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Ania Tanner, a grand- mother from Ontar- io, Canada, found a cute singing and dancing cactus on the Walmart web- site and purchased it for her granddaughter, CTV News reported. The animated $26 toy sings in three languages: English, Spanish and Polish.
Vulgar Singing Toy Leaves Granny Stunned
Wrestling Over A Pig
Ellie “jumps right up on the couch to watch TV, and she does all this stuff. Her going away from me would be just as detrimental for her as it would be for me.”
Rebels Without A Postseason
The Flower Mound Rebels, a youth football team in Tex- as, won’t be in the playoffs this year, NBC News report- ed. The Rebels, composed of 7- and 8-year-olds, are “too good” for their league, boasting a perfect record and having outscored their op- ponents 199-6, according to Keller Youth Association vice president Rhett Taylor.
“They are a select-level team,” said Taylor, adding that if the team had compet- ed in the league’s super bowl, he would have caught it from parents of other teams.
But when Tanner, who is Polish, listened to the Pol- ish lyrics, she was shocked: “This toy uses swear words and talking about cocaine use. This is not what I ordered for my granddaughter. I was in shock. I thought, what is this — some kind of joke?”
That’ll Do, Pig
ILLUSTRATION BY MARK GALACGAC
permission for the use of his song by the Chinese manu- facturer of the item. For its part, Walmart said the toy is
sold by a third-party vendor and will be removed while they investigate.
“I have gotten shot records from the vet, notes from the doctor, and all the paper- work,” Flatt said. “I’ ve done everything they’ve asked me to do, and we just keep going to court.”
Not The Baby!
Twenty-year-old Lucy Bat- tle of Burnley, England, near- ly threw out the baby with the bathwater ... er, with the sofa, recently. Battle posted an ad on Facebook Marketplace about her sofa, with the cap- tion “Need to be gone today,” but she accidentally posted a photo of her 7-month-old son,
The Polish song is by rap- per Cypis, who didn’t give
In other Weird happenings:
Flatt said after a divorce and losing family members, he is comforted by the pig:
Wyverne Flatt of Cana- joharie, New York, is will- ingtogotothematforhis 100-pound emotional sup- port pig, Ellie, News10-TV reported. But the village doesn’t believe Ellie should be allowed to live with Flatt, who has been fighting her ex- ile for two years.
Center Greyson Tanner, 8, reported being “very sad” about the ruling.
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