An eminent group of pediatricians in the U.S. want hot dogs to be redesigned so they won’t be “potentially lethal” to kids (i.e. they won’t be shaped like a tube that can get caught in the throat.)
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Tiger Woods may have the last word…
Hotdogs: The new WMD_og
What about the corndog? Pointy at one end and a choking hazard at the other.
Its not widely known that the corndog is the deadliest of Ninja weapons.
By Jove Indy, you’re right. I completely forgot about all the carny food served on sharp sticks. all those deep fried Twinkies and Mars bars ready to poke your eye out. This eating thing has gotten too dangerous, even drinking with a straw is deadly. Too many oranges and apples have met their demise from those willing to prove the rumour of the killer straw.
By Jove Indy, you’re right. I completely forgot about all the carny food served on sharp sticks. all those deep fried Twinkies and Mars bars ready to poke your eye out. This eating thing has gotten too dangerous, even drinking with a straw is deadly. Too many oranges and apples have met their demise from those willing to prove the rumour of the killer straw.
The banana is doomed…
I remember this one girlin high school that used to bring one in her lunch everyday.
Drove us insane…
What does that Pediatricina want? Soylent Green mush for all?
Hey, Loki! While you’re here, could you pop up to the Danny Williams thread and shed some light on that brou-ha, please? The technical stuff, if you wouldn’t mind? http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/013424.html
Maybe I’m being cynical but aren’t parents supposed to watch their kids? This shouldn’t be a trillion dollar government-sponsored effort. It’s elementary. We train dogs as helpers. Surely a carbon-based bipedal life form with opposable thumbs and a neuron in their skull cap can prepare food for small children.
But don’t mind me. I’m cynical.
When I was a little stubblejumper, most Birthday parties for kids included playing “Pin the Tail on the Donkey” …..and bobbing for weiners hanging from the ceiling by strings. Where were the PC pediatricians then?
“The banana is doomed…”
I guess that means we’re on a “slippery slope”.
I hesitate to mention this, since I’m a big fan of the ‘parents should use common sense’ on this and similar situations. I taught at a school several years ago where about 15 years ago a young child choked to death at school while eating a hot dog. I never did hear details about whether first aid (a la heimlich) was administered, etc. I’ve had numerous cases where my own kids have choked/had breathing issues, and there are definitely instincts that (should) kick in.
If people have been eating these for 530 years its good enough for me.
from wikipedia:
The city of Vienna traces the lineage of the hot dog to the Wienerwurst or Viennese sausage, the city of Frankfurt to the Frankfurter Wurst, which it claims was invented in the 1480s
If people have been eating these for 530 years its good enough for me.
A much cheaper way of making sure that a piece of wiener doesn’t get stuck in your child’s throat is to slice the wiener length-ways before putting it in a hotdog bun (I see that Mark Peters has beat me to it on this suggestion, but it bears reapeating).
I can’t imagine a hotdog not looking like a wiener dog!
Hmmm … what kind of dog could a hotdog look like? Maybe a shredded wiener to look like a Bichon Frisé?
On the packaging of shredded Bichon Frisé wieners could appear this message, found on my niece’s Asian-made stroller almost 30 years ago:
For safety of world’s babies …
(Babies could be changed to kiddies.)
It’s official. I’ve now heard it all.
Nature always finds a way to thin the herd, be it animal or human.
Have you heard the sound of a man eat his own head Bob c?
Is there any evidence that hotdogs cause more choking accidents than any other food? Maybe if you gulped them down whole, like a seal…
Everything I like is illegal, immoral or fattening.
Look at the number of posts on this topic!
We all seem to have a strange fixation on hot dogs.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
(Dead silence followed by the sounds of crickets chirping.)
Oddly, today I have a strong to take my life into my own hands and have a hotdog.
If a parent has nothing healthier to give a young child than a hot dog/wiener, a slice of bologna could be substituted.
The same thing: no nutritional value and no taste, without the mustard.
