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Happy FUN BALL!

-only $14.95-

* Warning: Pregnant women, the elderly and children under 10 should avoid prolonged exposure to Happy Fun Ball.
* Caution: Happy Fun Ball may suddenly accelerate to dangerous speeds.
* Happy Fun Ball Contains a liquid core, which, if exposed due to rupture, should not be touched, inhaled, or looked at.
* Do not use Happy Fun Ball on concrete.

Discontinue use of Happy Fun Ball if any of the following occurs:

* Itching
* Vertigo
* Dizziness
* Tingling in extremities
* Loss of balance or coordination
* Slurred speech
* Temporary blindness
* Profuse sweating
* Heart palpitations

If Happy Fun Ball begins to smoke, get away immediately. Seek shelter and cover head.

Happy Fun Ball may stick to certain types of skin.

When not in use, Happy Fun Ball should be returned to its special container and kept under refrigeration...

Failure to do so relieves the makers of Happy Fun Ball, Wacky Products Incorporated, and its parent company Global Chemical Unlimited, of any and all liability.

Ingredients of Happy Fun Ball include an unknown glowing substance which fell to Earth, presumably from outer space.

Happy Fun Ball has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is also being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq.

Do not taunt Happy Fun Ball.

Happy Fun Ball comes with a lifetime guarantee.

Happy Fun Ball

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And the followup ad:

Happy Fun Ball -- still legal in 16 states.

Yikes, I feel old. The line "Happy Fun Ball has been shipped to our troops in Saudi Arabia and is also being dropped by our warplanes on Iraq" reminded me that this came out during the first Iraq war.

I haven't laughed so hard since I saw the different versions of Jacko's face. I actually had a plastic ball that had glow-in-the dark liquid in it. Was a hoot until it got poked and it all leaked out. Man; those where the days! I'm lucky to have been a kid before all the fun stuff got outlawed. Not that I was rough; I was a nerd actually, but even MILD toys are taboo now. I was lucky to have a toy store in the area that had OLD stuff from the early sixties: creepycrawlers and guns that turned into multiple weapons. I had an tommy gun that actually shot paper-caps in full automatic. Neat until the mechanism got all rusted-up.