Posted on 12/06/2019 8:25:15 AM PST by re_tail20
Cracker Jack was usually such a disappointment. You'd tear the open the top of the cheap cardboard box, then pull apart and eat some not-very-fresh popcorn covered in not-very-tasty caramel, along with some peanuts that seemed to have something kind of wrong about them. Then you'd finally get to the "prize" about two-thirds of the way down, which if you were lucky was some kind of cheap plastic lion or bear, but mostly you weren't lucky. Maybe they've gotten better since I was a kid, but the two things I remember most distinctly were a sense of disappointment... and an eagerness to go back for more.
The genius of Cracker Jack isn't that they sell caramel-covered popcorn of sometimes dubious freshness. The genius of Cracker Jack is that they sell the thrill of the unknown. "What is the prize? I simply must know!" That's why Cracker Jack -- first introduced in 1896 -- is still around today. How many other name-brand consumer products can you buy right now that got their start near the end of the 19th century?
Now imagine the thrill of buying another inexpensive consumer product -- in this case, a baby bouncer from Goodwill -- and finding a Mossberg 715T semi-automatic .22LR rifle inside. And you didn't even have to eat any of those weird peanuts to get to it. That's exactly what happened to a Florida couple shopping for a baby shower present on Sunday.
FOX 35 Orlando reports:
Veronica Alvarez-Rodriguez said she was attending a baby shower on Sunday, so she stopped by the Goodwill in Valparaiso to pick up a gift. That's where she found a Baby Einstein baby bouncer in an unopened box that appeared to be new. For only $9.99, it was quite a bargain. Alvarez-Rodriguez took the gift to the...
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Sort of like when I found those gold coins an.............. Uh, I mean...................
...baby bouncer made me think about the ball from a episode of The Avengers with Steed ans Emma
Or the Rover in the tv series The Prisoner
With Patrick Joseph McGoohan
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Prisoner
Some people have all the luck...
If all she had to spend was $10. you can still go to Toys R Us or even Target and find something new, something clean.
I would be hesitant to get a gift from the Goodwill for an infant.
At least now I know a Baby Bouncer is not a midget Bodyguard!
What does this moron have against Cracker JAck? It was awesome.
I wonder why the (hint: It’s orange) tip of the muzzle is hidden in the foto.
>>Im usually in favor of gun ownership but I really dont think a child should have a semi-automatic rifle until at least age 2.
It’s never too early to teach proper trigger and muzzle discipline.
A .22 semi auto for $9.99, can’t beat that.
Probably would Check with police. Would want the SN run to make sure it was not stolen. No one would believe the story on how you came in possession of it otherwise.
Here is one that looks just like it with a few miner upgrades.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cjW3uoG_Wn0
:)
Most people don’t realize that until 1968 you could mail order guns.
I remember seeing ads in the back of magazines for Lahti anti-tank guns, with carriage and accessories for $99.95
Which goodwill store? We are on our way!
I can absolutely guarantee you that the reason the muzzle is hidden is because it's orange, and the couple wanted to be on the news.
It just doesn't look like the real thing.
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