I was 1st to comment, but mine was not published. It something about gene pool.
These busybodies need to be reminded that their job was OVER when we brought the kids home ….. unless we take them back for a tune up or repairs.
Remember, it was some adhoc group of pediatricians or such who promoted the no spanking nonsense… who lobbied to end corporal punishment and to criminalize parents exercising their prerogatives.
It also was such groups that began demands for bubble wrapping children in all manner of everyday activities.
In my day. kids didn’t choke on wieners. We choked on herring bones, and match sticks. My cousin inhaled a crust of bread, and lost a lung. Did he cry and complain? Well, actually he couldn’t. He was having trouble making any sounds, for a day or so.
I’m surprised any kids my age survived all those hard candies. Whatever happened to hard candies? When you got one of those in your windpipe, your short life passed before your eyes.
The closest I ever came to choking to death was on a cough drop. Going to sleep with one of those in your mouth is a bad idea. My brother in law choked on a button once.
I really dont remember anyone choking on a wiener. I guess people must have chewed their food, in my day.
If people knew what animal body parts went into weiners they wouldn’t worry about choking…but about puking.
A helmet on a kid riding a trike in the basement, huh? We used to ride, standing up, in the box of a pick-up. Nothing quite like the wind in ones hair…regardless of age.
How many years of school and at what cost did it take to produce such stupidity? Whatever the cost, they got ripped off.
The Glengarrian
[….We used to ride, standing up, in the box of a pick-up.]
Yeah and 10-12 year olds went chuck-hunting solo with a rifle…..bought ammo at the store. At high-school all the boys were in cadets (compulsory) and had to “qualify” on the SCHOOL RIFLE RANGE.
Dad left the rifle in the corner and told the kids not to mess with it—-and they didn’t.
And now they tell us this current crop of snot-pickers are so much smarter than past generations.
Indiana Homez
[….no spam for me, but corned beef from a tin fried with veggies and served on rice is wicked(.:]
And reminds me of those feasts in an un-named glen near some long forgotten hills, somebody, at the time, thought were “strategic” enough to assign a number. Ah….the luxury of hot food…..
They don’t call a hot dog a “60 cent missile of death” for nothing!
And I still remember an ill-fated promotion at the Skydome a few years back. Using the same kind of air “gun” that fires rolled T-shirts into crowds, the geniuses (genii?) at the Dome decided to fire hot dogs instead. Unfortunately, the hot dogs disintegrated from the force, and the crowds were blanketed with .. wiener shrapnel.
I hear they also get stuck in other places far removed from the throat!
They don’t call a hot dog a “missile of death” for nothing!
We bought some “better quality” hot dogs for a wienie roast at the beach on Sunday..
Garlic flavoured and very tasty but there must have been moucho MSG..
Monday, a BIG headache and almost certainly the hot dog chemistry is to blame.
I seldom eat hot dogs and Monday reminded me why. Will I ever learn?
“If people knew what animal body parts went into weiners…”
At the risk of pointing out the blatantly obvious, every part of an animal is “body part”.
They say that 20 billion hot dogs are consumed a year in the US. This would cover 9048 football fields (5″ x .75″ wieners). In another words, it would cover (I do mean cover) 85% of the Trans-Canada highway (6628 km out of 7821).
There are 1 to 5 deaths per year by wiener (US and Canada). Go lay a wiener on the highway to gain a little perspective. http://www.stats.org/stories/2010/choking_hot_dog_feb23_10.html
weiner safety, kids choking on “rot dogs” maybe thats why Citizen Dion very daintly consumed his “Chien Chaud” with a knife and fork maybe he had a “choking incident”?
My neighbour’s 4 year old son choked to death at his 4th birthday party – both his parents were home as were his 2 older sisters and a group of other 3 – 6 year olds and other adults. Tragic. This incident occured 16 years ago.
