under the auspices of the american academy of pediatrics, dr. gary smith, who heads the center for injury research and policy at nationwide children's hospital in columbus ohio, released a paper yesterday asking that hot dogs, wieners, frankfurters, what have you, carry warning labels. not because they are laden with sodium, nitrates and toenails, but because that they are a choking hazard for small children. not content to simply nanny parents of toddlers, he suggests that the food with an ancient pedigree (yo, forcemeat goes way back. ask any peasant of olden timey days, k?) be redesigned."no parents can watch all of their kids 100% of the time," smith says. "the best way to protect kids is to design these risks out of existence." jeebus, kids wind up in his emergency room cuz they are choking on food, so oscar meyer better step the hell up and fix this.
yes, by god, let's outlaw cylindrical foods. grapes and bananas, you had better look out! we are so coming to get you!
gee, i don't know. maybe parents could cut the things up? or maybe, even, i don't know, not feed crap to their kids? just sayin'.
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