So here are two stories.
The first is that lovable muppet ELMO. It seems that Elmo is helping toddlers to be potty trained and there is a book you can get where Elmo makes affirming statements encouraging the child to gain control over their bodily functions. Thats fine. But look what happened when a mother purchased the book for her little one.
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Quote: Toddler's Talking Elmo Book Asks 'Who Wants To Die?'
Company Receives Several Complaints
A mother in Dallas is one of several parents complaining about a new interactive book for toddlers in which Sesame Street character Elmo asks "who wants to die?" according to a Local 6 News report.
Family members said 16-month-old Miranda Boll's new book, "Potty Time With Elmo," was supposed to teach an interactive lesson using voice commands.
However, when the book's buttons are pressed, it reportedly says something it is not supposed to -- "who wants to die?"
"It's a sick joke," mother Angela Bolls said. "If it's a joke then it's a bad one, you know? And it's not necessary. It's inappropriate."
Bolls said she checked another copy of the same book which said "who wants to use the potty?"
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How many of you have gone to one of those Japanese hibachi restaurants where you all sit around a grill and a chef cooks the food right in front of you adding dramatic and hunorous flourishes to entertain you? The last time I did, one of the little tricks was taking shrimp off the grill and flipping it directly onto your plate from a distance of two feet or so. Looks like some chefs are going even further.
Quote: Family: Man Died After Ducking Flying Shrimp
POSTED: 3:11 pm EST January 12, 2006
MINEOLA, N.Y. -- A shrimp a hibachi chef tossed at a man eating at a Japanese steakhouse ultimately led to the diner's death, his family claims in a $10 million wrongful death lawsuit against the restaurant chain Benihana.
Jerry Colaitis wrenched his neck when he ducked to avoid the shrimp in the chain's Munsey Park restaurant, attorney Andre Ferenzo said in opening statements Wednesday.
Months after the January 2001 incident, the 43-year-old Long Island man died from complications caused by neck surgery he required afterward, the lawyer said.
Benihana lawyer Charles Connick said it was unlikely a chef who works for tips would toss food at customers after being asked not to, as Ferenzo claimed. Even if that happened, Connick added, the cause of Colaitis' death was an infection or neck injury unrelated to the shrimp.
Benihana chefs mix dining with entertainment as they grill Japanese food in front of patrons. Ferenzo said some of them have become more daring in recent years, but Connick said customers enjoy the experience.
"Some customers, especially dads and sons, want to catch the food," Connick said. "The evidence will show that it was part of the show."
Colaitis, of Old Brookville, underwent neck surgery in June 2001, but there were complications, and he had numbness in his arm, Ferenzo said. He died that November, a day after checking into a hospital with a 105-degree fever.