Labels Urged for Food That Can Choke

NY TIMES ^ | 5-25-10 | LAURIE TARKAN

[WOBBLY BOB]

On a July afternoon in 2006, Patrick Hale microwaved a bag of popcorn for his two young children and sat down with them to watch television. When he got up to change the channel, he heard a strange noise behind him, and turned to see his 23-month-old daughter, Allison, turning purple and unable to breathe.

[WOBBLY BOB]

the jokes just right themselves...

[WOBBLY BOB]

and they write themselves,too.

[GeronL]

a label will solve everything. lol

[WOBBLY BOB]

The can name it “Anthony Weiner Law”.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Life.....is dangerous.

[truthguy]

This is not a joke, it happend to me- sort of. The little pieces of kernal got trapped on the bakc of my tongue and caused of choaking sensation reaction. I was finally able to dislodge the particle. I though I was going to die. I don’t eat popcorn anymore because of it.

[svcw]

Soooo, what food could not choke?

[rarestia]

What the hell’s he doing giving a 23-month-old popcorn?!

This is a failure of parenting, not the fault of the manufacturers.

Every single day the MSM continues to mercilessly beat the dead horse that is personal responsibility.

[ReneeLynn]

Hey, this almost took out President Bush. Just think what a label could have done to keep him from choking on those pretzels!

[jessduntno]

“How did he die?”

“Choked on the food label.”

[dead]

All foods, except Jello, can choke you.

If any food is not Jello, it needs to have a "Not Jello" label so people know its not Jello.

[RedMDer]

[MollyKuehl]

[SJSAMPLE]

Yes, it is a joke.
Because people don’t read labels.
It will solve nothing.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

You can NEVER be too careful with your warnings!

[cherry]

I believe people can choke and even die from aspirating;however, you can aspirate on ANYTHING....a pill,a cheerio, a cracker,a nut,etc....ANYTHING...

[bravo whiskey]

are the labels going to be in spanish too?

[MollyKuehl]

All foods, except Jello, can choke you.

Dysphagia will make you choke on water...

[library user]

Soooo, what food could not choke?

In my experience, I find that hot dogs are foolproof.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

There is no problem that cannot be solve by passing a law.

None.

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

I can think of a certain congress critter who I wish would choke on a weiner!

[PGR88]

The herd has to get thinned somehow.

[dead]

They’ll need a separate label for dysphagiacs.

[WOBBLY BOB]

next thing you we’ll be told we can’t trim hedges with a push mower

[MNlurker]

Where do you put the label on a ham sandwich?

[ProtectOurFreedom]

For at least 25 years we’ve had to endure people very rapidly reading the fine print at the end of radio ads. Those warnings have probably been heard by every radio listener thousands of times by now.

If you had to wager, how many times would you guess that rapid-fire fine-print and disclaimer recitation has saved people from their own stupidity? What is the cost/benefit of these aural warnings?

[rarestia]

...just heard on Limbaugh’s show that the Marine father was “certified in CPR” and proceeded to use “sharp blows to her back” to dislodge the popcorn.

First off, CPR is used on someone who is already unconscious. Second, anyone who’s ever heard of the Heimlich maneuver knows good and damn well that you don’t hit someone on the back to dislodge food.

Besides all of that, I’m tired of being told what to be cautious of. My anger peaked when they started printing cereal boxes in Spanish!

[ReneeLynn]

Ping to 13!

Why was the father getting up to change the channel, btw? No remote? Poor kid.

[MollyKuehl]

They’ll need a separate label for dysphagiacs.

I am still awaiting on the "common sense" label.

[tatsinfla]

seems to me that anything that can be put in the mouth is going to be labeled then right..??... i guess we just aren’t as smart as our elected officials....i would have never known i could choke eating something...

[CSM]

Of course, the title doesn’t even fit the actual situation. The baby inhaled popcorn remnants.

[SJSAMPLE]

I’m 45 now and I can’t read that shit in the warnings anymore.

For the father of the child that died, I wonder if he read the popcorn bag for warnings before he gave it to her. If now, a warning wouldn’t have helped.

[Jeff Chandler]

Where do you put the label on a ham sandwich?

That reminds of a "In a perfect world . . ." joke I heard. You know, like "In a perfect world chlorofluorocarbons would escape through the hole in the ozone layer." and "In a perfect world Yoko would have stepped in front of John." But the joke I heard about choking on a ham sandwich isn't funny, it's sick.

[Ellendra]

Being careful with what foods you gave your toddler used to be called “good parenting”. Why was he feeding her popcorn?

[Jeff Chandler]

For at least 25 years we’ve had to endure people very rapidly reading the fine print at the end of radio ads

"May cause simultaneous projectile vomiting and explosive diarrhea. Use as directed."

[DManA]

We need “Smart” masks that count how many times we chew and won’t allow us to swallow until we’ve chewed 25 time.

Hmmm. Forget you read that. I’m going to get a patent on it.

[PanzerKardinal]

Actually you can choke on jello.

http://www.nj.com/south/index.ssf/2008/03/grandmother_saved_from_choking.html

[ProtectOurFreedom]

In California, virtually every building (store, office, shop, factory, whatever) has a Prop 65 label that says you will get cancer and die if you enter. Government stupidity knows no bounds.

[TigersEye]

Labels Urged for Food That Can Choke

"If you're stupid don't eat this."

[DManA]

LOL By Jim Six

Jimmy, have you ever eaten Jello?

[SJSAMPLE]

I love how products I use every day have a label specifically for California:

"This product is know in the State of California to cause..."

I even found one of them inside a box of bullets, as if the lead hazard was the worst thing.

Truly, I wish everything in California did cause cancer.

[ravingnutter]

Small children can choke on hot dogs if they don't chew them properly.

I have to be very careful as I have had acid reflux for so many years that I choke easily on foods, especially hamburger and lettuce. I never eat popcorn for that reason.

[hometoroost]

"as if the lead hazard was the worst thing."They should warn of the dangers of high-velocity lead injections.

[hometoroost]

The Philadelphia Eagles will have to label their pre-game playoff meals.

[Deb]

Somewhere Mama Cass cries, “Great timing, ass-wipes!”.

[Deb]

CORN KILLS!!!!
and
BEWARE THE BUILD-A-BURGERS!!!!

[bgill]

Water can go down the wrong way.

[NEMDF]

Hot dogs: they are currently on the dangerous list.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2010-02-22-1Achoke22_ST_N.htm

[bgill]

are the labels going to be in spanish too?

That's racist!

They should be in at least French, German, Ter Sami, Chinese, Russian, Hindi, Comanche, Malay, Dutch, Thai, Italian, Swedish, and Klingon.

[rfp1234]

What about all the foods and drinks that contain the deadly Dihydrogen Monoxide?