Displaying a special brand of testicular virility, Governor Rod Blagojevich will sign a bill today that will ban Yo-Yo Water Balls.
[The law] would make Illinois the first state in the nation to ban the potentially dangerous child toy. Effective Jan. 1, a person who sells the toy in the state could face a $1,001 fine for each violation.
"It's our job in state government to pass laws to keep our children safe and give parents the information they need to make the right decisions for their kids," Blagojevich said in a prepared statement. "If we know a toy like the yo-yo water ball is dangerous to young kids, then the responsible thing to do is take it off the market."
The yo-yo water ball is a rubber-like ball filled with liquid and attached to an elastic cord that can wrap around a child's neck when the child swings the toy. It is manufactured abroad and sold worldwide under a variety of brand names.
The water ball law stems from the efforts of a suburban Chicago woman who pushed for the toy's ban after her son was nearly strangled by it.
So these things are so dangerous we have to have a law banning them but not until next year.
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