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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 02:03 PM
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Parents Realize Next Day They Left Son At Chuck E. Cheese
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. -- A 6-year-old Florida boy who was accidentally left behind by his family after they celebrated his birthday at a Chuck E. Cheese restaurant will temporarily remain in state custody.

A judge said the state Department of Children and Families will likely determine Tuesday whether Michael Emanuel can live temporarily with a relative.

Emanuel's family said they accidentally left him Saturday night and didn't notice he was missing until the next day. Each relative thought the child was with another family member.

Employees at the Boca Raton restaurant called police and the child was taken into state custody.

http://www.wgal.com/news/9326319/detail.html
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 02:05 PM
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1. Wow, my parents seem to have done a less sucky job now. nt
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MountainLaurel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:17 PM
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2. Getting left behind on your own BIRTHDAY
That's gonna pay for some therapist's vacation home in the Caribbean.
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mikeytherat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:21 PM
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5. Getting left behind, on your birthday, and your parents don't realize it
until the next day.

Wow. I mean wow. That boy's therapist won't just get a Caribbean home, he'll be able to purchase an island.

mikey_the_rat
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MountainLaurel Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:40 PM
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12. Yeah that
:wow:
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Radio_Lady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 05:07 PM
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36. Isn't that the plot line of the movie "Home Alone"?
Edited on Wed Jun-07-06 05:08 PM by Radio_Lady
Truth IS stranger than fiction...
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:19 PM
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3. I know this is NOT funny
but I am laughing hysterically at this..

Please someone, beat me up.
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MissMillie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:20 PM
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4. Did they not notice the house was quiet????
that would have been a dead give-away to me!
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LostinVA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:24 PM
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9. Both sets of relatives thought he was with the other
My Dad -- even now -- is way too paranoid about this kind of stuff to ever have let this happen.... however, I can see my aunt having done this when my cousin was smalkl... she's scatty.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:33 PM
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10. No kidding
it boggles the mind.
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HiFructosePronSyrup Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:22 PM
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6. A 6-year-old left in a Chuck E. Cheese?
The kid was probably happier there than at home.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:23 PM
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7. I wanna know how a parent can leave a child behind
at a place like Suck E. Cheese (or Fuck E. Cheese, depending on what your thoughts are :evilgrin: ). I mean, they got there with him. Did they decide ahead of time that he would stay with another one of his relatives? I mean, my sister has two kids, and she completely freaks out if she doesn't know their whereabouts. If it's too hard to remember to take your kid home from HIS OWN BIRTHDAY PARTY, make a list of who's there next time and check it before you leave. :grr:

Poor kid...
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SOteric Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:41 PM
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13. Heh. We call it "The Big Rat."
I dunno, I'm sure it was traumatising to the boy, but if there's a history of him going home with his aunt or cousins on a casual basis, it's perhaps understandable.
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NewWaveChick1981 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:43 PM
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16. I like that!
The Big Rat... :rofl:

I guess MAYBE if he'd been used to going home with whomever, but geez... poor kid! :(
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:44 PM
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19. yep
I can't imagine being in that position personally, but I can totally see how it could happen.
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 04:11 PM
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26. Joseph & Mary left Jesus behind when they left Jerusalem.
Edited on Wed Jun-07-06 04:11 PM by Common Sense Party
Nobody called child protective services on them.

And Jesus didn't even get to play Whack-a-Mole all night.
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 05:18 PM
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38. Alright, close the thread, Common Sense Party wins.
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 05:28 PM
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40. Woo hoo! Is there a prize? n/t
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Goblinmonger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:23 PM
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8. I can see leaving the kid at the restaurant,
I guess. I mean if it were a multiple car affair, you might assume he was with someone else, but you are still pretty much a shitbag for not checking.

But not noticing until the next day. Damn. Just, damn.
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:35 PM
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11. Florida again. I'm keepin' track.
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riona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:43 PM
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18. What are you implying?
Our gov's bro talks to God! That's gotta count for something.

O8)
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Ron Green Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 04:09 PM
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25. I moved out of one state where a Bush became gov., only to have
him become PRESIDENT! Sometimes you can't escape.

