Pediatricians Call For a Choke-Proof Hot Dog

[fargosmom]

Um . . . 77 kids die of choking on hotdogs every year? Like OMG it's an epidemic! (not to diminish the pain of those 77 sets of parents - please don't shoot me)
I'm with all you ol' fashioned parents - spend time with your kids and make sure they know what their teeth are for!
What are we growing into - a culture where the entire world needs to be sanitized, bubble-wrapped and stranger-proofed to keep the kids from ever being in any danger whatsoever? Maybe that's what we really do need, since it seems that common-sense is disappearing faster than polar ice.

 

[WriterofWords]

I just told my mom about this and she asked if I remembered choking on a bite of Salami when I was 10. I had just taken a bit and suddenly had to sneeze, inhaled and the Salami sealed over my throat like plastic wrap over a vacuum hose lol. She said she just reached down my throat and poked it with her fingernail,, I'm so glad I don't remember that!

 

[WriterofWords]

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Shame on you!!!!!! You can't use Bubble Wrap,,, suffocation issues!!!! LOL!!!!!!!

 

[fargosmom]

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But seriously (well really not

) what about the other 9,923 kids? Are we re-designing whatever THEY were eating? Coulda been PBJ, or broccoli!!! We should simply outlaw all foods that need to be swallowed!

 

[fargosmom]

. . . . and looking at it in the light of the millions of children who DIDN'T require emergency care for faulty mastication - what does this really tell us? Perhaps there are evolutionary forces at work?





. . . . someone please stop me. I'm on a roll.

 

[PineappleMama]

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There ya go... just install a feeding tube in every man, woman and child and we'll never have this problem again!!

How odd is it that Over The Hedge just popped in my head...

"That's an SUV. *points at hummer* Humans drive around in them because they are slowly loosing the ability to walk"

(not exactly right I'm sure, but you get the point I hope)

 

[Bebop]

Who killed Common Sense?