10 kids drink windshield wiper fluid at daycare

**Jester** · 03-13-2009, 09:47 PM

As much as I hate when people stereotype me for being a Christian Conservative from Arkansas, but seriously, ONLY IN FREAKIN' ARKANSAS!

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LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Hospital officials say 10 children drank windshield wiper fluid after a staffer at Arkansas daycare center mistook the liquid for Kool-Aid.

Hilary DeMillo, a spokeswoman at Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, says one of the 10 children who drank the fluid Thursday afternoon is still hospitalized Friday morning.

Pediatric pharmacologist and toxicologist Laura James says the child's blood samples had high levels of methanol, which can cause blindness.

James tells The Associated Press that the daycare staffer put the windshield wiper fluid in a refrigerator accidentallly after a shopping trip. Doctors estimate the children, ages 2 to 7, each drank about an ounce of the fluid before realizing what it was.

Julie Munsell, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Human Services, says child welfare officials planned to visit the Scott community daycare Friday. Munsell did not know the name of the daycare.

*Voltron* · 03-13-2009, 10:49 PM

Arkansasians have been drinking wiper fluid for generations and have turned out almost fine each time. That's why they want science out of school. Math, too. 2+2=God. Makes sense to me! Pass the pool shock, Jimbo!

**ThirdMarioBro** · 03-13-2009, 11:37 PM

*looks at birth certificate & sees Little Rock Arkansas*

*sticks head in sand*

STOP LOOKING AT ME!

**Jester** · 03-13-2009, 11:42 PM

S'alright TMB, I spent most of my formative years here...and am still here.

I'm such a hypocrite.

I loathe, like I said, people assuming I'm an inbred idiot for living here, but I look around me and all I see are inbred idiots.

*Voltron* · 03-14-2009, 01:05 AM

If I may hop off topic for awhile, and this is in no way meant to be facetious: I've been impressed with the progress you've made in your written vocabulary. Two years ago, on IRC, you'd make me cringe with your misspellings and improper grammar. Now you're one of the most eloquent speakers on here, J. Good show.

*shuriken* · 03-14-2009, 01:14 AM

That's pretty screwed up dude...
Poor kids. Windshield wiper fluid? In the fridge, I mean c'mon, that's pretty negligent.Freaking staffer probably put it in a Kool-Aid container too...

**Jester** · 03-14-2009, 12:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Voltron

If I may hop off topic for awhile, and this is in no way meant to be facetious: I've been impressed with the progress you've made in your written vocabulary. Two years ago, on IRC, you'd make me cringe with your misspellings and improper grammar. Now you're one of the most eloquent speakers on here, J. Good show.

Thankfully, my browser has spell check.

*Candy Kappa* · 03-14-2009, 03:12 PM

MMMmmm... windshield wiper fluids

*Aelia* · 03-14-2009, 05:01 PM

Well, at least it wasn't coolant.

Ginny · 03-14-2009, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Jester

I loathe, like I said, people assuming I'm an inbred idiot for living here, but I look around me and all I see are inbred idiots.

I can empathize, living in WV. I'm so glad I live close to and work in Pittsburgh. Not that Pittsburgh is culture center, but at least there is way more to do than go cow-tipping.

Type 97 Chi-ha · 03-14-2009, 11:14 PM

Before you stereotype about stupid Southerners, I remember a letter written to "Dear Abby" many years ago when a woman wrote that her grandson was hospitalized because he drank some toxic household chemical, which his mother had put into a pop bottle. I'm not sure where they were, but I'm sure stupidity like that isn't confined to the Deep South.

**ThirdMarioBro** · 03-15-2009, 12:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Jester

I loathe, like I said, people assuming I'm an inbred idiot for living here, but I look around me and all I see are inbred idiots.

...which is why I bailed out of that train wreck of a town (although it looked quite a bit better the last time I was there) and traded the inbred idiots of Little Rock, Arkansas (present company excluded of course

)for the "Ford truck lovin' to compensate for their small penis" macho men of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

*Buslady* · 03-15-2009, 08:40 PM

i guess nobody can read lables...wouldn't it say "Windshield Washer Fluid"?

*Aelia* · 03-15-2009, 08:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Buslady

i guess nobody can read lables...wouldn't it say "Windshield Washer Fluid"?

Not unless it was in a pitcher...for some reason.

*Drtooth* · 03-16-2009, 01:19 PM

Deep South, Schmeep South... this kind of stupidity could have happened anywhere. Kids drinks are the same color as wiper fluid.... the same grotesque neon blue and orange colors.

*Ninjinister* · 03-16-2009, 01:21 PM

So none of the kids took a sip and realized that it tasted worse than s***?

*BubblyShell22* · 03-16-2009, 02:47 PM

And why would anyone be stupid enough to put wiper fluid in a pitcher? Shouldn't you leave it in the container it came in? This stunt could've happened anywhere in the U.S. People can be so stupid.

*Spike Spiegel* · 03-16-2009, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

So none of the kids took a sip and realized that it tasted worse than s***?

