Why in god's name would you clean your coffee grinder while its still plugged in. This is why we never should have gotten rid of shop class for middle schoolers.

@lockdog:

Exactly what I was wondering.

@lockdog:

I came here to say the exact same thing! I guess common sense isn't all that common anymore.

Warm Biscuit children's pajamas failure to meet flammability standards - Best named product recall of the year.

@lockdog: For the same reason that you would use a knive to remove that pesky toaster pastry from your toaster that was still plugged in...because it is too inconvenient to unplug the appliance.

@Rachacha: O.o I unplug all of my appliances (the little ones anyway) when I'm not using them. This is scary. But people shouldn't be doing that anyway.

@Wrathernaut: No! The "Bugaboo" child-killing strollers! "Bugaboo," really?? Doesn't anyone own a dictionary around here?

Shout out to Eisenstein there... gotta love it!

Meanwhile, how come being an infant/child is still so dangerous?

@Wrathernaut: [lauriebird.com]

@Wrathernaut:
That was my first thought too!

@lockdog: No one said it had to be plugged in ...

(Idea for a Twilight Zone episode?)

What amazed me is how expensive the bugaboo strollers are.

$659 for a stroller that looks like it's worth about $100. Now it's getting recalled.

@mariospants: Yeah, good choice on the pic!

Bugaboo Strollers = overpriced hooey for status-conscious parents. And now we learn they can kill the kid, too.

.... O_o ....
Starbucks coffee grinders, eh? sweet.. at least I came out of this w/ all of my fingers still attached. yay... good times

*yes, I turn it off first* Still, not too fun to think of. And with this talk of them being mechanical-ZOMBIES after all...

Good thing I sold all my fingers to pay for my morning Starbucks for the past two weeks!

How do I tell if I have a Finger Grinder? I threw the box away over a year ago and none of the numbers on the bottom of the grinder look like they are the SKU.

*Always* unplug a grinder before cleaning it. If the plug isn't conveniently located for unplugging, then relocate the plug. It's not worth the chance.

I have some friends that work in some top-notch coffee shops, and this is like the first rule for cleaning grinders. They're dangerous.

@ElizabethD: Darwinism works!

@awgy: Aw, c'mon. It's just a high-torque electric motor directly attached to a couple high-speed rotating knives.

What could possibly go wrong?

@YarrrSquiddy: Only turning it off first doesn't always work, that's kind of the whole point of the recall....

This is why we never should have gotten rid of shop class for middle schoolers.

@lockdog: I didn't get to take shop in middle school. :(

@cordeliapotter: what with the maggot-infested side of beef scene, Consumerist could likely find a Battleship Potempkin scene for almost any post!

@lockdog: I wondered this as well... =\

I love how much Bugaboo charges for a stroller. Perhaps a new brake job should cost about $300. I'm sure people would pay it if they were told to do so.

@starrion:
Cripes, can't you get an abortion for a lot less than that?

@CFinWV: @pecan 3.14159265: My guess is that the location of the switch to activate the motor is in a position that accidently gets pressed when cleaning the machine. I doubt that it automatically starts running while you're cleaning it. Otherwise, the grinder would be running at other times too.

@mariospants: April Fool's Day 2010, here we come!

LOL @ Warm Biscuit childrens' pajamas. They don't meet flammability standards? That's a real surprise. Maybe they need more butter.

Remember, if you dress your kid in these pajamas, do not attempt to actually cook, no matter how cute you think having you child look like the Pillsbury Dough Boy would be.

@Laura Northrup: It's almost too bad there isn't a mortified child strapped into that bugaboo. Would that have been over the top? Yeah, it might.

@ElizabethD: So the fact that I find it highly functional is hooey?

@Veeber: Also this is a recall on one model (The Bee). The other two models do not appear to have the same problem.

@Rectilinear Propagation: I did (9-10 years ago), 7th and 8th grade, and it was offered in high school, too. :D We made race cars and I still have a shelf I made up on the wall in my living room.

@Veeber:

No, not that; the fact that you paid hundreds of dollars extra for something that is as highly functional as, say, a Graco model without the Bugaboo cachet is hooey. I guess they marketed to the right demographic in your case.

Pajamas that meet flammability standards for children's sleepwear are often unpleasantly synthetic to wear and to smell, even after repeated laudering. I used to cheat by buying the close-fitting 100% cotton knit longjohns and matching tops from Sara's Prints and Hanna Andersson (on sale! not full price!) for my kids when they were young. Comfortable, extremely durable, and highly unlikely to catch fire from gas stove, etc., since they had no droop or swirl to them. Does this make me a bad mom? (The kids are ages 17-23 now so clearly it worked out OK for us.)

I have this grinder and occasionally it doesn't turn OFF unless I unplug it.

@lockdog: And Home Ec. All students in my middle school had to take shop & home ec, and we learned a lot of useful life skills. Common sense safety with equipment and preventing fires was emphasized in both.

@awgy: Looking at the photo of the grinder, for a moment it seemed that it didn't plug in. I've never heard of a battery-powered grinder, but there's a lot of new fangled stuff that goes right over my head.

The CPSC photo seems to show that there is a plug, but the wiring is just wrapped behind the grinder. But it made me think that a battery-powered grinder had the potential to be really bad news.

@oneandone: It's made in China! Just sayin'

But it could be battery operated. Haven't you seen "City Slickers"?

I wish my grinder had that problem. Mine is some annoying safety-nanny version that you have to stand there holding down the "grind" button the entire time. That, along with the fact it's as loud as a lawnmower and spits out about a tablespoon of coffee an hour is definitely making it garage sale fodder.

@ElizabethD: No - it does not make you a bad mom. Carters sells pajamas that are 100% cotton without the flame retardant. You just have to make sure that they fit your child snugly (don't buy the next size up). Truthfully, I always wondered why non-flammable pajamas were such a big deal anyway. I just keep my kids away from open flames and the threat of combustion goes away.

wait. your supposed to clean your coffee grinder?

@Wombatish: Oh really? I had written that to stave off the inevitable "you should turn if off first", but hey - why not. I read the cpsc.gov product recall notice and it did not explicitly state that they go into grind mode when unplugged.

@Kimaroo: I don't think it matters. They were able to verify it from some info on the grinder. Actually, it is almost like every blade grinder of theirs out there is covered. It was a fairly painless process. Friendly rep, will be getting an email with a prepaid label. Worse part is you have to provide the box and be without a grinder for up to 8 weeks.

@Kimaroo: just in case you might have one:KEEP YER FINGERS OUT OF THE DAMN THING!