ass nasty thing thing they can come up with then they try this stunt.

"Cleophus, we're gonna be RICH!"

"What fer?"

"Look what I found in mah beer!"

"What in the *$&# is that?"

"That's a woman's cooter parts!"

"What in th... where the hell did you... where's mah chainsaw you borrowed? And where's Betsy?!"

idrow		2010-09-15 07:53:09 AM

Zebby: haddie: Wait, wait.

He noticed it AFTER he took a bite out of his cereal?

He is clearly not a morning person.

lol yeah really. How do you NOT notice something like that pouring out of the box? :)

Most guys dump half the box into a mixing bowl and eat it with serving spoon, so I completely believe that's possible.

I would have hurled - then again reading the article made me queasy. I hope he gets a good settlement if it's really as he claims.

haddie		2010-09-15 07:53:27 AM

haddie: - Man furious that wife cut stereo cable
- Kills her with drug overdose
- Join us on Facebook | Twitter

One of these three is not like the other.

Although it is the wrong thread, I'm happy to see where this goes.

Mini Ditka		2010-09-15 07:54:31 AM

Oh, I get it. It's because Chocolate Chip Crunch cereal must look a lot like tampons.

I hope these twat nuggets get a swift and harsh punishment for trying to pull this.

/grumpy

Nick Nostril		2010-09-15 07:55:35 AM

I thought it was a pirate's telescope .

techmom		2010-09-15 07:57:20 AM

The Dread Pirate Robertson: In my entire life, the only product tampering that I ever remember being real is the Tylenol poisoning in the 80s. Has there ever been another one that worked?

There's a photo of a dead rat that got baked right in to a loaf of bread that was bought at a store... pretty difficult to fake that.

Other than that, mostly set-ups. I agree with festygrrl above, summat smells fishy.

katerbug72		2010-09-15 08:01:06 AM

Riiiiiiiight. Something in the milk ain't clean.

Imptress		2010-09-15 08:10:29 AM

Was it in a box of Trix?

SmackLT		2010-09-15 08:10:36 AM

That's weird...it's chocolate cereal but my milk is pink

StrangeQ		2010-09-15 08:11:19 AM

idrow: Zebby: haddie: Wait, wait.

He noticed it AFTER he took a bite out of his cereal?

He is clearly not a morning person.

lol yeah really. How do you NOT notice something like that pouring out of the box? :)

Most guys dump half the box into a mixing bowl and eat it with serving spoon, so I completely believe that's possible.

I would have hurled - then again reading the article made me queasy. I hope he gets a good settlement if it's really as he claims.

You sound fat.

Freakin Rican		2010-09-15 08:11:57 AM

is this the same tampon that we read about few days ago?

take the tampon....wash, rinse, and repeat

HelenKellersFingers		2010-09-15 08:13:32 AM

haddie 2010-09-15 07:52:51 AM
- Man furious that wife cut stereo cable
- Kills her with drug overdose
- Join us on Facebook | Twitter

One of these three is not like the other

Wrong thread; perhaps it still fits. It's early. I don't know.

BizarreMan		2010-09-15 08:22:43 AM

freakdiablo: It happened in 2008 and they just filed suit now?

Yep, it's an old trick. Wait until the last possible moment before the statute of limitations expires and file suit, hoping the defendant won't have all of the proper records etc to defend themselves and will settle.

Of course the first question is, where's the box of cereal, and the tampon?

Okay, the first question is, why sue the store not the manufacturer?

Epossumondas		2010-09-15 08:23:54 AM

LoneVVolf: He should have become suspicious after pouring 6 cups of milk into he bowl without wetting the cereal...

That was perfect. *sniff!* I'm proud of you!

LesserEvil		2010-09-15 08:38:56 AM

Zebby: haddie: Wait, wait.

He noticed it AFTER he took a bite out of his cereal?

He is clearly not a morning person.

lol yeah really. How do you NOT notice something like that pouring out of the box? :)

THIS.

I'm guessing this will be added to the long list of fraudulent claims made by other idiots who thought they could collect money by adding obvious stuff to their food and call a lawyer.

swangoatman		2010-09-15 08:42:06 AM

Everyone acts as though there is something wrong with this.

reubendaley		2010-09-15 08:46:36 AM

Suing the store because virtually all manufacturers maintain a video record of their product as it enters the containers, which are immediately sealed. These yokels are banking on a judge or jury believing that it was placed in the box by a store employee, probably as a prank.

For a variety of reasons they won't get a dime. They may, however, be charged with perjury, attempted extortion, etc.

lumazi		2010-09-15 08:46:48 AM

well that's a right bloody mess isn't it ?

dougfm		2010-09-15 08:47:18 AM

That's disgusting, period.

/is what I put on my non-greenlit headline submission yesterday.

lumazi		2010-09-15 08:48:22 AM

there's something fishy about this toy prize isn't there?

MadMonk		2010-09-15 08:49:25 AM

Good idea, eh? Better than a dead rat in a beer bottle.

i406.photobucket.com

mangocop		2010-09-15 08:49:43 AM

If I were the defendant, I'd insist on DNA tests for the blood on the tampon, the wife and the husband.

I_Am_Weasel		2010-09-15 08:54:21 AM

I think they probably planted it and are just trying to pad their bank account.

ChrisSuperstar		2010-09-15 09:04:14 AM

I call BS; I think this is clearly a case of someone putting something in their own food, and then claiming they "found" it there in order to extort money from the manufacturer. There is no way a used tampon could ever get in a box of cereal, ever. I imagine one day we'll be seeing an article about these people going to jail for lying.

wildstarr		2010-09-15 09:13:06 AM

ChrisSuperstar: I imagine one day we'll be seeing an article about these people going to jail for lying.

They can. Its called perjury.

hillary		2010-09-15 09:15:14 AM

Anyone remember the cereal ads in Cujo? "Nope, nothin' funny goin' on here" or similar. IIRC, The cereal had been making kids bleed internally, but the problem was now supposedly fixed.

Couldn't find it on YouTube, but this video from Sesame Street looks seriously ill in the context of this story: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgIfdl6by1o (pops)

This One Guy		2010-09-15 09:18:09 AM

dougfm: That's disgusting, period.

/is what I put on my non-greenlit headline submission yesterday.

Which would still be a repeat from last week.

George Costanzas PIN Number		2010-09-15 09:21:39 AM

Get what you pay for?

bwakie		2010-09-15 09:31:40 AM

Hey! how did you get Chocolate Chip Crunch?

Well, I had to pull some strings.

ColSanders		2010-09-15 09:34:48 AM

This One Guy: dougfm: That's disgusting, period.

/is what I put on my non-greenlit headline submission yesterday.

Which would still be a repeat from last ~~week~~ month.

FTFY

LittleBlondeJug		2010-09-15 09:35:37 AM

"Toy prizes in cereal boxes used to be so much cooler than they are today"

I don't know... sounds like they hit the jackpot to me.

pjbreeze		2010-09-15 09:36:53 AM

Thomas Roddenberry presents, Tampon Trek. Starring...

grinding_journalist		2010-09-15 09:39:17 AM

When will these morons figure out that it is nigh-on-impossible for foreign matter to get included in mass produced packaged food? If you're going to pull a stunt like this, at least go to a fast food place.