Posted on 03/02/2010 1:28:37 PM PST by JoeProBono
According to both common sense and the American Academy of Pediatrics, there are two truths about hot dogs which neither science nor industry can afford to ignore: kids love hot dogs, and hot dogs are the perfect size and shape for a child to choke on. To wit: "If you were to take the best engineers in the world and asked them to design a perfect plug for a child's airway, you couldn't do better than a hot dog," one AAP doctor said.
As such, the hot dog is in need of a redesign. So the folks at Fast Company took a look at California design house RKS's quest to cook up a completely rethought hot dog, and they did it using a design tool that is decidedly child-approved: the Play-Doh Fun Factory.
The team started with a blank slate but eventually decided that – in a tip of their hats to tradition – they wouldn’t radically alter the hot dog’s essence; a meat product, packaged with a bun, that more or less serves as a vehicle to get otherwise unmanageable condiments from plate to mouth.
They can have my wiener when they pry it from my cold, dead fingers. < /davidcarradine >
This one rates 10 stars. Ouch.
Do Barney’s lips cover his teeth for a specific reason ?
maybe people shouldn't marry small children then. I said the solution is for the little choke-prone types, not experienced hot dog fans. :)
If we were talking sausage, your point would be well taken, but since we’re talking about hot dogs, not so much.
There is no steamy, juicy goodness in a hot dog.
I think Barney is used to that mouth position.
ONE kid chokes and they have to re-engineer the weiner?
Screw ‘em. Hands of the hot dog you clowns!
Uh ... the people in question are CHILDREN.
That design will be hell for the mileage of the Oscar Meyer Wienermobile.
Habaneros? Are you insane??!?!?
LOL
the curly fry shape looks promising you could stuff the middle with relish, onions, or habaneros.
You could also stuff it with a hot dog. Maybe we just need a curly fry shape tube packed with relish, onions and mustard to wrap around a hot dog? Would the little ones choke on this?
Makes me think you’d be eating one of those fluorescent light bulbs...
Get a load of what the wiring harness looks like:
So slice it after cooking. For a kid, a Hot Dog is a Ketchup Delivery System anyway.
Hilarious! Maybe Barney Fwank can give lessons on how not to choke on a weiner.
No just jaded.
So slice it after cooking. For a kid, a Hot Dog is a Ketchup Delivery System anyway.
Massgopguy, you are very insightful. Fixed hot dogs for the family last night. My son did just as you say, slathered the thing with ketchup. I have tried before to explain to him that mustard, kraut, and onions are the prescribed garnishes, but he ignores my wise advise. Methinks when humans begin drinking beer is when they learn the proper garnish for a hot dog. My theory and I’m sticking to it until I hear a better one.
“the people in question are CHILDREN.”
You mean, “IT’S FOR THE CHILDREN!!! DAMN IT!!!!” Right?
How liberal of you. When your life turns into a fairlytale world where there is absolutely nothing to harm children, let me know. Until, the world is for adults to teach children and there are far greater dangers and troubles than hotdogs.
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