You must admit, FL does have more than its share of weirdness.
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riona Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 04:15 PM
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28. It's hard to get away from W's family
I lived in TX also.
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:42 PM
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14. I don't have kids, so is it wrong for me to ask
How the hell can you forget your kid overnight like that?!
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:43 PM
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17. No, not wrong to ask at all!
:hi:
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:44 PM
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20. Thanks.
Just makin' sure this wasn't one of those "you wouldn't understand unless you had kids" moments.

:hi:
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 04:44 PM
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31. No, actually, you do understand
Any prudent parent would have double checked rather than assume somebody else had the kid.

I can understand being lost in the confusion for a short time. But overnight? That's just gross.

And you know I speak from experience...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=105&topic_id=5108911&mesg_id=5112871

:hi:
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 05:04 PM
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33. I read that when you first posted it
and it's a great story. Precocious little guy, weren't you? :D

I'm thrilled to know I'm not alone in feeling that way about forgetting a kid overnight. :o
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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:42 PM
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15. My parents forgot me at home once
They turned around by the time they got to the top of the street.

They also left me in Canada when I was 10. They headed back to the states and got all the way to Niagara Falls before they noticed..LOL. It was a good two hour drive away. I walked around for a long time then went back to the McDonald's they left me at and stayed there until they came and got me.
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maxsolomon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:55 PM
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21. i left a kid behind at JCC camp once
we figured it out before we got to the highway.

it was just a coincidence that he was the most annoying child i have ever met.
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leftofthedial Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 03:58 PM
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22. they only called the cops because he kept nailing the employees
with paint-can and hot iron booby traps . . .
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Sequoia Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 04:00 PM
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23. Why didn't anyone call the parents?
You have to give info like phone numbers when you book for a party.
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LaraMN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 04:07 PM
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24. That's awful. The pizza there sucks!
Poor kid.
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 04:13 PM
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27. No kidding. $20 for a goo-and-cardboard pseudopizza? Puh-lease.
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bullwinkle428 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 04:19 PM
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29. I've eaten some incredibly bad pizza in my lifetime (I've lived in
Iowa for 18 years, don'tcha know ;-) ) so I can't say that King Rat's is the worst I've ever had, but it's certainly a worthy of a Hall of Fame nomination for bad pizza!
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Burma Jones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 04:22 PM
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30. Were they GAY parents?????
I believe we need a Constitutional Amendment that will BAN CHUCK E. CHEESE
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Robb Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 04:59 PM
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32. I like how everyone's assuming they didn't MEAN to leave the kid behind
Obviously not parents. :rofl:
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Ptah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 05:05 PM
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34. My family moved when I was twelve.
:cry:

















But I found them.
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KitchenWitch Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 05:05 PM
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35. You are one sick pup!
:rofl:

Can I leave my teenager behind somewhere? The boy has been resting on my last nerve lately.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 05:14 PM
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37. Next time they'll be on a plane and forget... oops, that's "Home Alone"
AAAAAAAUUUUUUUUUGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
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Merrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 05:27 PM
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39. Happy Birthday son! What's in the envelope?
A one way ticket to Mongolia! What's Mongolia? Only the funnest place on Earth! Now pack your shit.
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jmowreader Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 06:28 PM
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41. People who run screaming from somewhere tend to forget things
The parents were last seen hauling ass across the parking lot, fingers in their ears, yelling "God No!!! Make it stop!!!"

The poor bastard who plays Chuck E. Cheese was running after them yelling "Wait! You forgot something!"

The parents yelled back, "Fuck it, man. You keep it. We don't need it anymore!"

Then they got home..."Honey, where's Michael?"
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liontamer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jun-07-06 06:35 PM
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42. why didn't the restaurant just call the parents
kids get left behind all the time, heck. I was at at a 6 year olds bday party at chuck e cheeses and all the kids got loaded up in different cars than the ones they came in. If the family is large(and it says that everybody assumed he was with a different family member) it's easy to get confused "is it mom's weekend, dad's or is he spending the night at grandma's etc.)
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