Comments on: Tylenol, Tampons & Other Famous Product Recalls

By: Megan

Megan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 20:22:02 +0000

I think Shannon is a tampon.

By: TheBear

TheBear — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:25:17 +0000

I think Shannon’s post was a poor attempt at humour, perhaps a commentary on the closed mindedness of some right wing Americans, but I don’t think it went off very well.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:51:23 +0000

Wow Shannon! I think you really need to calm down. First of all, I’m assuming you are a female given the name you provided. So, you know that a tampon is in fact used by women to absorb the flow of menstruation, which happens to come from the vagina. So, I really don’t see any problem with how this article was written, is it not how your doctor talks to you about your body?

Second, you just made yourself sound like a close-minded naive “american” who judges based on names. I’m very appalled by your ridiculous comments about someone you obviously know nothing about, and I request that in the future, you keep your degrading comments to yourself.

If there should be any increase to the editing/proofreading it should be against comments such as yours!

Keep up the good work Mental Floss!

By: Susan

Susan — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:29:39 +0000

My first thought was that Shannon’s post must be a joke. Then I began to fear that it isn’t. I’m astounded that someone would be offended by the use of proper anatomical terminology, not to mention the racism inherent in the rest of the post.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 18:20:19 +0000

Mangesh,
Obviously this post was offensive to some. What offended me was the personal attack on you. I hope that Shannon’s tirade does not taint your view of humanity. There are some folks out there that are just plain out there. Keep up the great work!

By: Shannon

Shannon — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 13:37:08 +0000

!!!COMPLAINT TO THE OWNERS OF THIS SITE!!!

Do you people allow crass, potty-mouthed, G-dless people like this â€˜Ethan Trexâ€™ to post whatever he likes without first CHECKING to see what he writes? Is there no PROOF READING or EDITORS on this site?

This is an educational family site and yet when I come here to read about things, I see mentions of feminine hygiene products BY NAME (t**pon!!) and female body parts (v***na!!) without editing!

THIS IS DISGUSTING AND YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED! But what else could we expect from an AMERICAN publication left in the hands of G-dless people with names like â€˜Mangesh.â€™

Do we as G-d-fearing AMERICANS even sell our basic decency and e-magazines to heathen-filled PAKISTAN now??

Please review your hiring policies and not just get better writers, but better editors too!! Perhaps sell the magazine to some AMERICANS so that this kind of horror NEVER happens again!!

By: crocostimpy

crocostimpy — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:51:22 +0000

@EMS

When you’re right you’re right.

By: Justin

Justin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 05:14:32 +0000

I remember the big Ford/Firestone recall. I think it was around ’00 or ’01. Ford and Firestone had a long relationship, going back to the days of Henry Ford. All Explorers, which were selling like hotcakes at the time, were equipped with Firestone tires. They found out the the treads were separating, causing tire disintegration, and possibly leading to vehicle rollovers. Ford had to replace millions of tires, and each company blamed the other as to whom was at fault.

If I remember correctly, it a huge deal. The CEO of Ford at the time was fired, and both Ford and Bridgestone struggled for the next few years. It’s amazing that Ford was the only American car company that didn’t need a bailout this year!

By: Dorothy

Dorothy — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 20:18:24 +0000

I sure miss those Rely tampons. They were great!

By: TheBear

TheBear — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:05:57 +0000

You call the result of the Tylenol incident a benefit to us? I beg to differ. Back before 1982 we could open any product we pleased, just open the cap and take a drink, a pill, whatever.

Now, nearly ALL products have “tamper resistant” packaging where you need a knife and an engineering degree to get the think completely off.

Give me back my ketchup the way it was and I’ll take my chances, thanks.