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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Grrr. I had a great pic to your post, but cant seem to get it to work. :(
Weird, now its working....lol
Rifles, with the long reach to the trigger are inappropriate for young children.
Young children are better placed on crew served weapons like mortars or artillery.
Why doesn’t anything like this happen to me?
I discovered Cracker Jacks in the mid-1950’s and loved them.
Okay, this story is officially bullshit. That ‘rifle’ did NOT come out of that box. And what’s with the pistol ammo and pistol magazine on the table? Were they in the box, too?
I’m just guessing, but we have a huge retired military population, being just a couple of miles from Eglin AFB main gate, and Pensacola NAS 40 miles west and Hurlburt field right here.
I’m just gonna guess that the ‘owner’ of the rifle died, and had hidden his weapon in the baby box, for whatever reason. The box was sealed with clear shipping tape, and no one bothered to look inside, believing the contents were what was shown on the box, a baby bouncer.
The relatives came to dispose of the possessions and just donated them all to Goodwill, not bothering to look inside the box....................
I am afraid its like a joke where the punch line has been botched now...
The box is bigger than what is shown in that photo. Local TV showed the weapons fit in the box easily...................
Perhaps someone was attempting to hide the AR? Break it down into the upper and lower, put in the box and shrink wrap???
A plausible take.
We see it all the time, relatives dumping their uncle’s or grandfathers stuff at Goodwills and Salvation Army. They do pick up as well if it’s a big haul...........................
I keep looking for vintage guitar amplifiers at goodwil and savers. So far, no luck. Let alone an AR style rifle.
Bet you will at least check for unusually heavy baby products there from now on..
It’s a perspective issue. The rifle is on a raised platform/table/bed/whatever , and is much closer to the viewer than the box. The box is some distance below it, as you can see from the plastic wrap the view of which is partially cut off by the raised platform.
So the box, being much more distant from the viewer on the floor, looks too small relative to the nearby rifle.
If both were the same distance from the viewer the box would look big enough.
8~)
Now we need background checks for baby bouncers. Just in case.
If it were me you’d not be reading this story. I’d keep my mouth shut and enjoy my prize!
Not just because of concerns about cleanliness but because so many products for infants have been recalled because of real safety issues.
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