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More Lead Toys are Quietly Leaving the Shelves, Unbeknownst to You and Me

Posted by Karen Murphy

target bullseye dogDear Big Retailers,

Hey. Some of us here have been concerned about all the lead toys being recalled. It's no fun having to dispose of Dora in the middle of the night because someone would rather beat her head against the wall repeatedly than give up her Dora. Oh wait. She did that anyway. But you know what I mean, right?

So let me get right down to it. 

When I hear that you and some of your Big Retailer friends have been pulling lead-tainted toys off your shelves surreptitiously and without notifying anyone, like, say, those people who manage recalls? For our safety and all? Which means that people LIKE ME might have those toys at home without knowing it? I get kinda pissed off.

It kinda makes me want to out you, you know, Big-Retailer-that-sounds-French-if-you-mispronounce-it? and has a symbol like a bullseye? You and your retailer friend Bollar Peneral and...the other one.

And what makes me REALLY pissed is that I think now I trust Wal-Mart more than I do you. I am totally breaking up with you.

Love,

Everyone

P.S. The dog is going down, too. You watch. 


Comments

 

trumanji said:

oh no ... seriously? I mean, I tried to quit arget-tay with the whole 'no Plan B, no choice' thing a couple years back, but Thomas O'Brien lured me back with his seductive ways. I have no willpower when it comes to him and Liz and Isaac, and I've had to just accept the things I cannot change about myself. But to pull poison from the shelf without telling anyone? That's just too much. I'm going to go cry myself to nap now.

September 20, 2007 12:56 PM
 

RachelZ said:

Noooooooooooo!  You can take everything else - my PS2, my heroin, my Sims, my iPod, Ben & Jerry's, my right arm, but you cannot, cannot, CANNOT take Target away from me.  Never.  They do it because they love me!  I deserve it!  They don't mean it!  I... I... but... and... so... NO!

September 20, 2007 1:47 PM
 

Autumn said:

Okay, I knew I was buying way too many toys for my kids.  My husband wanted to limit it to 2 toys for holidays and birthdays.  He gets his wish.  We are killing our kids with geneorsity. All those toys for enhance learning will not work if they are brain damaged people!  

September 20, 2007 1:51 PM
 

AW said:

These "silent" recalls should be illegal.

I now get automatic email alerts from www.leadtoyrecalls.com

September 20, 2007 7:10 PM

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