Comments | anahata56: "Put down that PB& J and back away with your hands up.!"

anahata56

"Put down that PB& J and back away with your hands up.!"

Jan 24, 2009 12:38

More lunacy from Junkfood Science here.

Is it me, or is this insanity?

Although, if kids aren't allowed to bring anything but stuffed celery to school (NO PEANUT BUTTER!!! IT'S POISON!!!!), it's gonna be a whole lot harder to be the kid that everyone wants to be friends with because he always brings the Twinkies ( Read more... )

nanny state, food, schools, head splody

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captain_phil January 24 2009, 18:18:30 UTC

I remember when peanut butter was served at schools for lunch, now schools are "nut free zones". I guess I was part of the last generation to enjoy a peanut butter sandwich with chili.

anahata56 January 25 2009, 14:35:36 UTC

We can only HOPE that the schools are "nut free zones".

From what I can recall, most of the nuts were in front of the class, writing on the blackboard.

When Twinkies are outlawed, only outlaws will have Twinkies.. captain_phil January 25 2009, 16:16:17 UTC

There were quite a few nuts in front of the class when I was in school.... and then there was the guidance department... sheesh

siliconshaman January 24 2009, 18:26:09 UTC

Okayyyy.. and this is teaching the kids what exactly?

Because somehow I do not think the message they're pushing is limited to healthy eating...

anahata56 January 25 2009, 14:36:03 UTC

That was my first thought.

popfiend January 24 2009, 20:57:53 UTC

Amen.

anahata56 January 25 2009, 14:41:51 UTC

God, yanno, what did we do to stay alive before the government thought to step in to keep us from killing ourselves?

jaxomsride January 25 2009, 00:09:57 UTC

So it's no longer a case of "Let them eat cake ( ... )

anahata56 January 25 2009, 14:37:12 UTC

I think that what this is teaching, more than anything, is state-sanctioned eating disorders.

Goodness knows, the world could do with more anorexia, right?

styggian_nights January 25 2009, 05:14:09 UTC

Heh, Peanut butter and jelly sandwiches should be banned because they're gross, not because peanuts are poison :p

anahata56 January 25 2009, 14:39:38 UTC

I love peanut butter and jelly sandwiches!

And considering that peanut butter has been used as a food to feed starving/malnourished children, due to it's high protein content, I think that the fact that it has been banned in a lot of schools is a little screwed up, especially considering the fact that I have yet, in my whole 52 years, to meet anyone who is actually allergic to peanuts.

styggian_nights January 25 2009, 15:59:01 UTC

I have never liked peanut butter, and I don't like peanuts either. I'm weird it seems.

I have met someone allergic to nuts before, but not specifically peanuts. It's crazy, too, how often the news says people are violently allergic to peanuts. How have these people survived this long if they can go into anaphylactic shock just from being in the same room as someone eating peanut butter? Seriously?

anahata56 January 25 2009, 16:01:56 UTC

I think it's hype, and everyone's buying into it because in a society as litigious as ours is, everyone thinks, "Better safe than sorry".

But it pisses me off that people are worried about kids bringing peanut butter to school or putting peanut butter cookies in a bake sale when there are probably three people in the United States who are allergic to peanut butter.

George Washington Carver is probably rolling in his grave.

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