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- ThinkBox, on 12/28/2007, -1/+178Dear Chinese Matel Worker,
Wrong Address
Sincerely, Your Prison Pen Pal,
Prison Mike. - KenSPT, on 12/28/2007, -1/+89I remember when my Dad hid my first shank in the Ghostbusters firehouse. I of course made it one of Winston's accessories ... ;-)
- reiner15, on 12/28/2007, -1/+79You have to be a bad ass prisoner to hide a shank in a poly-pocket toy and not draw any attention to yourself.
- Enderplayer1, on 12/28/2007, -4/+78The best things in life are free
- GhostWithToast, on 12/28/2007, -1/+54I would feel much better if this had been an American made shank. A Chinese shank is just creepy.
- Fracture98, on 12/28/2007, -0/+42I bet it's just an innocent hand-made tool used by one of the workers to cut off plastic flashing during manufacture.
- veggiemoore, on 12/28/2007, -0/+42I read Mystery Knife Shark. That would be way cooler!
- D3koy, on 12/28/2007, -1/+43The funny thing is it probably is a tool used during assembly...poor chinese guy had to go all month cutting things with his teeth because they couldn't get him a replacement..
- cranium, on 12/28/2007, -0/+34Is China using prison labor to build this stuff?
- fidesola, on 12/28/2007, -0/+32Simple. Cobbled up razor knives like this are used by factory workers in China (Brazil, Mexico ... insert your favorite low cost manufacturing country here) to trim flash and gates off of the plastic parts when they come out of the injection molding equipment. Not a "shank" - a simple tool. It's an unfortunate manufacturing glitch - not a malicious act. The poor factory worker probably had to give up a days pay for a new one the next day.
- relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -0/+27So what, some chinese factory worker was likely working with that thing and put it where it didn't belong. People can whine about product safety standards when we stop buying our crap out of overseas sweatshops.
- KingBroseph, on 12/28/2007, -0/+26The next thing you know russia girls will be finding triop in their fish tin...
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -0/+25that is a chinese boxcutter, screwdriver, plastic swarf cleaner and fingernail grooming tool. AKA "chinese army knife"
- Chompy, on 12/28/2007, -2/+23I wonder if anyone has considered the possibility that she's just making this up for attention and/or a lawsuit. The only word we have that this actually happened is the mother's.
- MadOgre, on 12/28/2007, -0/+20It's not a shank, it's a shiv. You shank with shivs.
- Neuticals, on 12/28/2007, -0/+18That's a lovely X-mas shank you have there. Santa really went the extra mile for you THIS year!
- bob12321, on 12/28/2007, -1/+18See this is news. Some news items are video.
- BahJayJay, on 12/28/2007, -0/+16I wonder if the blade was made out of lead?
- tommythev, on 12/28/2007, -0/+14not only overseas. When I worked in electronics manufacturing, we often made our own hand tools. Sometimes you wanted a differant grip than a Exacto, or you needed a fine pin attached to a handle. Often it was easier to "cobble up" the righ5t tool than to find on in a catalog. Anyhow, I agree with the comments like this one. Not a shiv or shank, just a toll. Nothing to see here, move along.
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -1/+15So that's where it went...
- DblTap, on 12/28/2007, -0/+14Polly and Chucky are obviously dating.
- zoegern, on 12/28/2007, -0/+13Don't think I knew what a shank was at that girl's age - pretty sure my parents didn't know either.
- illegalamigo, on 12/28/2007, -1/+14Why am I reminded of the lady who "found" a finger in her chili at Wendy's but was later caught?
- lolwtfhaha, on 12/28/2007, -0/+13Yup, looked like an improvised box cutter.
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -2/+14It's the same mentality that's to blame for the fact that six years later, we're still collectively pissing our pants over 9/11.
- alan784, on 12/28/2007, -0/+12Must have gotten that piece from the emo polly pocket set.
- bagelpirate, on 12/28/2007, -2/+13"I kidnapped the President's daughter, and I never got caught neither!"
- gllopc, on 12/28/2007, -2/+13What else could be in there? How about mom's missing toof?
- Fracture98, on 12/28/2007, -0/+11You could ***** up you cell mate big-time by planting a Polly-Pocket on him, though.
- pacdude, on 12/28/2007, -0/+11You, my friend, would be da belle of da ball.
- IsmailOo, on 12/28/2007, -0/+10I bet some guy working at the Mattel factory is like:
"Oh *****, thats where I left my knife!" - jake6730, on 12/28/2007, -1/+11I'd like to know how you conjured up this comment to be racist....?
- inactive, on 12/28/2007, -0/+9well they could use american prison labor and save even more in transportation costs. why do you think they use any excuse to put people in jail. its the great polly pocket conspiracy!
- wilf_brim, on 12/28/2007, -0/+9I expect you guys are right. Still, it is more fun to think of some huge prison break plan gone wrong. Funny anyway, though.
- Viper323, on 12/28/2007, -0/+9Lol, I read "Mystery Knife Skank". I was like "Wtf!?"
- bjornski, on 12/28/2007, -0/+8That actually makes a lot of sense.
- lolwtfhaha, on 12/28/2007, -0/+8Because you're hungry?
- ghosteater, on 12/28/2007, -0/+8these are exactly the comments i love seeing on digg, if only you were a journalist of advocacy because critical thinking like that should be more popular.
- tattertech, on 12/28/2007, -0/+8That's because you and your family never met Prison Mike.
- iancorey, on 12/28/2007, -0/+8Thank you. Jesus. It's like no one here's ever started a prison riot. Friggin' amateurs.
- gllopc, on 12/28/2007, -0/+8I got a rock.
- guibom, on 12/28/2007, -0/+7As everyone else is saying, this was probably a tool used during assembly. Just look at the size of the blade... it would make a horrible shank; you couldn't even blind someone with that.
- cl1tcommander, on 12/28/2007, -0/+6A missing tooth = instant credibility
- tattertech, on 12/28/2007, -0/+6Beat me too it. :(
- techmaster, on 12/28/2007, -0/+6That's the same thing I was thinking. That's got to be the case.
- salinemist, on 12/28/2007, -0/+6You should have 10x as many digg's as you have. Mom is just an attention whore.
- scojerroc, on 12/28/2007, -0/+5nice. that's my new phrase to denote hard-to-find stuff: "that's like finding a shank in a toy box"
- Galactabung, on 12/28/2007, -0/+5"Be on that blade"? The scariest thing i can think of would be HIV, which can't live outside the body for more than seventy two hours. So the only danger here was the blade itself.
- Willy0Panhandle, on 12/28/2007, -0/+5What kind of mother would buy her daughter a Polly Pocket plane set? I'm disgusted!
- mrsneakypat, on 12/28/2007, -2/+7Don't drop the soap, DON'T DROP THE SOAP!
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