On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:48:38 GMT, "Roger Schlafly"
wrote:

The danger is exaggerated. How many kids die every year from hot
dogs? Most toddlers can chew hot dogs just fine. Mine loved hot
dogs, and never had a problem.

Here we go again. I honestly think you try to be stupid just to
antagonize people. There is no way you'd even pass a high school
geometry course let alone get an advanced degree in mathematics if you
lack logic thinking skills the way you demonstrate.

Read this again and think carefully about it:

According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention statistics, one
U.S. child dies from choking on food every five days and more than
10,000 children are taken to hospital emergency rooms for food choking
injuries every year.

Bruce Silverglade, director of legal affairs for the Center for Science
in the Public Interest, a nonprofit group that campaigns on food issues,
said parents were often surprised to learn that a single kernel of
popcorn can choke a child.

"They can eat it 10 times and it's kind of like Russian roulette," he
said. "Popcorn is particularly dangerous because it can swell up in the
throat."

Do you know what "Russian roulette" is? Do you know how absurd it is
when I tell parents about popcorn and they say, "Oh, he eats it all
the time... he's been fine." SO WHAT? It only takes once, you idiot.

PF