I knew those ball pits were evil!

[Sephiroth28]

This is a story one of my friends forwarded to my and it real tells you an interesting story about fast food saftey.

McDonalds, Chuck E Cheese, Discovery Zone... All places with
ball pits in the children's play area. One of my sons lost his watch,
and was very upset. We dug and dug in those balls, trying to find his
watch.
Instead, we found vomit, food, feces, and other stuff I do not want to
discuss.

I went to the manager and raised hell. Come to find out, the
ball pit is only cleaned out once a month. I have doubts that it is even
done that often.. My kids will never play in another ball pit.

Some of you might not be parents, but you may have nieces, nephews,
grandchildren, or friends with children.

This will pertain to you too. As I read the following, my heart sank. I
urge each and every one of you to pass this on to as many people as you can. I
cannot stress how important this is!

Hi. My name is Lauren Archer, my son Kevin and I lived in
Midland , TN.

On October 2nd, 1999 I took my only son to McDonald's for his
3rd birthday.

After he finished lunch, I allowed him to play in the ball
pit. When he started whining later on, I asked him what was wrong, he
pointed to the back of his pull-up and simply said 'Mommy, it hurts.' I couldn't find
anything wrong with him at that time. I bathed him when we got home, and it
was at that point when I found a welt on his left buttock.

Upon investigating, it seemed as if there was something like a
splinter under the welt. I made an appointment to see the doctor the next
day, but soon he started vomiting and shaking, then his eyes rolled back into
his head. From there, we went to the emergency room. He died later that night.
It turned out that the welt on his buttock was the tip of a hypodermic needle
that had broken off inside.

The autopsy revealed that Kevin had died from a heroine overdose. The next
week, the police removed the balls from the ball pit. There was rotten food,
several hypodermic needles: some full, some used; knives, half-eaten candy,
diapers, feces, and the stench of urine.

(You can find the article on Kevin Archer in the October 10,1999 issue of
the Midland Chronicle.)

Don't think it's just McDonald's either. A little boy had been playing
in a ball pit @ a Burger King & started complaining of his legs
hurting.

He later died too. He was found to have snake bites all over
his legs & buttocks. When they cleaned the ball pit they found that
there was a copperhead's nest in the ball pit. He had suffered numerous
bites from a very poisonous snake.

Repost this if it scares the crap out of you!! Repost this if
you care about kids!! Please forward this to all loving mothers,
fathers and anyone who loves and cares for children!! What has this world
come to?? If a child is not safe in a child's play area then where??

AND FYI:

In Florida and other places on the East Coast a group of
people are putting HIV/AIDS infected and filled needles underneath gas pump
handles, so when someone reaches to pick it up and put gas in their car,
they get stabbed with it. 16 people have been a victim of this crime so far and
10 tested HIV positive. Instead of posting that stupid crap about how your
love life will suck for years to come of you don't re-post, post this. It's
important to inform people, even if you don't drive, a family member might, and what
if they were next

[-Moo-]

Sad.

EDIT:

Originally Posted by Sephiroth28

Don't think it's just McDonald's either. A little boy had been playing
in a ball pit @ a Burger King & started complaining of his legs
hurting.

He later died too. He was found to have snake bites all over
his legs & buttocks. When they cleaned the ball pit they found that
there was a copperhead's nest in the ball pit. He had suffered numerous
bites from a very poisonous snake.

Reminded me of this:
Anaconda Ball pit [JackAss]

[~HentaiXXX~]

Wow, ballpits can kiss my ass.

[Shashmakito]

Yea, I heard about this like 8 years ago.

[Sephiroth28]

Originally Posted by -Moo-

Sad.

EDIT:


Reminded me of this:
Anaconda Ball pit [JackAss]

"Oh ****, We forgot about the other snake. lol

[idancenakeytomsi]

That's so insanitary and disguisting :/
When I finally decide to squeeze one out,
over my dead body will theyplay in a ball pit.

[jellygod]

damn i used to play in those things when i was 5... i always remembered them smelling like piss lol.

[idancenakeytomsi]

Originally Posted by jellygod

damn i used to play in those things when i was 5... i always remembered them smelling like piss lol.

Ewww
:/
and to think that some kids actually put those things in their mouths

[CapnSkyOsiris]

Every McDonalds/Burger King/etc. around here doesn't a have ball pit anymore anyway.

Thank God. =(

[jellygod]

Originally Posted by CapnSkyOsiris

Every McDonalds/Burger King/etc. around here doesn't a have ball pit anymore anyway.

Thank God. =(

yea i think they are trying to get rid of them at most places now because i haven't really seen one at a mcdonalds in years.

[MalReynolds]

Wow. It's like the urban legend ball pit megathread up in here.

[idancenakeytomsi]

Originally Posted by MalReynolds

Wow. It's like the urban legend ball pit megathread up in here.

Haha, I know, right?

[soulofcerberus]

I love it, even though this is proven many places to be utterly false.

<edit with links>

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/archer.asp
http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ball-pit-death.html
http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/blsnakes.htm
http://www.breakthechain.org/exclusives/ballpit.html
http://www.nuketown.com/node/282
http://www.scambusters.org/urban-legends/mcdonalds.html

To name a few.

Yes, I know I'm no fun.

[madmatt621]

I like ball pits because when people lose money and you find it...well...you know...

FINDERS KEEPERS.

[pandabear13]

i am SO glad i never played in ball pits as a kid!

[roundbox]

Yeah it's been debunked by snopes (not betting on 100% but the story is a bit ridiculous) so I wouldn't worry too much about it.

Also, who the hell in their cracked out mind would let a syringe full of heroin sit in a ball pit when they would (probably) keep it themselves?

[rel89]

Only played in them once and that was when I was very little.

Maybe I got some kind of nuclear disease and that's why I'm so sexy like in my avatar.

[idancenakeytomsi]

Originally Posted by rel89

Only played in them once and that was when I was very little.

Maybe I got some kind of nuclear disease and that's why I'm so sexy like in my avatar.

That is .. one SEXY avatar

[ShadowSword]

Wow i never heard of the gas pump thing, wow that sick, but who ever did it is smart. Wish he could be putting it to better use.

[wickedawesomeful]

lmao

because someone would totally leave an entire syringe full of heroine in a mcdonald's ball pit, considering how expensive that is