I stopped at the dollar store yesterday to pick up some (generic) Wiffle balls for playing some backyard baseball with our kids. While waiting in the checkout line, I was absent-mindedly reading the package when I saw the following...

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD -- This toy is a small ball. Not for children under three years.

Perhaps this shouldn't surprise, especially given the frequency with which stores such as Wal-Mart get sued, but... How is it that a baseball-sized ball (with holes in it, no less) could pose a choking hazard? What kid under the age of three could even come close to putting something like this in his/her mouth? Admittedly, this isn't as strange/funny as some of the other consumer warnings that are out there, but still... If someone manages to somehow choke on a ball like this, then I'm not sure that they're cut out to live. And I say that as the parent of a young child that sits squarely inside the 'Wiffle ball danger zone.' I guess this is just another sign that we live in an overly-litigous society.

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