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catherinet11

The 'Bug Vacuum'

21 years ago

HI all,

I'm upset by something I saw in the most recent "Bed, Bath and Beyond" flier. It advertises a toy for kids called the "Bug Vaccum". It shows a kid at a tree, vacuuming up bugs. You can't see any bugs, but they've drawn in ants on the page, so you get the idea. Besides being a total waste of plastic, it irritates me that they've created a "toy" for kids to just indescriminately kill bugs. I think I'll write to them.

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