Eat The Bunny!
We are not talking about food, That is a topic we do not like to cover, but it does cover a related topic. There has been a gift from a couple of months ago that has been at hand here at the My-Lynx Associates World Headquarters. It is covered in gold foil and has been hand-carried by a loyal and trusted visitor from either here in the U. S. or even Europe, since it was manufactured in Central Europe. It has a warning at the bottom, in red, bold letters, which we will reproduce in text for those of you using auditory aids to read this website: "Not suitable for children under 3 years of age. Ribbon poses a choking hazard".
So they are afraid that a child might eat the ribbon. A very cautious statement. It might be distributed in the U. S. with this added warning to prevent adults from unwarily presenting the chocolate bunny to a small child. They might also put a warning to remove the foil, since the gold colored foil which can be seen in the background might cause some digestive problems of its own. But that is part and parcel of turning ordinary life into a kind of treacherous path - we see the warning signs about the exploding airbags on the sun visor of the car, on the bottom of the keyboard we use to type this blog, there is a warning about repetitive stress injuries that could be induced. Why they warn people not to stare at the sun during an eclipse, though we do not know if anyone is actually foolish enough to stare into the bright sun.
We may or may not remove the ribbon before eating the bunny. We have to have courage to live in the contemporary, modern world of the 21st Century where even child's candy can pose a hazard. There is a warning on the bottom of the hot-dog wrapper that we looked at in the refrigerator about feeding children whole hot-dogs for fear that they might choke on that. So remember parents, cut the hot-dog into bite-sized morsels before serving the ordinary hot-dog. We heard some vigilant doctor talking about that the other day on a radio program.
The fact that most people can read does not guarantee that they have common-sense enough to not give their children large chunks of eating material. The day will come, when we will not be able to eat a full sized hot-dog because of the dangers they pose. You might want to review the guidelines from the American Association of Pediatrics which recommend "re-engineering" the hot dog to avoid children choking. While the danger is real enough, the lack of common sense is something of a surprise. Someone has probably already said it, so we are probably parroting some slogan: "Common sense is becoming uncommon."
So rather than re-engineer the world to prevent heedless caretakers from endangering their children, we will just chime in and say:
"If you read our books, chances are you already have some common sense, otherwise if you are just a casual visitor to our blog, remember that anything large can choke small children, they need to have food cut up into small pieces."
There is a press release about this that shows pictures of food cut into proper-sized pieces.
As a public service to our readers we will provide a link to the AAP statement for those who have children in their care, since there are a list of additional common foods that can cause harm because of their size and shape:
Choking Hazard Link
So they are afraid that a child might eat the ribbon. A very cautious statement. It might be distributed in the U. S. with this added warning to prevent adults from unwarily presenting the chocolate bunny to a small child. They might also put a warning to remove the foil, since the gold colored foil which can be seen in the background might cause some digestive problems of its own. But that is part and parcel of turning ordinary life into a kind of treacherous path - we see the warning signs about the exploding airbags on the sun visor of the car, on the bottom of the keyboard we use to type this blog, there is a warning about repetitive stress injuries that could be induced. Why they warn people not to stare at the sun during an eclipse, though we do not know if anyone is actually foolish enough to stare into the bright sun.
We may or may not remove the ribbon before eating the bunny. We have to have courage to live in the contemporary, modern world of the 21st Century where even child's candy can pose a hazard. There is a warning on the bottom of the hot-dog wrapper that we looked at in the refrigerator about feeding children whole hot-dogs for fear that they might choke on that. So remember parents, cut the hot-dog into bite-sized morsels before serving the ordinary hot-dog. We heard some vigilant doctor talking about that the other day on a radio program.
The fact that most people can read does not guarantee that they have common-sense enough to not give their children large chunks of eating material. The day will come, when we will not be able to eat a full sized hot-dog because of the dangers they pose. You might want to review the guidelines from the American Association of Pediatrics which recommend "re-engineering" the hot dog to avoid children choking. While the danger is real enough, the lack of common sense is something of a surprise. Someone has probably already said it, so we are probably parroting some slogan: "Common sense is becoming uncommon."
So rather than re-engineer the world to prevent heedless caretakers from endangering their children, we will just chime in and say:
"If you read our books, chances are you already have some common sense, otherwise if you are just a casual visitor to our blog, remember that anything large can choke small children, they need to have food cut up into small pieces."
There is a press release about this that shows pictures of food cut into proper-sized pieces.
As a public service to our readers we will provide a link to the AAP statement for those who have children in their care, since there are a list of additional common foods that can cause harm because of their size and shape:
Choking Hazard Link
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