Hot Dogs May Kill: Kids Need to Be Warned?

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Ah the never-ending pursuit of sticking warning labels on anything and everything. This time it will be for kids…well, sort of.

The American Academy of Pediatrics agreed that there are not near enough warning labels on some popular food products. For example, Hot Dogs do not carry a choking hazard warning.

Seriously? Do we need warnings on everything or is there a point that “thinning out the herd” might be a good thing? – I mean we are really only as strong as our weakest link.

A couple kids die each year eating hot dogs. In some cases the parents are shocked to discover that hot dogs could be so dangerous.

Not to take anything away from the tragedy, but….

For starters, Skippy the 3-year-old wasn’t going to “read” the label in the first place. Secondly, you can choke on ANYTHING. I mean you can choke on Jell-O if you are jamming enough of it down your throat – so why are people so surprised?

Here is the deal…

Warning labels should be reserved for things that you had no way of knowing…not common sense items.

For instance, if you go on a blind date, there should be a warning label if the person has stalking tendencies or is excessively needy (some things you just don’t find out until it is too late). OR

If you are going to pet a bunny and it is really a man-eating-tiger dressed in bunny suit – there should be a warning label for that. OR

If you are buying a deep fried burger with extra mayo and it is really being made with healthy soy products, there should be a label for that.

Other than that, let’s let the gene pool’s natural abilities dictate the future of our humanity.

Feel free to make up your own “warnings” below. Sheesh, I hate warning labels almost more than I hate asterisks*.

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