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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/newstopics/howaboutthat/7431114/Toddler-trapped-in-lolly-machine-after-climbing-in-for-sweets.html



Kid gets trapped in a candy dispensing machine. Was so determined to get candy, climed in through chute and found eating candy inside machine.

I find that incredible. It is like the mice that can squeeze their bodies through tiny holes in order to get where they want to go.

Know of any person like that?

Eugene Tombs?

Please tell me that they tried to use the grabbin' klaw to get him out. That would make my day

This is something my Son would have done when he was younger (at least I hope he wouldn't try to do it now).
Several years ago he got his arm caught in one of those machines trying to reach up the chute to snag a toy.

I would be PISSED if one of my kids pulled that. And yea, while waiting for the company to come and free him, Id be klaw grabbing the pooh out of them

KingCracker wrote:I would be PISSED if one of my kids pulled that. And yea, while waiting for the company to come and free him, Id be klaw grabbing the pooh out of them

That's one of the great things about children,anything can happen (to quote Jurrasic Park) .
In the past 10 years (since becoming a Father) I have witnessed my children do things that have left me totaly baffled (an incident where my son,at age 5,shoved a CoCo puff up each nostril,panicked becuase he couldn't breath and ran straight into a wall jumps to mind).
One thing is for sure,parenthood never gets boring.

KingCracker wrote:I would be PISSED if one of my kids pulled that and didn't get me any skittles.

Seriously, those damn machines never pay off. RAID THE PLACE, KID!

I could use a kid like that at work. I'm sure he'd come up with some solutions none of us would ever think of.

When you're determined you can do it and that was funny!

That boy ing earned his candy.

Tyyr wrote:That boy ing earned his candy.

Please take note of the fact that the kid wasn't fat.

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Tyyr wrote:That boy ing earned his candy.

Please take note of the fact that the kid wasn't fat.

But only because he didn't spend enough time there. 12 hours in that thing and he would double his weight

True enough.

I dunno. Kids at that age have so much energy and are so active they've gotta work to put on weight. My daughter eats like a horse but she runs about so much people wonder if we feed her.

Emperors Faithful wrote:

Tyyr wrote:That boy ing earned his candy.

Please take note of the fact that the kid wasn't fat.

In fact, you guys might just have hit on an excellent way we can still have vending machines selling junk, but not encourage obesity...

You have to fit into an anteroom (the entrance to which would be perhaps 18 inches across) within the machine to pick up your purchase

FITZZ wrote:I have witnessed my children do things that have left me totaly baffled (an incident where my son,at age 5,shoved a CoCo puff up each nostril,panicked becuase he couldn't breath and ran straight into a wall jumps to mind).
One thing is for sure,parenthood never gets boring.

I LOL'd so hard at this! This is why I want to have kids of my own, I can only imagine how funny it would have been!