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| 2004-08-30 |
| Second Toy Found In Candy Appears To Depict Osama Bin Laden MIAMI -- In Miami, a wholesaler has announced that his company will recall 14,000 bags of candy. MORE IMAGES OF TOY The bags contain a toy that looks like a plane flying into a building and, we found, a second toy that looks like Osama Bin Laden suspended between the two buildings. OK paint it black, and call it King Kong. Eyewitness News broke this story, but, for the first time, we had the chance to speak with a representative from the corporation that distributed the candy. They've been in hiding? "Importers did not realize what they were buying. They were buying assortments of toys and they get to people like us trying to sell authentic Mexican candies. Nobody caught it and it went out into the stores," explains Lisy Corporation manager Luis Pardon. And they say that al-Qaeda are coming across the border and infiltrating the Hispanic community. . . The manager of Lisy Corporation says the candy was originally purchased sight unseen, but now he'll send back all he's collected. Now these things will appear on eBay for $500.00 |
| Posted by:BigEd |
| #4 Don't you benighted, semi-literate Americo-fatties understand that the militaristic demonization of this harmless toy is deeply offensive to the deeply-rooted nuances of other, more benign and righteous, cultures? The figure in the middle is not Osama. No, it is a Mayan representation of Santa Claus. The buildings are not the WTC, they don't have enough windows and the perspective is wrong. Indeed, it suggests a kind of Hollywood monster movie motif, perhaps an indigenous version of Godzilla striking back at imperialist oppressors. This connect-the-dots paranoia is frankly just another proof of American ignorance, evil, paranoia, poor physical culture, and, of course, racism and prejudice. I have spoken, you must believe. (LLL Goebbelist in full denial mode) |
| Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy 2004-08-30 11:43:43 PM |
| #3 they keep getting recalled for lead content |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-08-30 5:23:43 PM |
| #2 "Importers did not realize what they were buying. They were buying assortments of toys and they get to people like us trying to sell authentic Mexican candies..." Wow. I had no idea authentic Mexican candies were such a hot commodity. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-08-30 5:16:52 PM |
| #1 Lisy corporation should be renamed to Lazy corporation. How could you buy candy untasted. How could you buy toys site unseen. Toys are often recalled because some kid swallowed something. They should have checked. This is pathetic. Although they've done us a favor by showing how many in China truly feel when they make this sort of garbage. |
| Posted by: RJ Schwarz 2004-08-30 4:18:45 PM |