It’s easy to say there should be parents watching their kid’s chew, they were all eating together – it depends on where the piece of hotdog lodges. Often when a child begins to choke, they can actually move the object further down the airway while trying to dislodge it. Both parents tried to clear the airway through every possible means -they called 911 immediately and were talked through every possible way to open the airway – the paramedics arrived and were unable to revive the little guy. When hot dogs are served to children they should be cut in halved or quartered lengthwise. Many people are unaware of this choking hazard. A simple warning or instructions for preparation for younger children on the package could save a young persons life.
The same thing: no nutritional value and no taste, without the mustard.
~gellen
Hotdogs are largely made out of gelatin.
Most people don’t get enough gelatin in their diet.
Gelatin contributes to healthy fingernails and hair as well as the slippery white cartilage parts on the end of your bone joints.
The pork based ones have better texture because most gelatin in the food supply comes from pork while the chicken and beef hotdogs have less gelatin simply because they don’t, or shouldn’t, use the more abundant supply of pork gelatin that exists.
Marshmallows and Jello are made of the same pork gelatin, it’s just that they contain a lot of sugar which contributes to empty calories.
Hotdogs are nutritional.
Are we really that stupid that parents don’t realize lots of things are a choking hazard? I had one brother, 2 1/2 years younger than me, and cousins all about the same age – so my exposure to really small children was greatly limited.
When I had my first child, I had this thing called “common sense” that told me maybe cutting up food into tiny pieces was a good idea. That, and learning the appropriate lifesaving techniques in the event of choking.
But I guess I’m just stupid. Why go to all that trouble when the government will parent for me?
Kate @ 11:52…
I dunno about you but as far as I’m concerned it doesn’t matter how much you boil cows tongue, after seeing the Moma cow licking calf scours off the bum of her baby, that tongue never quite tastes the same. LOL.
Abe at February 23, 2010 11:49 AM
LOL! You can now buy Monty Python-branded Spam.
It doesn’t taste any better.
LC Bennett, are you still trying to figure out how the three shells thing works? WARNING
Tiger Woods may have the last word…
Hotdogs: The new WMD_og
What about the corndog? Pointy at one end and a choking hazard at the other.
Its not widely known that the corndog is the deadliest of Ninja weapons.
By Jove Indy, you’re right. I completely forgot about all the carny food served on sharp sticks. all those deep fried Twinkies and Mars bars ready to poke your eye out. This eating thing has gotten too dangerous, even drinking with a straw is deadly. Too many oranges and apples have met their demise from those willing to prove the rumour of the killer straw.
By Jove Indy, you’re right. I completely forgot about all the carny food served on sharp sticks. all those deep fried Twinkies and Mars bars ready to poke your eye out. This eating thing has gotten too dangerous, even drinking with a straw is deadly. Too many oranges and apples have met their demise from those willing to prove the rumour of the killer straw.
Guns don’t kill people. wieners do?
http://www.tmz.com/2010/02/23/kansas-city-royals-hotdog-hot-dog-lawsuit-eye-john-coomer-slugger-the-lion/
The banana is doomed…
I remember this one girlin high school that used to bring one in her lunch everyday.
Drove us insane…
What does that Pediatricina want? Soylent Green mush for all?
Hey, Loki! While you’re here, could you pop up to the Danny Williams thread and shed some light on that brou-ha, please? The technical stuff, if you wouldn’t mind?
http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/013424.html
Maybe I’m being cynical but aren’t parents supposed to watch their kids? This shouldn’t be a trillion dollar government-sponsored effort. It’s elementary. We train dogs as helpers. Surely a carbon-based bipedal life form with opposable thumbs and a neuron in their skull cap can prepare food for small children.
But don’t mind me. I’m cynical.
When I was a little stubblejumper, most Birthday parties for kids included playing “Pin the Tail on the Donkey” …..and bobbing for weiners hanging from the ceiling by strings. Where were the PC pediatricians then?
“The banana is doomed…”
I guess that means we’re on a “slippery slope”.
