Slog - Comments on The High Cost of Making Cupcakes http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes For the second time this year, toy-maker Hasbro is recalling Easy-Bake Ovens due to reports of kids getting their fingers caught in them, and sometimes suffering burns, some of them severe. There have been 249 reports of children getting their hands or fingers caught, including 77 reports of burns, 16 of which were reported as second and third-degree burns. There was one report of a burn serious enough to require a partial finger amputation to a 5-year-old girl. Approximately 1 million ovens are affected. Via CBS... Copyright 2008 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:14:59 -0800 Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:23:10 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Mayor Greg Nickkkels Due to the obvious threat posed by cupcakes to the citizenry of Seattle, I have asked the City Council to introduce legislation licensing the manufacture of small, baked cakes, and have asked the Department of Health to revoke the licenses of all existing cupcake makers in the City of Seattle (especially chocolate ones).

I representative of my office will be around to confiscate all existing cupcake stockpiles in the immediate future; they will be disposed of in a proper manner.

]]> Mayor Greg Nickkkels http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766145 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766145 Chow Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:37:59 -0800 Comment by monkey Because nothing says "yum" like baking a cupcake for 3 hours with a 100 watt lightbulb.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766152 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766152 Chow Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:50:44 -0800 Comment by Original Monique "If A + B + C is less than the cost of a recall, we don't do one."

"Which company do you work for?"

"A major one."


]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766159 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766159 Chow Thu, 19 Jul 2007 12:54:18 -0800 Comment by zilch boo hoo, a partially amputated FINGER??

that's nothing compared to the time i got stretch armstrong wrapped around my wang the wrong way and the dog pulled on it too hard.

my first emergency room visit, circa 1977.

they just don't make kids toys like they used to.

]]> zilch http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766168 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766168 Chow Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:05:57 -0800 Comment by Jim Morrison Why don't they do a nationwide recall of doors? Robby Krieger, Ray Manzarek, and John Densmore all agree. More kids get their fingers and other appendages messed up by swinging doors. Ban them now! Far more dangerous than some stupid box with a lightbulb.

]]> Jim Morrison http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766190 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766190 Chow Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:36:55 -0800 Comment by Jake of 8bitjoystick.com Hey you got to break a few eggs if you want to make a cupcake!

]]> Jake of 8bitjoystick.com http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766192 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766192 Chow Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:37:37 -0800 Comment by keshmeshi @4,

Is there a right way to get stretch armstrong wrapped around your wang?


But seriously, those injuries are nothin' compared to what could have happened in a real kitchen.

]]> keshmeshi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766205 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766205 Chow Thu, 19 Jul 2007 13:53:37 -0800 Comment by fun shaped Easy Bake Oven made me gay when I was a kid.

They should recall them for THAT.

]]> fun shaped http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766214 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766214 Chow Thu, 19 Jul 2007 14:22:51 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Dear Upset Seattleite:

I have been trying to use my easy bake oven with a lightbulb, but my 6 watt Compact Flourescent Lightbulb won't bake my cupcakes and my friends and stuffed animals all get sick when they eat them.

What should I do?

Signed, Code Pink

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766298 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766298 Chow Thu, 19 Jul 2007 15:35:04 -0800 Comment by Dougsf Has the Easy Bake Oven become way more intense over the years, or is this really the big-stupid-baby world we live in? I bet 75% of those injuries were a result of the classic childhood game of "hey, see how long you can do that before it hurts", anyhow.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766326 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766326 Chow Thu, 19 Jul 2007 16:13:59 -0800 Comment by lawrence clark Code Pink @9, try a 100 watt incandescent light bulb. They give off more heat than the florescent ones do. And, uhh, if your stuffed animals are getting sick, you should consider giving up acid.

]]> lawrence clark http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766484 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/07/the_high_cost_of_making_cupcakes#c766484 Chow Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:23:10 -0800