TLickle Me Elmo

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. consumers were unaware for days that retailers were pulling Elmo, Big Bird and other Mattel Inc. toys from shelves last week because of a potential lead-paint hazard.

Mattel said Wednesday it was recalling 1.5 million Chinese-made toys worldwide because their paint might contain too much lead. Of those, 967,000 were recalled in the United States.


And we'll all miss Thomas the Fatigue-Causing, Test-Score Lowering Tank Engine...

Gosh, how much more proof do YOU need that China is trying to kill us?

Oh, wait, they'll just execute another inspector and everything will be all hunky-dory again. A few pets, a few kids, that's just the hidden cost of Low Low Prices Everyday!!

Elmo sad he toxic