A LETTER ABOUT TOYS

Dear Uncle TM,
I am not going to tell you my age but I have some toys on the shelf that are at least 50 years old. At this point I don’t play with them much, they are just something that I look at and think about that sand box we had that really wasn’t a sand box. By that I mean it was just an old tractor tire that Dad filled up with fresh sand about every six months because we had a bunch of cats and they had a bunch of friends. You are probably wondering where I am going with this but Uncle TM I know that the toys that I buy my grandchildren won’t last a month. Where has quality in our products gone? Why can’t we buy anything that lasts like my 50 year old truck?
Signed,
Heading Towards the Top of the Hill
Dear Hill Topper,
What you have discovered is a deep dark secret that has been unfolding over the last four decades. With the effective decrease in the size of the family, there has been a corresponding decrease in the need for toys that will last for more than a month. Earlier this year the government released figures that show that the size of the family has taken another dive. Consequently to save the jobs at the toy factories, the government has mandated that toys can not be manufactured that will last more than a week. So to help maintain and restore our economy you should refuse to buy any toy that even looks like it will last and if it does, throw it away.
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