I hesitate to mention this, since I’m a big fan of the ‘parents should use common sense’ on this and similar situations. I taught at a school several years ago where about 15 years ago a young child choked to death at school while eating a hot dog. I never did hear details about whether first aid (a la heimlich) was administered, etc. I’ve had numerous cases where my own kids have choked/had breathing issues, and there are definitely instincts that (should) kick in.
If people have been eating these for 530 years its good enough for me.
from wikipedia:
The city of Vienna traces the lineage of the hot dog to the Wienerwurst or Viennese sausage, the city of Frankfurt to the Frankfurter Wurst, which it claims was invented in the 1480s
If people have been eating these for 530 years its good enough for me.
A much cheaper way of making sure that a piece of wiener doesn’t get stuck in your child’s throat is to slice the wiener length-ways before putting it in a hotdog bun (I see that Mark Peters has beat me to it on this suggestion, but it bears reapeating).
I can’t imagine a hotdog not looking like a wiener dog!
Hmmm … what kind of dog could a hotdog look like? Maybe a shredded wiener to look like a Bichon Frisé?
On the packaging of shredded Bichon Frisé wieners could appear this message, found on my niece’s Asian-made stroller almost 30 years ago:
For safety of world’s babies …
(Babies could be changed to kiddies.)
It’s official. I’ve now heard it all.
Nature always finds a way to thin the herd, be it animal or human.
Have you heard the sound of a man eat his own head Bob c?
Is there any evidence that hotdogs cause more choking accidents than any other food? Maybe if you gulped them down whole, like a seal…
Everything I like is illegal, immoral or fattening.
Look at the number of posts on this topic!
We all seem to have a strange fixation on hot dogs.
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
(Dead silence followed by the sounds of crickets chirping.)
Oddly, today I have a strong to take my life into my own hands and have a hotdog.
If a parent has nothing healthier to give a young child than a hot dog/wiener, a slice of bologna could be substituted.
The same thing: no nutritional value and no taste, without the mustard.
We aren’t the only ones having trouble with wieners:
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/entertainment/breakingnews/espn-suspends-tony-kornheiser-for-comments-he-made-about-hannah-storms-clothing-85089417.html
I was 1st to comment, but mine was not published. It something about gene pool.
These busybodies need to be reminded that their job was OVER when we brought the kids home ….. unless we take them back for a tune up or repairs.
Remember, it was some adhoc group of pediatricians or such who promoted the no spanking nonsense… who lobbied to end corporal punishment and to criminalize parents exercising their prerogatives.
It also was such groups that began demands for bubble wrapping children in all manner of everyday activities.
In my day. kids didn’t choke on wieners. We choked on herring bones, and match sticks. My cousin inhaled a crust of bread, and lost a lung. Did he cry and complain? Well, actually he couldn’t. He was having trouble making any sounds, for a day or so.
I’m surprised any kids my age survived all those hard candies. Whatever happened to hard candies? When you got one of those in your windpipe, your short life passed before your eyes.
The closest I ever came to choking to death was on a cough drop. Going to sleep with one of those in your mouth is a bad idea. My brother in law choked on a button once.
I really dont remember anyone choking on a wiener. I guess people must have chewed their food, in my day.
If people knew what animal body parts went into weiners they wouldn’t worry about choking…but about puking.
A helmet on a kid riding a trike in the basement, huh? We used to ride, standing up, in the box of a pick-up. Nothing quite like the wind in ones hair…regardless of age.
How many years of school and at what cost did it take to produce such stupidity? Whatever the cost, they got ripped off.
The Glengarrian
[….We used to ride, standing up, in the box of a pick-up.]
Yeah and 10-12 year olds went chuck-hunting solo with a rifle…..bought ammo at the store. At high-school all the boys were in cadets (compulsory) and had to “qualify” on the SCHOOL RIFLE RANGE.
Dad left the rifle in the corner and told the kids not to mess with it—-and they didn’t.
And now they tell us this current crop of snot-pickers are so much smarter than past generations.
