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My son got a playmobil pirateship for his birthday from his classmates.
In the manual it says:
"WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD"
"Small parts. Not for children under 3 years."
Below the warning it says:
"Ne concerne que les USA"[1]
This made me chuckle a bit, but raises so many questions at the same time. 
[1]translation : Only concerns the USA
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What's concern is that we want children to play as pirates.
In the future will they sell terrorist play set? Maybe Brussels play set with spring loaded exploder 
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I assume you meant that as a joke, but personally I'm not that amused by it.
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It's not funny. Pirates are glorified for some inexplicable reason by Hollywood and apparently even by Disney. When I was a kid, being called a pirate was an insult[^]. 
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Oh, the good old days! Nowadays, at least here in Sweden, they have edited the new releases of Tintin and taken out Captain Haddocks swearing. It's not PC enough here... 
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It's because politicians The Pirate Party
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Did you know pirates wore eye patches so they could see in the dark?
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chriselst wrote: Did you know pirates wore eye patches so they could see in the dark?
Er .. I think you'll find it's a little more nuanced than that!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Not that much - they wore them over a "healthy" eye. So when they swapped from outside to in, they swapped eyes with the patch and could still see well.
IIRC Mythbusters tried it.
That they did, matey! : mythbusters pirate special- 8 - YouTube[^]
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Arr, Jim lad! It's just I didn't want anyone to go away with the impression that it was the patch itself that enabled you to see in the dark. Ridiculous as that would be you just never know!
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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To err is human.
To Arrr! is Pirate!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I saw it on Duck Quacks Don't Echo this week.
6 people in bright sunshine put into a dark crypt full of shite and told to get to the other side of it.
Those with the eye patch trick went pretty much straight through, those without bumped into everything and took several minutes more.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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the USA also ban Kinder eggs[^] because it contains a small toy with small parts.
(my take on it) The reason is that if a child chokes on a small part, then the company will get sued.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Kinder Eggs when they used to contain a series of small parts were not for children, they were for happy students (read happy as drunk, stoned or medicated) 
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Not just students - I had a complete set of the Penguins!
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Ohh Good, thought I was the only adult who still bought 'em! 
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I pretended to buy them for my daughter.
(The trick was that the ones with penguins in were heavier than the other ones)
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You can still buy nearly the exact same thing in the states. Instead of just having the toy inside the egg ready to be swallowed by some ravenous overweight toddler, the toy is inside a plastic egg, which is inside the chocolate egg.
I don't actually think the problem is so much that the toy isn't protected, it's that parents in the states give their kids so much candy (compared to Europe, anyway) that the little fatties just stuff it in their gob without paying attention.
Of course in my opinion, putting inedible things inside of edible things is just asking for disaster anyway... If you've ever found an accidental bone shard in a sausage, you know what I'm talking about.
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I used to hate those threepenny bits in christmas cakes.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Well - if one "Drills Down", an interesting alert I find on USA products, such as paints, adhesives, and many other items:
WARNING: This product contains chemicals known to the State of California to cause cancer and birth defects or other reproductive harm. (wikipeida[^])
Fortunately, I don't live in California and it's apparently much safer where I live.
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The state of California knows this, no matter where you live. It's not their fault that your government suspects nothing
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If it's made for sale in the US, it should also have a warning saying "Caution: Item will be hot if heated in an oven or microwave oven"
If not, it's gonna take them completely by surprise, and they WILL sue Playmobil! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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People will sue Playmobil regardless, the the US, litigation is considered a sport that everyone can play.
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True, I didn't think of that! 
Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
Anonymous
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The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
Winston Churchill, 1944
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I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
Me, all the time
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Fun Fact of the Day, my Facebook is set to Pirate English
Rules for the FOSW ![ ^]
if(this.signature != "")
{
MessageBox.Show("This is my signature: " + Environment.NewLine + signature);
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("404-Signature not found");
}
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