Posted on 09/10/2012 10:32:14 AM PDT by servo1969
It takes a big man to resist temptation.
At a Sunday press conference calling for stricter rules on concentrated laundry detergent pod packaging that some children have mistaken for candy, New York Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer admitted that even he has felt drawn to down a few detergent pods himself.
“The incidents are skyrocketing,” the New York Daily News reported Schumer said during a joint press conference with medical professionals. “These pods were supposed to make household chores easier, not tempt our children to swallow harmful chemicals. I saw one on my staffer’s desk and I wanted to eat it.”
According to Schumer, during the last six months 40 New York children have fallen victim to the pods, mistaking them for food, only to end up hospitalized. He added that by the end of June, there had been 1,210 nationwide instances of children eating detergent packs.
The New York Senator — who added “I don’t know why they make them look so delicious” — called on the Consumer Product Safety Commission to impose tighter regulations on the the packaging for the colorful one-time use laundry detergents.
It was a close basketball game in the congressional gymnasium.
Chuck Shumer and Diane Feinstein were both tugging on the ball, so the play was whistled dead.
They met at center for a jump ball.
The crowd screamed as one ... “Up Chuck and Di!”
Thank you. Thank you very much. You’re a great crowd.
I love this packaging...my thought is that it is meant to appeal to younger urban households with smaller laundry areas...its visually appealing so if you have open shelving its not ugly like the traditional boxed or jug detergents...just my opinion
I love it too. And I use it. It’s far superior to the huge pump jug that I was using previously that I could not lift and that leaked all over my counter, or washing machine. I use it in a traditional washing machine (not one of the new-fangled high tech washers) and it works great. But, I can see how little kids would be attracted to the pods. It looks just like a candy jar.
Whichever brand my mon was using comes in a cardboard box — not nearly as attractive.
Yes - way less of a mess then the boxes and bottles...agree I can see how this would appeal to little kids.
I agree whole hardily!
Of course it may be a great way to thin the herd!
Cleaner than a “Drive By”!
That does seem to be a standard from the leftists' playbook.
Speaking of Sandra Fluke, I'd suspect that if these "delicious-looking" detergent packs also functioned as "delicious-looking" contraceptives, she'd be "testifying" before Chuck Schumer about the need to mandate them as a health-care item.
Mr. niteowl77
Sigh.... I guess the ‘eeevil corporations’ will just have to find another way to clean up Congress...
Democrats: thieves who will put anything in their mouth.
I got two bags of them FREE via coupons last month and they really do look tasty. In fact, my wife is reluctant to use the Tide pods because she thinks it will cover her laundry with gooey candy. However, I am pleased with the results.
I remember this happening about 20 years ago when some people were using sunlight soap as lemon juice and they had to change the packaging.
I read recently that the item most often shop-lifted in Milwaukee is Tide. I don’t know in what form, but apparently thieves are using large containers of Tide to trade for drugs in the inner city. If they are stealing these little pods, I worry about them winding up in households where nobody pays attention to what the kids are doing.
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