Guest papacita Report post Posted October 2, 2002 LINZ, Austria (Reuters) - A four-year-old Austrian boy was so disgusted by his grandmother's plum dumplings that he dialed emergency services for help, Austrian state television ORF said on Tuesday. When the startled policeman on the other end of the line in Linz, Upper Austria, asked the young caller what he thought the police should do, the boy was clueless, the report said. The officer pleaded with the boy to give grandmother's plum dumplings (Zwetschkenknoedel) another chance. He agreed and hung up. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest bob_barron Report post Posted October 2, 2002 Plum dumplings are kinda nasty. So I see the kids point Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted October 2, 2002 What are plum dumplings? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest oldschoolwrestling Report post Posted October 2, 2002 What are plum dumplings? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Kahran Ramsus Report post Posted October 2, 2002 At least the officer handled it in the correct way. If it was the in US or Canada, they might have arrested Grandma. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest danielisthor Report post Posted October 2, 2002 At least the officer handled it in the correct way. If it was the in US or Canada, they might have arrested Grandma. the kid would be sitting in protective services and the entire family would be up on child endangerment charges. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Olympic Slam Report post Posted October 2, 2002 "the kid would be sitting in protective services and the entire family would be up on child endangerment charges. " Don't forget sensitivity training. When in doubt, send someone to sensitivity training for "reprogramming." Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Lord of The Curry Report post Posted October 3, 2002 Christ, when I started reading it I was really expecting to read that the kid was so fed up w/ the dumplings that he killed poor ol' granny. Nice to see a story about plum dumplings that doesn't end in bloodshed for once. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Slapnuts00 Report post Posted October 3, 2002 It's always the dumplings... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted October 3, 2002 "A four-year-old Austrian boy was so disgusted by his grandmother's plum dumplings that he dialed emergency services for help, Austrian state television ORF said on Tuesday." Damn, I know Europe is known as the Nanny State, but calling Big Brother because you don't like granny's cooking? Yeesh... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Vern Gagne Report post Posted October 3, 2002 Christ, when I started reading it I was really expecting to read that the kid was so fed up w/ the dumplings that he killed poor ol' granny. Nice to see a story about plum dumplings that doesn't end in bloodshed for once. That's what I was thinking too. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Ken Report post Posted October 3, 2002 If I have to ever eat Tuna Casserole again, you WILL be reading a story about relatives deaths. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HecateRose Report post Posted October 3, 2002 Hey, atleast the 4 yr old's family knows he knows how to get ahold of some in case of emergency, at least they did something right there Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Spaceman Spiff Report post Posted October 3, 2002 Tuna casserole OWNZ~! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Samurai_Goat Report post Posted October 3, 2002 All I know is, when I was 4, my grandma gave me things like hot dogs, nutty bars, and bits of bologna and cheese and crackers shaped in little happy faces. Of course, that's partially because no one in my family dares to give me budding. Isn't that right, sis? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest HecateRose Report post Posted October 3, 2002 Don't make me tell the pudding story here, you may never live it down (though is funny in hind sight . . . no wait, it was funny then too) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest kkktookmybabyaway Report post Posted October 4, 2002 "All I know is, when I was 4, my grandma gave me things like hot dogs, nutty bars, and bits of bologna and cheese and crackers shaped in little happy faces." Whenever my grandma made me something I didn't like I just put it in a napkin, left the table and threw it away outside in the trash. I didn't need the services of 9-1-1... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Agent of Oblivion Report post Posted October 4, 2002 My grandma is an AMAZING cook. Of course, she also had to cook for nine kids, a husband, and farmhands for years and years. No one on the planet makes better biscuits and gravy, I mean, those things are the stuff dreams are made of. I can't imagine not liking a grandma's cooking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
