True?

HAPPYDAY
By HAPPYDAY

I just got this in e mail, do u guys think its true?

Subject: PLEASE READ THIS!!DO NOT IGNORE!! YOUR CHILD HEALTH COULD BE ENDAGERED FROM THIS! DON'T IGNORE THIS BECAUSE IT'S A LONG ARTICLE PLEASE!! PLEASE READ!!

McDonalds, Burger king, Time Zone... All places with ball pits in the children's play area.
One of my sons lost his watch, and was very upset. We dug and dug in those balls, trying to find his watch.
Instead, we found vomit, food, faeces, and other stuff I do not want to discuss.
I went to the manager and raised hell. Come to find out, the ball pit is only cleaned out once a month. I have doubts that it is even done that often.
My kids will never play in another ball pit.
Some of you might not be parents, but you may have nieces, nephews, grandchildren, or friends with children.
This will pertain to you too. As I read the following, my heart sank.

I urge each and every one of you to pass this on to as many people as you can. I cannot stress how important this is!
Hi. My name is Ameen, my son Nouman and we stay in one of the state of U.A.E, I took my only son to McDonald's for his 3rd birthday.
After he finished lunch, I allowed him to play in the ball pit. When he started whining later on, I asked him what was wrong, he pointed to the back of his pull-up and simply said 'Mommy, it hurts.' I couldn't find anything wrong with him at that time. I bathed him when we got home, and it was at that point when I found a welt on his left buttock.
Upon investigating, it seemed as if there was something like a splinter under the welt. I made an appointment to see the doctor the next day, but soon he started vomiting and shaking, then his eyes rolled back into his head. From there, we went to the emergency room. He died later that night.
It turned out that the welt on his buttock was the tip of a hypodermic needle that had broken off inside.
The autopsy revealed that he had died from a heroine overdose. The next week, the police removed the balls from the ball pit. There was rotten food, several hypodermic needles: some full, some used; knives, half-eaten candy, diapers, faeces, and the stench of urine.
Don't think it's just McDonald's either. A little boy had been playing in a ball pit @ a Burger King & started complaining of his legs hurting. He later died too. He was found to have snake bites all over his legs & buttocks. When they cleaned the ball pit they found that there was a snake's nest in the ball pit. He had suffered numerous bites from a very poisonous snake.
Repost this if it scares the crap out of you!! Repost this if you care about kids!! Please forward this to all loving mothers, fathers and anyone who loves and cares for children!! What has this world come to?? If a child is not safe in a child's play area then where??

By Bastook• 29 May 2008 13:14
Bastook

I've heard about that a lot. I think it is time to investigate and if it turned out to be true, we have to take action

In the Cookies of Life, FRIENDS are the Chocolate Chips

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By mr_rob• 29 May 2008 12:50
mr_rob

Too slow vignale! I beat you to it! ner ner ner ner ner! :P

"Never argue with idiots. They'll drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."

By anonymous• 29 May 2008 11:20
anonymous

Why Can't people learn to do the simple check on Internet ?

This is a Hoax, Happyday.( you rightly question it, but you could have checked easily yourself - it took me 5 seconds to check it out)

http://www.hoax-slayer.com/ball-pit-death.html

By mr_rob• 29 May 2008 11:17
mr_rob

Absolutely, HAPPYDAY, I don't doubt there is a lot of unpleasantness in those things! But thankfully not snakes or heroin needles :)

"Never argue with idiots. They'll drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."

By JaYTeR• 29 May 2008 11:02
Rating: 3/5
JaYTeR

Maybe wat HAPPYDAY received from mail is not true... but i expirienced... if you try visit the place... find it disgusting...

By HAPPYDAY• 29 May 2008 10:50
HAPPYDAY

nice site mr rob, but still makes u think what could be in there!

By kevjoe• 29 May 2008 09:58
Rating: 2/5
kevjoe

may be its not true, but still its shocking.

By mr_rob• 29 May 2008 09:05
Rating: 2/5
mr_rob

Here we go - it is false :)

http://www.snopes.com/critters/snakes/ballpit.asp

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/parental/archer.asp

"Never argue with idiots. They'll drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."

By Gypsy• 29 May 2008 08:59
Rating: 3/5
Gypsy

I used to work at Dairy Queen back in Canada and we had a ball pit. We cleaned it every week or right away if someone told us a kid vomited or peed in it. However 9 times out of 10 the kids or parents don't tell you and you find out when you go to clean them at the end of the week. eeewwwwwww.

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By mr_rob• 29 May 2008 08:55
mr_rob

Hoax!!! Or rather, I damn well hope it is!

"Never argue with idiots. They'll drag you down to their level, then beat you with experience."

By JaYTeR• 29 May 2008 08:45
Rating: 4/5
JaYTeR

my daughter played once at McDo Ball Pits at Al Sadd... when she was up in a tunnel hole she cried loud coz she was stuck and can not pass thru because there was a vomit spreaded in where she was standing... when my wife was about to take her, she saw herself feces in each corner... and i believe it was done thursday night... we visited the place friday after lunch... why cant the maintenance team do the job every morning???

how could they allow such sequel all the time!!! such a shame!

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