Pediatricians Want Redesign of Hot Dogs, Candy to Curb Kids' Choking

Tragic. The simple fact is, no matter what rules we put into place, no matter how hard we try, the world can not be made "safe." However, we can make it safer by paying attention to things like known choking hazards.

I'm going to quote myself:

Many people like to say that we overprotect children in our society, but it is hard for me to think that when I have watched a mother take her 3 year old son out of his casket and hold him for an hour, sobbing, after he had choked to death on a hotdog.

It's been like that before 2008.

Costume cape: Warning: Does not give wearer the ability to fly.

Dryer machine: Do not put child inside.
Fridge: Do not put child inside.

Baby stroller: Do not fold close while child is in it.

Toaster Oven: Do not place in microwave or oven.

Those above, I remember seeing in the early 90's.

Now, these two ALWAYS get me:
Warning: may contain nuts - on a package of nuts
Warning: to be used inside or outside only - on a package of X-Mas lights.

@ Checkmate:

LMAO!

I can't stop laughing on that comment of yours! LOL!

Kinda like getting a box that reads: Open on this end. However, both ends are basically the same (not on all boxes; I'm talking about the ones that are basically identical). Does it really freakin' matter what end I have to open?

Warning: may contain nuts - on a package of nuts. Well, I hope so! If they're not nuts, then what the hell are they?

Or the Christmas lights: Where else am I going to put them? If you want to be creative, it still ends with inside/outside. Put them on your body. Well, they are on the outside of your body and if you are inside a house, they are on the outside of your body and inside the house. Replace your body with a tree; it's the same outcome. Or, say you swallow the lights (just hypothetically speaking); the lights are inside your stomach, but outside of whatever isn't in the stomach.

Think George Carlin may have been an influence on me, yet?

Warning: may contain nuts - on a package of nuts. Well, I hope so! If they're not nuts, then what the hell are they?

There should be a "Huge" warning sign at every airline ticket counter:

"We serve nuts in flight". "Not literally"!

http://www.pagog.com/2007/12/16/stupid-warning-labels/

The screwdrivers in the second photo.

Is that second phot for real?

No clue, but I wouldn't be shocked.

The vending machine warning is kinda interesting. People rock it, not thinking that it is top heavy, thus, the reason for the warning. I think at some point we all had something that didn't come out even though we paid for it. However, you gotta wonder how many people don't realize that it is top heavy.

If you're rocking/shaking a vending machine and it falls on you isn't that Darwinism?

If you're rocking/shaking a vending machine and it falls on you isn't that Darwinism?

Exactly... they're too stupid to live :)

Like I said in another thread on this subject, maybe children require a warning label. "Warning: Child requires parental supervision."

Yeah no kidding, I wonder sometimes about parents, who don't get the fact that children need supervision.

My favorite warning label, appears on my blow dryer. Do not use while in the shower. What idiot was so stupid they had to put that on there.

It pretty much is up there with the warning label warning one should remove child before folding stroller / play pen / travel crib. Who are the flaming idiots that made this label a requirement?

Seriously though children DO need supervision. Parents DO need to use some common sense, cut food into small bites, teach them how to eat, don't leave them alone while they eat. Any you DON'T give little kids hard candies! In short, pay attention!

Seriously though children DO need supervision. Parents DO need to use some common sense, cut food into small bites, teach them how to eat, don't leave them alone while they eat. Any you DON'T give little kids hard candies! In short, pay attention!I

I totally agree with you. Too many times I have seen little kids run off from the table with food in their mouths, and the parents just let them go. If they are out of sight, how will the parent know if they are having a problem? When they are little, they don't know what to do to make the parent aware that they are choking.

When a child has a hotdog, or any of the other foods that pediatricians say shouldn't be given to little ones, it makes the risk that much greater. Many parents don't pay attention, thinking that "their" child is capable of eating anything...they don't have a problem with foods.

I always cut my sons food up into little pieces when they were little. All three of my boys tended to be chokers, so I didn't take any chances with them...that is what parents should do when they are little.

Are you talking about me?

No I think Moose was just making a general comment about the article.

Thanks DarthVShw...I wasn't sure:=))

not unless you've ever choked on a hotdog, Bonnie LOL

No I never have. I cut them up into little tiny pieces so that they do not get stuck going down:=)) Rofl...

Oh yeah, I stay at the table while I eat them. I am very safety conscious! Hahahaaaa...

good girl lol

Exactly! LOL!!!

I don't know if it would be so much copy what they see, but more like eat what is put in front of them, which is usually unhealthy.

They grow up that way and don't know how to do any different.

don't know how to do any different.

Many times they cannot do any different. Healthy, affordable, fresh food is hard to find in many places - especially in places where obesity is the norm (inner cities).

How can we blame a person for being obese when they have no car and the closest supermarket is 45min away? Worse, they are within walking distance of five different fast food places?

WeRdoomed,

so true...

Agreed, Weredoomed. Where I live we have just Stop & Shop. That off the bat is expensive to shop at for food in general, let alone healthy food. Meanwhile, we have: Dunkin Donuts, Tim Hortons, Wendy's, McDonald's, pizza places, a really bad Chinese restaurant, and a Subway that are closer to us and cheaper than the Stop & Shop.

I agree!