Seven-year-old calls 911 after getting snow pants for Christmas

CTV News, eh? ^ | 12/26/2018

[llevrok]

A 7-year-old Ont. boy might have just added himself to next year’s naughty list after calling 911 for receiving snow pants as a Christmas gift.

Ontario Provincial Police Sgt. Kerry Schmidt -- who tweeted the incident -- said the call was placed in the early evening on Dec. 25.

He said the boy was upset with his present and wanted the police to help.

In a telephone interview on Wednesday, Schmidt told CTVNews.ca that the incident is "an awareness and educational moment" that prompts another reminder for parents and caregivers to talk to children about making 911 calls.

[llevrok]

Had he recieved a matching Maple Leaf's tuque, he might have been OK with it

[Telepathic Intruder]

He can think about his mistake while laboring in the maple syrup mines.

[Catmom]

At least he wasn’t miffed over something trivial like a bad cheeseburger.

[mylife]

Snowflake. don’t get any onya.

[mylife]

I am American, Mom used to wrap our legs up in old bread bags to keep the snow out.

She still saves those and rubber bands..

[naturalman1975]

If one of my kids had tried that, they’d have been very glad of the thickest pants available a couple of minutes later.

[W.]

At least he didn’t get a Y2K!

[Old Yeller]

Was his name Ralphie?

[mylife]

If I had a Son like you... I’d put him across my legs and Wh00p some sense into him” :)

[SkyDancer]

The thing is, IMHO, Christmas is for kids and you don't give clothing which is a cop out for naturally providing your kids with clothing during the year. My grandad said he'd fume when he got underwear and socks and shirts he knew came from Sears or JCP that the other kids in school got the same thing; if there's some special kind of clothing the kid would be hinting at they like, well then okay.

Please don't beat me up over this, mmm, K?

[faithhopecharity]

Well the kid does have a point —- ha! Ha! ( Ever buy your frau a mop or toilet brush for Christmas?)

[marktwain]

I could never get into getting clothes for Christmas.

I always wanted something that was a little luxury.

At school one year, I gave a hundred rounds of .22 ammunition. It was appreciated!

[KarlInOhio]

The thing is, IMHO, Christmas is for kids and you don't give clothing which is a cop out for naturally providing your kids with clothing during the year.

Can you invent a time machine and go back to the 1970s to tell my parents and grandparents that fact of life?

Also, everyone knows that snow pants should be given on Labour Day or Canadian Thanksgiving, if you want to risk it.

[seowulf]

Snowpants are not mentioned anywhere in Doug and Bob McKenzie’s Twelve Days of Christmas.

[HartleyMBaldwin]

And a beer, in a tree.

[Equine1952]

At least you won’t put your eye out with snow pants. We had smoked duck for Christmas dinner at my daughters house, the only request I made was take the head off before smoking it. So it wasn’t smiling at us. 😀

[NRx]

[CarolinaPeach]

Yep!

[foundedonpurpose]

Great for keeping your feet dry. I grew up in a similar fashion. When we get snow here in GA, I will still use that with my kids depending on their footwear at the time. Not worth getting winter boots for the little ones down here. Not enough snow!

[TigersEye]

Or Ralphie's brother...