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>> > In addition to the following true
>> > story, I will also add that
>> > my own sons were playing in the ball pit at
>> > Discovery Zone one day.
>> > One son lost his watch, and was very upset. We
>> > dug and dug in those balls,
>> > trying to find the watch. Instead, we
>> > found vomit, food, feces, and
>> > other stuff I do not want to discuss. I
>> > went to the manager and raised
>> > heck. 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.
>> >
>> > Now read this:
>> >
>> > Hi. My name is Lauren Archer. My son
>> > Kevin and I lived in Sugarland,
>> > Texas. On October 2, 1994, 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 crying later, I
>> > asked him what was wrong.
>> > He pointed to his back and said, 'Mommy,
>> > it hurts.' I looked, but couldn't
>> > find anything wrong with him at the
>> > time. I bathed him when we got
>> > home, and It was at that point that I found a
>> > welt on his left buttock.
>> > Upon investigation, it seemed as if there
>> > was splinter under the welt. I made
>> > a doctor appointment for the next day
>> > to have it removed. In the meantime, he started
>> > vomiting and shaking. Then, his eyes
>> > rolled back in his Head. We immediately
>> > went to the emergency room! My only
>> > son died later that night. It turned out that
>> > the welt on his buttock was the
>> > tip of a hypodermic needle that had broken
>> > off in his skin. The autopsy revealed that
>> > Kevin had died from a
>> > heroine overdose. The next
>> > day, the police removed the balls
>> > from the ball pit and found rotten
>> > food, half-eaten candy, diapers, feces, the
>> > stench of urine, and several
>> > hypodermic needles." (If you question
>> > the validity of this story, you
>> > can find the article on Kevin Archer in
>> > the October 10, 1994 issue of
>> > the Houston Chronicle.) Please forward
>> > this! to all loving mothers,
>> > fathers, aunts, uncles, and
>> > grandparents. Note: Some children have
>> > also gotten lice from ball pits.
>> > Life is not measured by the number of
>> > breaths we take, but by the
>> > Moments that take our breath away"
>> > SEND THIS TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO HAS
>> > SMALL CHILDREN, NIECES,
>> > NEPHEWS, etc.
>> > In addition to the following true
>> > story, I will also add that
>> > my own sons were playing in the ball pit at
>> > Discovery Zone one day.
>> > One son lost his watch, and was very upset. We
>> > dug and dug in those balls,
>> > trying to find the watch. Instead, we
>> > found vomit, food, feces, and
>> > other stuff I do not want to discuss. I
>> > went to the manager and raised
>> > heck. 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.
>> >
>> > Now read this:
>> >
>> > Hi. My name is Lauren Archer. My son
>> > Kevin and I lived in Sugarland,
>> > Texas. On October 2, 1994, 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 crying later, I
>> > asked him what was wrong.
>> > He pointed to his back and said, 'Mommy,
>> > it hurts.' I looked, but couldn't
>> > find anything wrong with him at the
>> > time. I bathed him when we got
>> > home, and It was at that point that I found a
>> > welt on his left buttock.
>> > Upon investigation, it seemed as if there
>> > was splinter under the welt. I made
>> > a doctor appointment for the next day
>> > to have it removed. In the meantime, he started
>> > vomiting and shaking. Then, his eyes
>> > rolled back in his Head. We immediately
>> > went to the emergency room! My only
>> > son died later that night. It turned out that
>> > the welt on his buttock was the
>> > tip of a hypodermic needle that had broken
>> > off in his skin. The autopsy revealed that
>> > Kevin had died from a
>> > heroine overdose. The next
>> > day, the police removed the balls
>> > from the ball pit and found rotten
>> > food, half-eaten candy, diapers, feces, the
>> > stench of urine, and several
>> > hypodermic needles." (If you question
>> > the validity of this story, you
>> > can find the article on Kevin Archer in
>> > the October 10, 1994 issue of
>> > the Houston Chronicle.) Please forward
>> > this! to all loving mothers,
>> > fathers, aunts, uncles, and
>> > grandparents. Note: Some children have
>> > also gotten lice from ball pits.
>> > Life is not measured by the number of
>> > breaths we take, but by the
>> > Moments that take our breath away"
>> > SEND THIS TO ANYONE YOU KNOW WHO HAS
>> > SMALL CHILDREN, NIECES,
>> > NEPHEWS, etc.