Tony the terrorist??
So I've been working at this lovely school, blocks from my house, once a week to get my ESL hours in for school. It's actually been really fun. It's reminded me of how much I love and miss teaching. The kids are wonderful and eager to learn, something I'm not used to.
Anyhow, my equally lovely Mom has been coming to babysit, bless her heart. Today she brought this Tony the Tiger bowl that she received for buying two boxes of cereal. Or so she claims.
As I was getting ready to wash it, however, I was stunned by the warning label on the bottom:
Appropriate for ages 8+
WARNING!
Always use this product with adult superisvion.
Before each use, inspect the product.
Throw away at the first sign of damage or
weakness. This product may break if dropped.
WASH THOUROUGHLY BEFORE USE.
Made in China
Um, excuse me? This is a plastic bowl, is it not? Am I lead to believe it will somehow harm my child? How exactly does one supervise a child while they are using the bowl?
"Here's your Trix sweetie. Now I will stand here and watch you eat it. Use extreme caution."
Ages 8+? Apparently children 7 and under are not capable of dealing with this bowl. What will happen? I'm concerned, very concerned. Have I been negligent in the past? I guess I've been careless, just giving my kids cereal with reckless abandon.
Plastic bowls, the silent killer. Next on Dateline.
Am I crazy or what the hell is going on?
Labels: cereal, terrorists
posted by kroushlconflict at 7:50 PM
2 Comments:
In China, "plastic" means a thin film of fragile epoxy covering a thick slurry of lead and asbestos, formed into whatever shape you want. In this case, a bowl. Glad I could help.
That's the same bowl that Jake got as a birthday present from Jim a few years back (believe it was the year of the November birthday bash). Jake's, however, is ceramic and there were 2 of them in the set (along with spoons... you get the idea). Was Jim trying to send some kind of secret nefarious message to Jake???
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