Mr. Yuck

[mikenycLI]

I don't know what happened. In our day, a little kid just knew better. Kids are stupid today.

Grant, I don't care what day you're thinking of, but small children don't know the difference. A 2 year old in 1960 was just as "stupid" as a 2 year old in 2003. "This will rot your insides" means nothing to a little kid.

Emergency rooms are filled with idiots who use Sunlight dishwashing liquid as lemonade flavoring. People today don't read, they don't listen, and their comprehension skills are non-existient.

Children that young simply don't have such skills, period. You think a 2 year old is going to read a warning label?

What the hell is wrong with people?

What's wrong with being 2 years old?

I don't think some of you get it. Little kids don't know what's bad for them - why would they? They have to be taught. Things like Mr. Yuck stickers help them learn. "If you see this sticker, don't touch." Pretty simple.

Luke,

Grant and I realize they are children, but we are speaking, about the Moron Parents. Where are they when their kid is doing all of this, and what are they teaching them when they are, supposedly, in their supervision and care ?

It's called Neglect.

[mikenycLI]

I guess everyone figures, SOMEONE or SOMETHING else, will do their thinking for them. That's why "thinking for one's self", is so out of fashion.
Why should they ?

How is putting a sticker on poisons to keep kids from drinking them "doing their thinking for them"? The whole point is it's making them think.

I suppose child proof caps also do children's thinking for them?

As far as thinking for yourself being out of fashion, I really don't know what you mean. That's one of the big things they teach you in school - be yourself, don't just follow what everybody else does.

It's ok to "be yourself", but a child isn't capable to be self-reliant enough at that age to make their own decisions....ABOUT ANYTHING.

They need...supervision, not freedom, to be themselves. In fact, they're not even looking for freedom of self-expression....they want discipline, and they either gravitate towards someone in their life who will give it to them, or they will be "expressing themselves" with anti-social behavior.

[lukpac]

Apparently you've never spent any amount of time raising small children. It's very easy to say "I'll never take my eye off my kid", but in reality, that's not the way it works. I don't care if you're the best parent in the world - even if you're with them, you still don't have your eye on your kid all the time. Kids get into trouble. That's what they do best.

I find it a bit amusing that some older folks like to say "back in my day, we didn't need all this protection", yet the same protection is seen as an "easy way out" and not enough. Which is it?

I don't care which way you look at it - Mr. Yuck was designed to HELP CHILDREN. How can that not be a good thing?

[Grant]

I don't know what happened. In our day, a little kid just knew better. Kids are stupid today.

Grant, I don't care what day you're thinking of, but small children don't know the difference. A 2 year old in 1960 was just as "stupid" as a 2 year old in 2003. "This will rot your insides" means nothing to a little kid.

Emergency rooms are filled with idiots who use Sunlight dishwashing liquid as lemonade flavoring. People today don't read, they don't listen, and their comprehension skills are non-existient.

Children that young simply don't have such skills, period. You think a 2 year old is going to read a warning label?

What the hell is wrong with people?

What's wrong with being 2 years old?

I don't think some of you get it. Little kids don't know what's bad for them - why would they? They have to be taught. Things like Mr. Yuck stickers help them learn. "If you see this sticker, don't touch." Pretty simple.

Luke,

When I was growing up, you just didn't hear about such things, and you never knew people who did this. The tip-off to any harmful chemical should be the smell. Our sence of smell is there to tell us when something may not be edible. For some reason, kids who consume harmful chemicals aren't heeding our natural defense mechanism. These same kids turn into adults who should know better to not use dishwashing liquid for lemonade. This is different than the stupid teen who looks for a high by drinking antifreeze.

My mother worked as a nurse in a hospital emergency room all through the 60s and part of the 70s. She never saw this stuff come in. She did see much stranger behavior when she worked in the OB-OYN clinic, like grown adults not knowing where to put the penis in order for the woman to get pregnant. I'm not kidding!

[Ron]

I suppose child proof caps also do children's thinking for them?

I think you hit on it. It's possible the Mr. Yuck sticker [now a copy-righted signature, BTW] was replaced by child-proof containers and simply became obsolescent.

[lukpac]

When I was growing up, you just didn't hear about such things, and you never knew people who did this.

I had never heard about anal sex growing up, but that doesn't mean it wasn't going on.

The tip-off to any harmful chemical should be the smell.

Well, not every harmful chemical smells bad. And some may be perfectly safe for older people or in small amounts. Two asprin is good for an adult, but 10 isn't good for a kid. What difference do they know? It looks like (and sometimes *tastes* like) candy.

You keep bringing up dishwashing liquid. That smells good, does it not? I don't think that's very good for you...

[Grant]

Well, not every harmful chemical smells bad. And some may be perfectly safe for older people or in small amounts. Two asprin is good for an adult, but 10 isn't good for a kid. What difference do they know? It looks like (and sometimes *tastes* like) candy.

You keep bringing up dishwashing liquid. That smells good, does it not? I don't think that's very good for you...

Sure dishwashing smells good, but it's a different type of smell that doesn't say, taste me.

Well, I must have been an unusual kid because I didn't touch the medicine bottles. My folks tell me I didn't. When I could remember as a little kid, I played in the kitchen, but even then I knew better!

[Rspaight]

I can proudly report I drank a whole bottle of Listerine as a tyke (this was in the early 70s). What the hell was wrong with me?

Ryan

[Ron]

Was that before they introduced the new, good-tasting minty flavor?

[Rspaight]

Oh, way before. It was the gold-colored stuff, back when it still came in a big glass bottle, which came packaged in a cardboard tube. Mmmmmm.

Ryan

[lukpac]

A few things:

- some items (bleach comes to mind) still don't have childproof caps

- Mr. Yuck is still used by many poison control agencies

- a cousin of a friend of mine drank a half gallon of gasoline as a youngster.

[Ron]

Let's see . . . a whole bottle of original flavor Listerine. A half gallon of gasoline. Whole bottle of original flavor Listerine. Half gallon of gasoline. Hmmm. Tough call.

[Rspaight]

Two great tastes that taste great together.

Ryan

[mikenycLI]

Does ANYONE know who Mr. Yuck was created by...and do they get a fee for it's use ?

[mikenycLI]

Does ANYONE know who Mr. Yuck was created by...and do they get a fee for it's use ?

Here's the link...

http://www.entnet.org/museum/funfact6.cfm