The Lychee Konjac candies are my favourite treat. I have a jar of them at home, sitting in the freezer (they taste better frozen). I'd hate to see these candies banned because of this.
What say you?
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
Mmm...suffocating.
Well, honestly, it had to be said.
Any candy that carries a warning on it to keep away from children or the elderly is pretty creepy any way you slice it.
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
Geez. It's not like that 4 year old girl was the first person ever to choke on a piece of candy.
Tragic? Yes.
Are these people blowing it out proportion? Yes.
[ November 14, 2001: Message edited by: MIB ]
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Don't they teach the Heimlich maneuver in Canada?
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
You know, I've been thinking the exact same thing.
Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :
According to what I heard, the Heimlich manouevre didn't work as the candy was made out of jelly with the complexion of a ju-jube and totally lodged itself in the girl's throat.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Maybe someone should teach these kids that you're supposed to eat candy, not inhale it.
Perhaps we should ban money, too. Kids can choke on coins, after all...
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
We should certainly abolish the U.S. penny. I've got a jar full of them, and it takes forever to wrap 'em all. Then the bank teller gives me a nasty look when I turn them in. What bloody good is the damn penny, I ask. What good?
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
Hey Jeff. I just noticed something. Didn't you say that another deer decided to commit suicide using your jeep a couple of weeks ago? If that is the case, shouldn't your little member status thing say "avoided by dear since October of '01" or something like that?
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Actually, it should be "Avoided by Deer Since 2001" since I hit my first deer in January of this year (and my second deer in November of this year).
But I got my Jeep in '99, so we'll stick with that.
Posted by MIB (Member # 426) on :
No. You see. It says "Avoided by deer since 1999." Not "I've owned a jeep since 1999" When you're talking about deer, if you want to be truthful and not be a part of the mass deer genocide cover up, it should say, "Avoided by deer since last Tuesday." LOL
[ November 14, 2001: Message edited by: MIB ]
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
De dea' quite obviously began avoidin' me since ah' bought mah' Jeep. Jes hang loose, brud. Two uh dem failed. Dey = suck! Right on! De oders gots succeeded. Besides, ya' wants'ed me t'do it fum when ah' hit mah' last one, which makes no bloody sense at all.
And ya' likes yo' sigs long, duzn't ya?
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Jeff, this is almost an annoying as your "I'm going to be a bastard" campaign. Especially since most people found and got bored of the dialectizer over a year ago.
Now stop it, and find a good running joke, okay?
Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :
It's official.
The candies have been banned. Just saw it on the news.
I really don't know what to say other than what I feel.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Actually, I've been running the dialectizer full time at the TrekBBS ...
Sorry Tahna. For 600% markup, I'll get them here in the States and ship them to you.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
quote: The candies have been pulled off the shelves of major retailers in the United States and last month, they were banned from being imported there.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Wonderful. Our children are now too ignorant and helpless even to eat w/o intervention.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
Hey, what did you expect? We live in a society where instructions are required for TOOTHPICKS, because otherwise some idiot will use it improperly and then sue the toothpickmaker for a bajillion dollars because the toothpicks didn't say he couldn't do it that way.
Thank the Trial Lawyers, the 'get rich quick' mentality, and the folks in government (the 'L' word) who foolishly believe that you have a 'right' to be protected from your own stupidity.
Posted by Mojo Jojo (Member # 256) on :
^^^ And I wouldn't be surprised if that 'right' got turned into an amendmend. What is all of this coming to?
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
Ammendment? Ha! Liberals don't try to legitimately change the Constitution. They just have some judge do it for them.
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
This from the guy who thinks highways are un-Constitutional.
It's the Supreme Court's job to interpret the Constitution. If you'd actually read it, you might know this. Instead you scream about "liberals this!" and "liberals that!"
Your rhetoric is not only old, but ignored.
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
*points out that Jeff didn't ignore Omega's rhetoric*
Smart-ass. I mean, verb.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
'Interpret' does not = 'change,' 'add to,' 'take away from,' OR 'make new law.'
Courts may interpret existing laws, but they are expressly forbidden to make new ones, or to ignore laws unless deemed unconstitutional.
And if you choke from inhaling your leftover turkey... that's too bad, you should have eaten slower. It ain't Butterball's fault.
'S like the people who get upset when they take their 6-year-old to a Rated-R slasher pic, and then get mad (at Hollywood) because the kid acts violently or has nightmares for a week.
When govt. starts trying to take the place of common sense (which I suspect is actually an evolutionary process designed to weed out the unfit), we're all in trouble.. because like a limb, if you don't youse your sense, it atrophies.
Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :
I had heard that some stores were still selling the candy despite the recall. So I decided to hoof it down to Chinatown to check it out. Spent a good 2 hours walking between various supermarkets and novelty stores. Nothing.
..... sigh ......
And my feet still hurt. Didn't sit down for 4 hours straight, subway was packed so I didn't get a seat. The last of my candies that I stocked in the freezer are now gone.
I DID hear that the makers of this candy is coming out with a variation of the product, this time in the size of a pudding cup. The idea is for them to eat it like jello with a spoon. I'm not sure if this can be verified, but I do hope it is true. Some consolation is in order here.
If the government decides to ban this variation of the candy, I will be really upset. It is no different than banning Jello in a cup, if you ask me.
[ November 28, 2001: Message edited by: Tahna Los ]
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
Is it possible to choke on jello ... ?
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I'm sure someone out there is incompetent enough to manage it...
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Give me two days!
Posted by Malnurtured Snay (Member # 411) on :
