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Sunday, 24 February 2013

Casserole Babies

For dinner today I fancied trying out a sausage casserole mix type thing that had been advertised on TV recently.  In order to make it you need the usual ingredients; water, onions, mushrooms, and sausages of course.
Whilst preparing the ingredients I became interested in what was written on the back of the packet (other than the instructions).
There is a warning towards the bottom that says 'To avoid suffocation keep away from babies and children'.  This was referring to the plastic bag that came with the packet.  I realise this is a very practical warning and should be taken very seriously, however, to someone like myself, who takes a rather skewed view on most things, I considered the warning and began to think of other ways in which this could be interpreted. 
For example, what if you were to take the view that the warning might suggest not giving the bag to a child in case they decide to suffocate you with it instead of themselves (not that I'd wish that on any child).  Just supposing you have a rather demonstrative child who likes to inflict pain on others for the sheer fun of it (kids like that do exist).
Or, the other way to look at it might be that its a good idea to stay away from children in general in case they bring about a sudden loss of breath (not entirely, just asthma symptoms or hyperventilation).  I found myself in just that situation last week.  Well, almost, it was more like exasperation.  A colleague of mine has just become a grand mother for the I don't know how manyth time, and she insisted on showing me pictures of him.  I am indifferent to children to say the least, and I don't have any of my own (that i know of!) However, I am one of those people that babies generally seem to cry around, so avoiding them (with or without bags) is done at all costs.

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