Really, blades in your mouth can HURT?
The US Consumer Product Safety Commission has an RSS Feed that can keep you up to date on consumer product recalls. It’s really a nice resource, especially for parents who have to keep an eye on children’s toy recalls and such.
Today’s recall of a Black and Decker blender however, has one of the most inane things I have ever read:
Hazard: The blades can weaken or break during use while making frozen beverages. A broken blade presents a risk of injury if taken into the mouth or swallowed.
Holy crap. A broken blade poses an injury risk if I stick it in my mouth or swallow it? What if I jam it in my eye? Man, I guess I better stick to only putting unbroken blades into my mouth for the purpose of swallowing.
The fact that something like that has to be spelled out really makes me wonder about the intelligence of our country.
March 11, 2005 @ 10:07 am
It probably has more to do with the intelligence of lawyers in your country
Someone probably sued them over that issue so now they give the warning so they can’t be sued for it again…
March 14, 2005 @ 12:17 pm
So true Kevin. Wholeheartedly agree. But there are still idiots out there who try this stuff first, and then the legal system requires this sort of disclaimer.
I wish there was some type of Darwin rule, that if something idiotic you do hurts you, a judge can just say “You were a moron, NO money for you…”
Oh well, one can dream can’t he?
-Grey