“See, the thing is, life doesn't always work out according to plan
so be happy with what you've got, because you can always get a hot dog.”
Posted on 02/26/2010 6:48:17 PM PST by raptor22
Believe it or not, the government is about to regulate the shape of hot dogs. Bureaucrats at the Food and Drug Administration, the Department of Agriculture and the Consumer Product Safety Commission are studying how to change the shape of hot dogs to prevent youngsters from choking. As a result, recent headlines have warned about "killer hot dogs" and "Doctors urging for a safer, choke-free hot dog."
It's true that compared to some other foods, hot dogs seem to present a slightly higher risk. Of the 66 to 77 choking deaths for children younger than 10 in 2006, hot dogs reportedly accounted for about 11 to 13 deaths. But this claim of relative risk isn't conclusive because there has been no attempt to account for the fact that children might be eating more hot dogs than other types of food.
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...
But then they would have to prohibit the act of rolling a slice of hot dog bologna into the shape of a hot dog.
“See, the thing is, life doesn't always work out according to plan
so be happy with what you've got, because you can always get a hot dog.”
They might as well ban cherry tomatoes while they’re at it.
I grew up eating hot dogs and managed to survive.
” Of the 66 to 77 choking deaths for children younger than 10 in 2006, hot dogs reportedly accounted for about 11 to 13 deaths.”
How can they not do something with acurate numbers like this?/sarc
Both franks and rolls can be had in various count packages today.
Hot dogs... Armour hot dogs... the dogs kids love to bite.
I would expect more choking on lettuce than these numbers.
Fat kids...Skinny kids...even kids with chicken pox
choke on hot dogs
You forgot to add guns to your list.
” Of the 66 to 77 choking deaths for children younger than 10 in 2006, hot dogs reportedly accounted for about 11 to 13 deaths.”
“Lego toys, and Barbie shoes accounted for the rest, however, the sodium nitrate content in hot dogs makes us vilify them.”
“Lego toys, and Barbie shoes accounted for the rest, however, the sodium nitrate content in hot dogs makes us vilify them.”
This must be why marbles died out. All the kids that played choked to death.
My thought exactly. Where in the constitution does it compel the federal government to protect children from hot dogs?
Illegal alien criminals run free but let’s pass a law on killer hot dogs. My head is going to explode.
I’ve still got my marbles. Actually they started as my dads’. I keep ‘em the chicory tin he kept them in.
Next the food fascists will go after “Hot Dog - The Movie”.
Leave Shannon Tweed alone. You can look at Michele Obama if you want to go blind. Or Helen Thomas.
More kids drown in swimming pools in Phoenix EVERY YEAR than have died choking on a hot dog.
The common denominator here is lack of parental care.
If the govt bans hotdogs, what will happen to Barney’s Frank and Little Anthony’s Weiner? Or “Weiner Nation”?
TOPIC: Why do hot dog BUNS come in packs of 8, while hot dogs come in pack of 10?
Those extra hot dogs are the ones you give to your pets and they don’t like buns.
***This must be why marbles died out. All the kids that played choked to death.***
And all the remaining marbles were buried with them, still stuck in the throat.
What’s the problem? Linda Lovelace used to eat two-foot long Chicago Style kielbasas.
No, we auction estates, and often find marbles still around; people trapped them in jars so they could do no more harm.
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