GeneChing
05-23-2007, 02:07 PM
I'm trying to imagine this happening to us. ;)
Family's Punching Bag Holds Smelly Surprise (http://www.wlwt.com/news/13331924/detail.html)
Man Says Bag Filled With Underwear
POSTED: 1:46 pm EDT May 16, 2007
UPDATED: 11:03 am EDT May 17, 2007
CINCINNATI -- A Cincinnati-area family got a smelly surprise when they opened a punching bag they purchased earlier this year.
Joe Heckel said he and his son were moving a TKO brand heavy punching bag from their garage to the basement when they decided to see what was inside in case the bag later leaked. But Heckel said that instead of sand or plastic pellets, he found the bag full of men's and women's underwear, some of it used.
"(There were) bras, thongs and bathing suits. We could not believe there were clothes inside instead of sand," he said. Heckel said the smell was "bad, real bad."
Heckel said that contacting the store where he'd bought the bag didn't go anywhere.
"I called to ask them if they could tell me if these were clean underwear, but I don't think that he believed me," Heckel said. "I said 'I'm a cop, I'm telling you that's what's in there!' He stated that he had never looked in a bag so he didn't know what was in them."
Heckel described the discovery as "gross but kind of funny in a way," and couldn't help but chuckle as he told his story. He and his son finished installing the punching bag after taking pictures, but he says they have yet to use it.
A spokeswoman for the store told partner Web site WLWT.com that they were unaware of what had happened, but asked for Heckel's phone number so they could contact him about the matter.
Attempts by WLWT.com to contact Technical Knockout Inc., the company that owns the TKO brand, have been unsuccessful. A number listed for the company was "unassigned."
But on Thursday, a company representative saw Heckel's story on a Houston Web site and called him.
Heckel said Thursday that the representative told him that the underwear in the bag was a "quality problem" that they were dealing with, and that the people who had made the decision to put underwear in the bags had been fired.
The representative said a new, non-underwear-filled bag would be shipped to Heckel shortly.
Unraveling the Mystery of the Punching Bag Filled With Dirty Laundry (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274367,00.html)
Monday, May 21, 2007
Where is Nancy Drew when you need her?
A Cincinnati-area family is trying to solve the mystery of how a hamper-size bundle of dirty underwear happened to find its way into their brand-new punching bag, WLWT.com reports.
"[There were] thongs, women's underwear, men's underwear — some used, bathing suits and bras," said Joe Heckel, who bought the bag for Christmas. "We could not believe there were clothes inside instead of sand."
And the smell left no doubt that the undies were used and abused before they made their way into the TKO brand punching bag.
"It stunk to high heaven so I zipped it up real quick," Heckel said.
Technical Knockout Inc., which makes the bags, dodged Heckel's claims until local news organizations came calling. The company admitted that there may be others out there with punching bags filled with stinky underwear.
A representative told Heckel that the underwear in the bag was a "quality problem" and that those responsible for deciding to fill TKO bags with dirty laundry had been fired, WLWT.com reported.
Heckel opened the bag in the first place to see what kind of sand or plastic pellet might leak out when it was punched. Technical Knockout Inc. promised Heckel a new, non-undie-filled replacement.
Get your non-dirty-underwear-filled bags here (http://www.martialartsmart.net/10-820.html).
Family's Punching Bag Holds Smelly Surprise (http://www.wlwt.com/news/13331924/detail.html)
Man Says Bag Filled With Underwear
POSTED: 1:46 pm EDT May 16, 2007
UPDATED: 11:03 am EDT May 17, 2007
CINCINNATI -- A Cincinnati-area family got a smelly surprise when they opened a punching bag they purchased earlier this year.
Joe Heckel said he and his son were moving a TKO brand heavy punching bag from their garage to the basement when they decided to see what was inside in case the bag later leaked. But Heckel said that instead of sand or plastic pellets, he found the bag full of men's and women's underwear, some of it used.
"(There were) bras, thongs and bathing suits. We could not believe there were clothes inside instead of sand," he said. Heckel said the smell was "bad, real bad."
Heckel said that contacting the store where he'd bought the bag didn't go anywhere.
"I called to ask them if they could tell me if these were clean underwear, but I don't think that he believed me," Heckel said. "I said 'I'm a cop, I'm telling you that's what's in there!' He stated that he had never looked in a bag so he didn't know what was in them."
Heckel described the discovery as "gross but kind of funny in a way," and couldn't help but chuckle as he told his story. He and his son finished installing the punching bag after taking pictures, but he says they have yet to use it.
A spokeswoman for the store told partner Web site WLWT.com that they were unaware of what had happened, but asked for Heckel's phone number so they could contact him about the matter.
Attempts by WLWT.com to contact Technical Knockout Inc., the company that owns the TKO brand, have been unsuccessful. A number listed for the company was "unassigned."
But on Thursday, a company representative saw Heckel's story on a Houston Web site and called him.
Heckel said Thursday that the representative told him that the underwear in the bag was a "quality problem" that they were dealing with, and that the people who had made the decision to put underwear in the bags had been fired.
The representative said a new, non-underwear-filled bag would be shipped to Heckel shortly.
Unraveling the Mystery of the Punching Bag Filled With Dirty Laundry (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,274367,00.html)
Monday, May 21, 2007
Where is Nancy Drew when you need her?
A Cincinnati-area family is trying to solve the mystery of how a hamper-size bundle of dirty underwear happened to find its way into their brand-new punching bag, WLWT.com reports.
"[There were] thongs, women's underwear, men's underwear — some used, bathing suits and bras," said Joe Heckel, who bought the bag for Christmas. "We could not believe there were clothes inside instead of sand."
And the smell left no doubt that the undies were used and abused before they made their way into the TKO brand punching bag.
"It stunk to high heaven so I zipped it up real quick," Heckel said.
Technical Knockout Inc., which makes the bags, dodged Heckel's claims until local news organizations came calling. The company admitted that there may be others out there with punching bags filled with stinky underwear.
A representative told Heckel that the underwear in the bag was a "quality problem" and that those responsible for deciding to fill TKO bags with dirty laundry had been fired, WLWT.com reported.
Heckel opened the bag in the first place to see what kind of sand or plastic pellet might leak out when it was punched. Technical Knockout Inc. promised Heckel a new, non-undie-filled replacement.
Get your non-dirty-underwear-filled bags here (http://www.martialartsmart.net/10-820.html).