Non-Flamable Toy (Warning: Flamable)
Categories: EntertainmentPosted on Monday, June 12, 2006 by Jon Emmons
This is the box to one of my favorite desk toys, the “Happy Drinking Bird”. These retro toys are available in some independent science stores or online through Edmund Scientific.
The drinking bird is the unofficial mascot of Life After Coffee (The Luwak is the official mascot) however its packaging seems just a little uncertain on the topic of flammability.
The image below has not been edited other than to add the red underline.
Given that they used to fill these with Freon the methelene chloride must be an improvement, regardless of flammability.
For more drinking and bobbing action check out Daniel Reynold’s giant drinking birds
June 14th, 2006 at 9:15 am
The packaging is also a little uncertain about the bird’s gender which I find amusing. Okay, I find their efforts to add the “he/she” to the package the amusing part…
January 8th, 2007 at 9:26 am
I guess it is a sign of the times. When I was a kid the drinking bird was not transgendered.
January 8th, 2007 at 5:22 pm
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