Comments on: “Childproofing The World: How Much is Too Much?”

By: Fubar

Fubar — Thu, 22 Aug 2013 01:09:36 +0000

Or nearly a century ago, Arthur Guiterman’s “Strictly Germ-proof” —

THE Antiseptic Baby and the Prophylactic Pup
Were playing in the garden when the Bunny gamboled up;
They looked upon the Creature with a loathing undisguised;—
It wasn’t Disinfected and it wasn’t Sterilized.

They said it was a Microbe and a Hotbed of Disease;
They steamed it in a vapor of a thousand-odd degrees;
They froze it in a freezer that was cold as Banished Hope
And washed it in permanganate with carbolated soap.
. . .

The entire poem is at Bartleby:

http://www.bartleby.com/104/50.html

By: anonymous

anonymous — Wed, 21 Aug 2013 15:38:32 +0000

obligatory Onion reference: Earth To Be Made Child-Safe News • children • ISSUE 30•06 • Sep 18, 1996 NEW YORK—Under heavy pressure from safety-conscious parents groups around the world, the U.N. General Assembly approved a plan yesterday to make the earth child-safe by the year 2000. Renamed the Sportin' Kids Family Fun Play Globe, the planet will be biologically and topographically overhauled to provide youngsters worldwide with a safe, unimposing, family-oriented environment full of colorful, round-edged objects and plush items. read the whole thing at www.theonion.com/articles/earth-to-be-made-childsafe,1088/