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- Brian48216, on 10/10/2007, -1/+97Dugg simply for the suggestion of giving out polio tainted toys.
- silverchrysalis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+80this is like the time i got in trouble for picking my mom's roses, so i picked some of her marigolds for an apology. that worked well.
- herm1t, on 10/10/2007, -0/+68Hmmm... this reminded me of a Monty Python quote
We apologise again for the fault in the subtitles. Those responsible for sacking the people who have just been sacked, have been sacked. - BrainInAJar, on 10/10/2007, -0/+37I still think it's mostly because of the box that flashes at 60 times a second destroying the ability to focus on any single thing for an extended period.
- jonfelder, on 10/10/2007, -1/+37This message brought to you by www.leadtoyrecalls.com. That's right www.leadtoyrecalls.com. Please make sure you visit www.leadtoyrecalls.com for all your lead toy recall needs.
- thewump, on 10/10/2007, -3/+33Some research is suggesting a link between lead and ADD conditions.. That's scary.
- dext3r, on 10/10/2007, -12/+37***** China.
- sharpfork, on 10/10/2007, -3/+25Seven of my son's Thomas trains were recalled in the first round. Two more were recalled in this second round. These little wooden trains are expensive- RC2 is trying to squeeze out a bit of extra profit having them made in China. This story shows they have no control over production in China and don't really give a ***** if my kids end up with lead poisoning.
We try to avoid buying stuff made in China now and have a zero tolerance policy for toys made in China. Brio has trains that are made in Europe that fit the same track.
I edited out my colorful rant... - solidsnake1298, on 10/10/2007, -3/+25I think I heard about a link between not disciplining your child and ADD.
- bonedog73, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18I cant believe GW hasn't picked up on this terrorism, these damn toys need to be confiscated and sent to Guantanamo for interrogation.
- ripple123, on 10/10/2007, -0/+15Some say leaded pipes were the downfall of rome.
- aussieNickuss, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17Why are people so afraid of stuff these days? My mum has said to me when she was a kid, they used to play with chunks of solid lead. She also said (which shocked me) that they used to play with mercury....big blobs of it and they'd roll it around in the hands and throw it around.
- zweben, on 10/10/2007, -2/+15And they're trying to sell REAL cars here.
Just imagine how much lead paint they could put on a 4 door sedan! - ceralor, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12What about those of us who actually were very well disciplined and have good work ethic, but still can't focus even when we really want to?
- yoda17, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12That's funny about your mom and mercury. I had a physic's professor that told us that he'd done the same thing when he was a graduate student. He and the other grad students would pour it out in a big bowl and play with it. He was from Australia, so maybe it is a common thing there. He said this was long before anyone knew the long term effects of exposure.
Not that doing this is recommended, but it's not instant death contact poison either. The worry is that little kids will be eating the paint off of the toys (a common thing for kids to do). Generations grew up with lead paint and did not all die instantly or suffer brain damage. - carleethian, on 10/10/2007, -2/+13too bad it was fta. i thought popsumer was hilarious for about 10 seconds.
- Volatile36, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10It's really too bad that it's too late to live without them. We gave them our jobs and let them buy our debt. We're *****...
- SamuraiPanda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9The irony of you saying this on digg is astounding.
- intense321, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9I do. Everyday. I've got a Chinese girlfriend.
- sethisastud, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Uh, do you mean prescription?
- wakkow, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9Didn't our previous generation have lead in EVERYTHING? I mean, they didn't make a big deal about it then and there weren't ADD kids everywhere either.
- TheTaoOfBill, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9If I didn't know better I'd swear china was waging a secret war on us.
- inactive, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9..the same deviled egg
- aliengoods, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8OK, so your siblings have spoiled kids.
- bradcrc, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8a school I consulted at a couple months ago had a student find a bottle of mercury in a science lab and took it, then start playing with it and gave some to other children. Once that single act was discovered, the government came in, and a massive cleanup was needed.
cost over a 3/4 million dollars for the one bottle of mercury. Would have put the school out of business if there wasn't a fund to help cover the costs. - countingthedays, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7I got a similar story from my dad. Same time period.
- ScrappyLaptop, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Ha! We sent back half the worksheet in that first recall (10 or so trains). I figured I better use a carrier with some sort of tracking, else RC2 might say they never received the package, and they said they would reimburse for postage, which came out to $10 for UPS. They sent back a check for a little over $2 USD, stating they calculated the cost (by assuming the cheapest USPS service possible). Then came the second recall, and now this? I'm through with them, for good. If our next child likes trains, Brio it is!
- Elric1977, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Sony made those batteries, but I agree.
- Navicerts, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Greeks didn't live in moderation.
- nihilite, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6obviously it's all about the money. US workers are too expensive and too litigious.
- dragon76, on 10/10/2007, -3/+8In other parts of the world they call that "modern life" and just take off the month of August to deal with it.
- Ellipsys, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Bill Mahar said it best "American consumers have been learning a shocking lesson about supply and demand: if you demand products that don’t cost anything, people will make them out of poison, mud and *****."
- absolutroot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5i buy new toys pretty often... i have a nephew and 2 nieces that all expect a present everytime i visit...
- Waskonator, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6at least one person got it.
thanks. - cwgannon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5But all this reactionary fun is just too much to give up...
- drakenlot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4There's a little blue-colored, underlined word underneath each comment. It's says Reply, please use it from now on.
- Easyoffbam, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Oh, the irony.
- Cowmin, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I dugg this just because of the description.
- aliengoods, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5That is stupid. The war isn't secret.
- genejoker, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4It's a cumulative thing. A small amount of mercury/lead will do you no damage, but many small amounts over an extended period, or a large amount at once, will do very bad things. So it's better to play it safe and say "No lead in toys" than "Lead can be in toys, hope your kid isn't the unlucky one who gets a nursery full of them, or gets a level of exposure later in life that would otherwise have been fine if not for you eating up his margin of error with shoddy toys".
- Digitalfilm43, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4The problem is the US bans using real dog in dog food!
- aussieNickuss, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Not at all. Playing with those sorts of things when she was a youngin was the norm. We're talking early 1950's here.
- dragon76, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5The idea is to digg the story, not the submission.
- Waskonator, on 10/10/2007, -8/+12One deviled egg...
- Punisher2K, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Let me gather up my elves and I'll get right on that.
- nihilite, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Both Lead and Mercury can absorb through the skin.
- duerra, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Now THIS is the definition of ironic. Somebody should go tell Alanis Morissette.
- xister, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yup, me too. And let me tell you- that's one export that they make VERY well.
- GawtMilk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3There have always been "ADD" kids. The difference is, before they thought that it was just bad parenting, and beat the ***** out them, these days they realize that it's rear portion of the brain not working as much as a "healthy" or "normal" brain does.
- bradcrc, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5dugg, simply because it's the first topic description to make me laugh. nice work.
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