Indiana Homez
[….no spam for me, but corned beef from a tin fried with veggies and served on rice is wicked(.:]
And reminds me of those feasts in an un-named glen near some long forgotten hills, somebody, at the time, thought were “strategic” enough to assign a number. Ah….the luxury of hot food…..
They don’t call a hot dog a “60 cent missile of death” for nothing!
And I still remember an ill-fated promotion at the Skydome a few years back. Using the same kind of air “gun” that fires rolled T-shirts into crowds, the geniuses (genii?) at the Dome decided to fire hot dogs instead. Unfortunately, the hot dogs disintegrated from the force, and the crowds were blanketed with .. wiener shrapnel.
I hear they also get stuck in other places far removed from the throat!
They don’t call a hot dog a “missile of death” for nothing!
We bought some “better quality” hot dogs for a wienie roast at the beach on Sunday..
Garlic flavoured and very tasty but there must have been moucho MSG..
Monday, a BIG headache and almost certainly the hot dog chemistry is to blame.
I seldom eat hot dogs and Monday reminded me why. Will I ever learn?
“If people knew what animal body parts went into weiners…”
At the risk of pointing out the blatantly obvious, every part of an animal is “body part”.
They say that 20 billion hot dogs are consumed a year in the US. This would cover 9048 football fields (5″ x .75″ wieners). In another words, it would cover (I do mean cover) 85% of the Trans-Canada highway (6628 km out of 7821).
There are 1 to 5 deaths per year by wiener (US and Canada). Go lay a wiener on the highway to gain a little perspective.
http://www.stats.org/stories/2010/choking_hot_dog_feb23_10.html
weiner safety, kids choking on “rot dogs” maybe thats why Citizen Dion very daintly consumed his “Chien Chaud” with a knife and fork maybe he had a “choking incident”?
My neighbour’s 4 year old son choked to death at his 4th birthday party – both his parents were home as were his 2 older sisters and a group of other 3 – 6 year olds and other adults. Tragic. This incident occured 16 years ago.
It’s easy to say there should be parents watching their kid’s chew, they were all eating together – it depends on where the piece of hotdog lodges. Often when a child begins to choke, they can actually move the object further down the airway while trying to dislodge it. Both parents tried to clear the airway through every possible means -they called 911 immediately and were talked through every possible way to open the airway – the paramedics arrived and were unable to revive the little guy. When hot dogs are served to children they should be cut in halved or quartered lengthwise. Many people are unaware of this choking hazard. A simple warning or instructions for preparation for younger children on the package could save a young persons life.
The same thing: no nutritional value and no taste, without the mustard.
~gellen
Hotdogs are largely made out of gelatin.
Most people don’t get enough gelatin in their diet.
Gelatin contributes to healthy fingernails and hair as well as the slippery white cartilage parts on the end of your bone joints.
The pork based ones have better texture because most gelatin in the food supply comes from pork while the chicken and beef hotdogs have less gelatin simply because they don’t, or shouldn’t, use the more abundant supply of pork gelatin that exists.
Marshmallows and Jello are made of the same pork gelatin, it’s just that they contain a lot of sugar which contributes to empty calories.
Hotdogs are nutritional.
Are we really that stupid that parents don’t realize lots of things are a choking hazard? I had one brother, 2 1/2 years younger than me, and cousins all about the same age – so my exposure to really small children was greatly limited.
When I had my first child, I had this thing called “common sense” that told me maybe cutting up food into tiny pieces was a good idea. That, and learning the appropriate lifesaving techniques in the event of choking.
But I guess I’m just stupid. Why go to all that trouble when the government will parent for me?
Kate @ 11:52…
I dunno about you but as far as I’m concerned it doesn’t matter how much you boil cows tongue, after seeing the Moma cow licking calf scours off the bum of her baby, that tongue never quite tastes the same. LOL.
Abe at February 23, 2010 11:49 AM
LOL! You can now buy Monty Python-branded Spam.
It doesn’t taste any better.
LC Bennett, are you still trying to figure out how the three shells thing works?
WARNING