Easy Bake Ovens- Fun Toy or Darwin Award Candidate?
One of my favorite childhood toys was the infamous Easy Bake Oven. Incidentally, it fetched $4.00 at a garage sale in 1983.
I loved that I could make fresh baked brownies with nothing more than a pre-made mix, a splash of water and a 60watt bulb. Martha who I say?
Today I learned the Easy Bake Oven is being recalled because children’s fingers could be trapped and cause burns.
Are you serious? First of all, if your kid is ‘curious’ enough to stick his/her meaty paws in the pass through before the 10 minute cooking time it up, they deserve to get burned. By the way, when in the past 30 years, has there been a change to the Easy Bake Oven design except it that it may be safer to use?
I say if your stupid kid sticks his fingers in the tiny oven opening with an illuminated heat producing agent on the other side, the problem does not lie with the Easy Bake Oven design.
I see a Darwin Winner in the making!
Comments
Harsh but true.
We should let children learn their own lessons from time to time and not feel the need to sue/protect them from 60w bulbs.
If it's hot: don't touch it!