I really can't understand that one...how dumb do you have to be to drink something that obviously tastes that weird?

Are kids that dumb?! I mean seriously, that doesn't make ANY sense.

*Buslady* · 03-17-2009, 09:21 AM

not just taste, the SMELL...
if it's got ammonia it stinks funny

they just had a segment on the news comparing a drink (blue gatorade), wiper fluid (blue) and soemthing else, i think house hold cleaner....they all looked similar but the gatorade was cloudy looking when the others were clear.

it's sad how cleaning products look like drinks, some vitamins/candy/gum look like some drugs (perscription or not), and such...

CudleyCowlick · 03-18-2009, 03:07 AM

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Originally Posted by The Ninjinister

So none of the kids took a sip and realized that it tasted worse than s***?

It couldn't taste any worse than Kool-Aid or any of that other junk that uneducated hicks give to children.

Besides, we're talking about uneducated hick children, so I'm sure they didn't notice.

03-13-2009, 10:49 PM	#2
Voltron Handsomest Boy in School Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Realm of SJW Posts: 4,642	Arkansasians have been drinking wiper fluid for generations and have turned out almost fine each time. That's why they want science out of school. Math, too. 2+2=God. Makes sense to me! Pass the pool shock, Jimbo! __________________ I AM FOR ACTUAL! . . . and the White Savior. . . and the Right Hand of God. . .

03-13-2009, 11:37 PM	#3
ThirdMarioBro Tea Time! Join Date: Feb 2003 Posts: 8,905	looks at birth certificate & sees Little Rock Arkansas sticks head in sand STOP LOOKING AT ME! __________________

03-13-2009, 11:42 PM	#4
Jester Rat-faced Dude-guy Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Arkansas Posts: 26,301	S'alright TMB, I spent most of my formative years here...and am still here. I'm such a hypocrite. I loathe, like I said, people assuming I'm an inbred idiot for living here, but I look around me and all I see are inbred idiots. __________________ "Clearly, you're Ninja Turtling incorrectly." - Leo656

03-14-2009, 01:05 AM	#5
Voltron Handsomest Boy in School Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: The Realm of SJW Posts: 4,642	If I may hop off topic for awhile, and this is in no way meant to be facetious: I've been impressed with the progress you've made in your written vocabulary. Two years ago, on IRC, you'd make me cringe with your misspellings and improper grammar. Now you're one of the most eloquent speakers on here, J. Good show. __________________ I AM FOR ACTUAL! . . . and the White Savior. . . and the Right Hand of God. . .

03-14-2009, 01:14 AM	#6
shuriken Second City Shinobi Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Chi-town Posts: 4,182	That's pretty screwed up dude... Poor kids. Windshield wiper fluid? In the fridge, I mean c'mon, that's pretty negligent.Freaking staffer probably put it in a Kool-Aid container too... __________________ Some things are better left unsaid. This isn't one of them

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Candy Kappa The Agenda of Existing Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Vikingland Posts: 14,596	MMMmmm... windshield wiper fluids __________________ devianArt Instagram Youtube Tumblr Art Blog Patreon

03-14-2009, 05:01 PM	#9
Aelia Hamfisted Bun Vendor Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Wilmington, NC Posts: 1,582	Well, at least it wasn't coolant.

03-14-2009, 11:14 PM	#11
Type 97 Chi-ha Mad Scientist Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Brookfield, IL Posts: 1,333	Before you stereotype about stupid Southerners, I remember a letter written to "Dear Abby" many years ago when a woman wrote that her grandson was hospitalized because he drank some toxic household chemical, which his mother had put into a pop bottle. I'm not sure where they were, but I'm sure stupidity like that isn't confined to the Deep South.

03-15-2009, 08:40 PM	#13
Buslady WingsOfDarkness! Perkele! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In 7803... Posts: 4,366	i guess nobody can read lables...wouldn't it say "Windshield Washer Fluid"? __________________

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Drtooth Foot Elite Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 4,439	Deep South, Schmeep South... this kind of stupidity could have happened anywhere. Kids drinks are the same color as wiper fluid.... the same grotesque neon blue and orange colors. __________________ [Insert mildly amusing banner here]

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Ninjinister 無問題 Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Moesko Island, WA Posts: 14,348	So none of the kids took a sip and realized that it tasted worse than s***? __________________

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BubblyShell22 Leo-holic Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Indiana Posts: 16,912	And why would anyone be stupid enough to put wiper fluid in a pitcher? Shouldn't you leave it in the container it came in? This stunt could've happened anywhere in the U.S. People can be so stupid.

03-17-2009, 09:21 AM	#19
Buslady WingsOfDarkness! Perkele! Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: In 7803... Posts: 4,366	not just taste, the SMELL... if it's got ammonia it stinks funny they just had a segment on the news comparing a drink (blue gatorade), wiper fluid (blue) and soemthing else, i think house hold cleaner....they all looked similar but the gatorade was cloudy looking when the others were clear. it's sad how cleaning products look like drinks, some vitamins/candy/gum look like some drugs (perscription or not), and such... __________________