Supriseegg

Thomas Chlupacek wrote:
Subject: Do you hate kids?
Hi there! Nice website of yours. I stumpled across it in search for a (dirty) laugh and wasn't disappointed at all. Since you seem to be looking for stuff for you site I found something nice. It's not too weird and not too funny at all, but if you've always felt that kids are completely stupid (or TV makes them stupid), here's the proof you need. It's from a German newspaper, so I had to translate it. Enjoy.

Kids love those "Surprise Eggs" from Ferroro. They ought to be some kind of healthy too - chocolade and milk and always something small to play with. But now one of these "Surprise Eggs" turned out to be a "Bad Surprise Egg", in one way or another.

Monday evening in Markland Road: Michaela Woith is taking care of her 8yr old daughter Jacqueline. Meanwhile her son Pasquale (3 yr) is watching TV all by him self.

The "Surprise Egg" spot is being shown and you're being told about the 'interactive fun' as well - a boy sitting in front of his PC dives into the monitor screen and comes back unharmed. Pacquale not just likes the idea of that, he also feels like chocolade right now. He stands up, steps back and starts running...

His mum hears a strange rumble and immediatly heads for the living room. There she finds the TV on the floor, with her son bleeding right next to it.

"Cerebral concussion", was the diagnosis at the hospital, where Pasquale had to stay until tuesday evening. Meanwhile he is back home again and only his bloodshot eyes and bruises in his face remember of his 'dive like Batman' into the TV screen. While he already recovered from the shock his mum is totally mad: "The spot is absolutely unfit for 3yr old children. Ferrero's advertising department should have known how small kids react to TV spots and take them for real - and want to be part of that reality. That's irresponsible."

Still, Pasquales mum is relieved that her sons 'encounter with the alien Surprise Egg adventurers' didn't do too much harm to her boy. And Pasquale himself also learned his lesson. Being asked, whether he would dive into a TV screen again: "No, I can't. There's glass in front of it. And it also hurts!"