GREATEST THING I'VE SEEN IN A WHILE: Toddler becomes a prize in a claw-grab toy machine.

http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=688800

"A curious toddler has become the talk of the town after climbing through the prize chute of a toy gaming machine in the Northern Territory and becoming trapped inside.

Six firefighters rushed to the Oasis Shopping Village in Palmerston, east of Darwin, on Saturday after receiving an emergency call about a toddler stuck inside the machine, the NT News reports.

The unnamed boy is believed to be just two years old.

"I said this kid must be a genius," said Lisa Chong, who owns a shop in the Oasis Shopping Village in the Northern Territory suburb of Palmerston.

"He must have been standing (there) thinking 'how am I going to get at those toys?'

"We are looking through the box and it's not that easy."

Ms Chong said a crowd gathered around the trapped child.

"Everybody had to decide how to get the kid out," she told ABC radio in Darwin.

"The parents must have gone shopping or something ... they must have been really surprised though, stunned, (thinking) how did my son get in there."

Firefighters were forced to use the jaws of life and a hacksaw to remove the padlock on the machine before prying off the glass door.

"When we got the call we actually just assumed he'd got an arm or head stuck, so we were a little shocked when we arrived to find him inside," firefighter Brendon Magnoli was quoted as saying.

"He got in where the toys come out at the bottom ... he must have been a bit of a contortionist to get in there," he said.

"We took the padlock off and pried the door open and he came out pretty quick ... "He was a little bit scared but he put on a brave face."

Police and St Johns Ambulance were also on the scene but the boy didn't require medical treatment.

His adventure didn't go unrewarded — he was given a soft toy for his efforts.

A female shopper also gave him a lollipop."

I'm totally dropping the 50 cents in one of those things the next time a kid gets caught in one.

If I lose (which is almost inevitable)-
worst case scenario... I lose 2 quarters.

BEST CASE:
I take home a toddler whom I can train to cobble my shoes.