Wednesday, May 7, 2008

My Mother Taught Me Better

Last week I went to the grocery store to pick up a few items and found myself on the snack food aisle. As I was browsing, I saw something disturbing, and rather humorous. There's a new treat out on the shelf, a bag of mini, candy-coated cookies, each piece roughly the size of a Skittle. Affixed to each box is a special label that reads: WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD. I find this odd. I don't know about any of you, but I was taught to chew my food. In fact, I think that if such a warning is required in today's world, I should sue the Post-it company for not properly cautioning me - WARNING: MAY CAUSE PAPER CUTS.
Are we going to start seeing this warning label on all bite size food? Will M&M and Planters packages need an overhaul to keep up with public stupidity? The world we live in is a strange and selfish one. Someone, somewhere decided to complain to a cookie company because they ate their food too fast. I personally think, that when companies are forced to place inane warning labels on their products, that they should be able to address the problem directly - SUSY SMITH IS STUPID: CHEW BEFORE SWALLOWING.

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