Sunday, April 17, 2011

The irony (x 2) of a free handout at a YMCA safe kids fair

Above is a pill toy. This was given to children with the message: Use only as directed. That is correct, a 4" x 1.5" soft, squishy pill toy was given by the county's human services department to elementary-aged children so they know not to play with pills.

This is like giving a toy gun to kids so they won't play with guns. Or handing brass knuckles out at an anti-bullying rally. A little ironic.

The second thing I noticed deals with the name of the county department that sponsored these toys: Weber Human Services Prevention. No colon, no hyphen or any punctuation between "Weber Human Services" and "Prevention". Therefore, based on my understanding of the English language, this department is established to prevent human services within the county of Weber.

This time release capsule toy may be more of a PR time bomb.
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  1. Pyper NicholesApril 17, 2011 at 6:05 PM

    That is hilarious! I laughed out loud at both of your points. Maybe I can play with the pill toy, while I & I come to their piano lessons with their germ toys :)

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