(Oct. 28) -- When a California elementary school handed out T-shirts to promote a recent fundraising jog-a-thon, the garments featured a cute, motivational slogan: "1-800-EAT-DUST." But as the Orange County Register reported, that number connected callers to an adult chat line.
The T-shirts were distributed at Linda Vista Elementary School in Yorba Linda, Calif., in anticipation of the Oct. 16 event, said the Register. Nobody had thought to dial the number beforehand. Luckily an adult gave the number a spin that morning and discovered the blunder.
The school promptly recalled all the shirts before the end of the day, the Register said. School officials also called parents, just in case one of the salacious items slipped through the net.
"It was an innocent mistake," said Rosemary Gladden, public information officer for Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District.
"Parents have been very understanding," she told the Register.
In fact, schools in Ohio and Iowa have made a similar mistake with the same number, the paper said.
Luckily, the blooper had no adverse effect on the jog-a-thon itself, said the Register. The event went forward as planned and raised $25,000 for student activities.
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