Tee-Toddler

Toddler gets sick after getting margarita in his sippy cup:

Kim Mayorga was confused when her 2-year-old started making funny faces and pushing away the apple juice he had ordered at Applebee's. The explanation came when she opened the lid of the sippy cup and was hit by the smell of tequila and Triple Sec.

The restaurant staff accidentally gave Julian Mayorga a margarita Monday. He grew drowsy and started vomiting a few hours later and was rushed to the hospital.

"I wasn't going to make a big deal about it," the mother told the Contra Costa Times on Thursday, "but then he got sick."

The apple juice and margarita mix were stored in identical plastic bottles, and the manager mistakenly grabbed the margarita container to pour the boy's drink, said Randy Tei, vice president for Apple Bay East Inc., which owns the franchise restaurant and nine other Applebee's in the San Francisco Bay area.

Confusing apple juice and margarita mix? Sure, could happen to anyone.

JB Adds:

Well, the kid was 2. It's not like he was an infant or anything. Kind of like the way they used to throw kids in the water to teach 'em how to swim. Aren't people always telling us that we have to teach kids about reality as soon as possible?

Bart (singing): Can I be a booze hound?

Homer (singing) Not 'til you're 15