Find me someone who can undo a child lock and Iâll find you a Houdini in the making
Why...
Do I need the dexterity of a safe cracker to open a jar of vitamins? I am always amazed at Health and Safetyâs belief in the stupidity of others. Of course dangerous things should be kept away from the vulnerable. And that includes some parents from kids. Why should responsibility and common sense be the albatross around Proctor and Gambleâs neck? I was at a dinner party recently and instead of after dinner games like Ibble Dibble or Are you there Moriarty?, we were presented with the challenge of trying to open a box of washing pods. Impossible. Perhaps colouring them like sweets is not super smart but youâd need a mouth like Julia Robertâs to actually eat one. A) just keep box away from kids, B) give them a huge telling off if they try to even reach for them and, C) explain they taste yuck. Give them a tablespoon of mustard if they donât believe you. Tough lessons worked on every generation back to the dawn of civilisation. Whether it was... âDonât kick a sleeping saber tooth tiger,â Or âNever wear a black conical hat and talk to your cat in front of the Inquisition,â up to Donât lick the plug socket!  It was pretty simple. If you did, the consequences were your own fault. Nowadays itâs never your fault, even if you are as thick as a whale omelette. Accidents are never caused by kids because no one told them not to... put the cat in the microwave to dry it, not to get stuck toast out of a live toaster with a fork or jump off the roof using a plastic bag as a parachute.
