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On 9/12/2010 9:16 PM, jmcquown wrote:
> "Sqwertz" > wrote in message
> ...
>> On Sun, 12 Sep 2010 09:32:14 -0500, Ema Nymton wrote:
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>>> http://www.makli.com/wp-content/uplo...y_critters.jpg

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>> Eating endangered animals. Yeah - that would go over really well
>> these days.
>>
>> Aren't prizes in cereal boxes now illegal in some jurisdictions? That
>> was part of the laws made when they outlawed happy meal toys.
>>
>> -sw

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>>

> Just curious, why would they be illegal? Is some fool judge afraid a kid
> might injest the toy rather than play with it?


Santa Clara County, California, decided that the toys contributed to
obesity. That's the only place I'm aware of where such a ban is in
force. We really should give California back to the Mexicans.