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I didn't sleep well last night, so my maturity meter may be broken. But I can't stop giggling under my breath about these questionable silly straws a Kentucky mother bought at Walmart. Andrea Bailey thought she was buying a package of colorful, twisted straws for her three-year-old, but when she got home she realized she'd gotten so much more.The straws in question appear to be molded into the shape of a male sex organ, though they also could simply be a rocket ship. No matter, Andrea Bailey first called Walmart to complain and when she didn't like their response, she called the media. What resulted is a news piece that I don't think was intended to be funny...but it is. Even the newscasters seem to be a little embarrassed about the fact they're covering this story.
In the comments section of that news piece, a reader points out that there are websites who sell straws like this one, websites who make things for bachelorette parties, for example. So either this is a case of the wrong straw getting into the wrong package, or there's a silly straw designer out there shaking his hands to the sky and yelling, "It's supposed to be a rocket ship!"
What do you think?
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ReaderComments (Page 3 of 12)
3-20-2008 @ 9:10PM
solomeeeo said...SELL IT ON EBAY!
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3-20-2008 @ 9:09PM
Susan said...Oh Puleeeez!! If that looks like a penis, she better not buy any lightbulbs! She'll probably sue them.
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3-20-2008 @ 9:10PM
evwin009 said...Yeah...you're right. If your mind is in the wrong place these could really look like something they're not. This person really had their mind in the wrong place when they looked at these straws. I would not have done anything about it, because they are probably not intended to look obscene.
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3-20-2008 @ 9:15PM
helly said...haha penis straw!!
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3-20-2008 @ 9:19PM
Elaine said...As someone else said "perhaps this woman needed attention that day". I think her mind was just in the wrong frame of thought.
If that straw looks like a penis .... then Hillary and Obama must be republicans!
Just another classic case of "I need attention". Perhaps she should get in touch with the people who have the corn flake that looks like Illinois!
Sheesh!
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3-20-2008 @ 9:17PM
Elaine said...As someone else said "perhaps this woman needed attention that day". I think her mind was just in the wrong frame of thought.
If that straw looks like a penis .... then Hillary and Obama must be republicans!
Just another classic case of "I need attention". Perhaps she should get in touch with the people who have the corn flake that looks like Illinois!
Sheesh!
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3-20-2008 @ 9:37PM
Christy said...OK these look nothing like the penis straws I've seen. I mean it could be, but she's making too much out of it. Her 3 year old would think it was a rocketship.
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3-20-2008 @ 9:19PM
just me said...Oh my god! I have a 3 year old daughter and she would not have a clue. Not to mention the fact that there is probably a machine that bends and shapes these straws. This lady is an idiot and should've just saved them to use in her husband's or her girlfriend's drink as a gag.
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3-30-2008 @ 2:33AM
coliseumgym said...This woman is guilty of having tooo much penus on the brain. Those straws could represent anything, just like when you look at the clouds - guess what you see shapes.
Do you think any child could make the straw-penus connection without an obsessed mother pointing at it and screaming "penus"?
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3-20-2008 @ 9:19PM
evwin009 said...You're right. That really could look wrong if your mind is in the wrong place. Those straws are probably not intended to look obscene at all. I would not have done anything about the straws, even if my mind was in that realm. This really is a big to-do over nothing at all.
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3-20-2008 @ 9:22PM
Dr. Johnson said...I think she should not even consider settling for less than 2.5 Million dollars. That poor child could be scarred for life and grow up to be Jody Foster.
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3-20-2008 @ 9:23PM
just me said...Oh my God I am so glad that somebody else thinks that corn flake is ridiculous! I think the people bidding on it need hit in the head.
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3-20-2008 @ 9:25PM
Carol said...Wow- She sure doesnt seem to have a problem discussing it, on the news, in front of her daughter. If its so offensive, why drag them out right in front of her?
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3-20-2008 @ 9:25PM
Makeithapn said...So is it a big rocket ship or a little rocket ship? :-)~
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3-20-2008 @ 9:30PM
evwin009 said...You're right. That really could look like something obscene if your mind is in a dirty place. I would not have done anything about those straws, because that is just making a big deal out of nothing.
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3-20-2008 @ 9:25PM
ChildFree23 said...Oh, the horror. If she didn't over-react like that, then her child never would have known the difference!
What's going to happen when the kid is verbal enough to start asking about how babies are made? Is Mommie Dearest going to give her/him the "Cabbage Patch" story?
The ignorance of some people!
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3-20-2008 @ 9:29PM
Dungo bob3000 said...this is all nonsense! just because a "rocket ship" shaped straw might look like a penis, you don't have to make a big deal about it... anyway, what would a 3-year-old know about any of these things? this whole thing is pointless.
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3-20-2008 @ 9:32PM
L. said...Prudery knows no bounds in America! -sigh-
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3-20-2008 @ 9:32PM
Dungo bob3000 said...this is all nonsense! just because a "rocket ship" shaped straw might look like a penis, you don't have to make a big deal about it... anyway, what would a 3-year-old know about any of these things? this whole thing is pointless.
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3-20-2008 @ 9:33PM
steve said...if she would have put one of these in her mouth, maybe she would not have the need to buy the silly straws today!
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