Tide Pods; really?

Best Product has killed at least one child

by V. Martin copyright 2016

Am I the only one bothered by the fact they named product of the year the same product we've been warned about all year to keep away from children?  It doesn't bother anyone else that children have gone to the emergency room, one even dying, after eating a Tide pod.  The pods look a lot like candy to the kids so of coarse they eat it realizing too late candy it is not.  Making this harmful and potentially deadly product product of the year is clearly sending me the wrong message, what could it be saying to the kids?  They are hearing that a product that is known to be harmful to children gets rewarded for it, that's all.  They don't care how white it makes the whites or how it saved their favorite out fit after they got mustard on it.  Who cares about all that stuff if your too dead to know any of it any way.

TheMotherofAllInvention

The mother of all invention isn't necessity, it's laziness.

by V. Martin copyright 2016

Who ever said necessity is the mother of all inventions wasn't being very honest with themselves.  None of this was necessary, it only became necessary when we became dependent on these inventions.  The only reason for most of them was because the woman went to work leaving no time to beat the rugs, beat the rocks in the stream with dirty laundry, beat the kids when they get out of line, go to the store on a daily basis, teach our children, raise our children, write letters, plow the fields, milk the cows, gather the eggs, feed the chickens, make breakfast, lunch, and dinner all from scratch and with lots of love.  Now, we have vacuum cleaners, dishwashers, food processors, fast food drive thru, pizza delivery, washer & dryers, the internet, and so on.  Heck, we don't even have to leave the house if we don't want to, everything is available on line and will be delivered right to your door.  We've become so lazy all we have to do for entertainment is push a button on our remote(because we can't be bothered with getting up to turn the T.V on) and instant entertainment.  So really, who are we kidding? When was the last time you gathered around a piano and belted out a few jolly tunes? Or when was the last time you played a board game, cards, crocheted, sewed, or any of the things women use to do to pass the time, when they had some.