Florida Woman Says Garfield Toy Is Obscene
Friday, July 23, 2004 – updated: 3:20 pm EDT July 23,
2004
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MIAMI -- A South Florida woman says a toy included in Wendy's kids' meals is obscene.
When Tiffany Glad took her three-and-a-half year old niece to Wendy's, the little girl was fascinated with the wind-up toy that told the story of the new Garfield movie.
But Glad says the next day, the cute toy turned crude. It seems one scene shows Garfield pointing upward and Glad says it looks like Garfield is sticking up his middle finger.
"My niece came to me and said Garfield was being bad and I asked her to explain to me. And she's articulate, she knows what's she's talking about, and she showed me the picture and I looked at it and I was outraged," says Glad.
Things got worse when Glad's niece began imitating the picture.
"Now she's going around showing everybody how Garfield's bad. And basically we have a 3-year-old running around giving the middle finger. He has five fingers, it's as clear as day what he's doing," Glad says.
The wrapper to the toy also has the same picture of Garfield pointing to a cloud, asking kids to fill in the bubble with an idea.
Wendy's has received several similar complaints from around the country, but they say it's a scene from the movie and they have no plans right now to remove the toy from the kids' meals.
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