Did that get your attention? I hope so! This is serious business here! Of course the Surgeon General hasn't probably given this particular health issue much thought, so I am taking matters into my own hands to give the warning to all five people that read this blog!
Bobbing for Apples is hazardous to your health!!!
Shouldn't everyone know this already? Of course they should! But is bobbing for apples still a routinely practiced ritual during Halloween/Harvest time? Unfortunately...Yes! I guess its frightening enough to fit right in with Halloween.
I remember they bobbed for apples when I was in Kindergarten (back when everyone dressed up for Halloween and paraded around school) and I got in trouble because I wouldn't bob for fear of ruining my wonder woman tiara. (Cardboard and tinfoil just wouldn't hold up you know!) I have never liked bobbing for apples since that experience. And if you really think about it...
Here are some of the reasons that you should never EVER bob for apples!
#1. Spit. Bobbing for apples certainly doesn't involve drinking or swallowing the water until you can get to the apples. No its more of a gargling, rinsing of the mouth and leaving that gargle behind for the next person in line.
#2. It involves your nose. Worse than the spit factor is the fact that bobbing for apples involves shoving your entire face into the water...Which means you get the same rinsing factor in your nose that you do in your mouth. Eeeewwwwwwww.
#3. Okay...So the first two things pretty much cover all that is gross about bobbing for apples. I just felt that it would seem more well rounded to have three good reasons. I guess there is the possibility of getting an apple someone else bit off of in their attempt, which just doesn't compare to the other two in grossness. I suppose you could worry about the possibility of worms or something, but really, spit and things that should remain in the nose are about the worst of it.
Now on to solutions...My husband thinks that apples should be hung from the ceiling by a string and each person just gets their own apple. I think it would be even harder to pin the apple to something when there are no sides...just air...So I thought that wasn't the best idea. I guess it would present an extra element of challenge though.
For parents who think its quaint but don't want to pass around every illness going around town, I recommend each kid having their own container and two or three apples in it and they all bob at the same time. I also recommend a tarp to go underneath wherever they are bobbing. Send all the apples home with whoever contaminated them.
If you are at a party and feel that you must bob...my advice is...Be the first in line, not the last.
Bobbing for Apples is hazardous to your health!!!
Shouldn't everyone know this already? Of course they should! But is bobbing for apples still a routinely practiced ritual during Halloween/Harvest time? Unfortunately...Yes! I guess its frightening enough to fit right in with Halloween.
I remember they bobbed for apples when I was in Kindergarten (back when everyone dressed up for Halloween and paraded around school) and I got in trouble because I wouldn't bob for fear of ruining my wonder woman tiara. (Cardboard and tinfoil just wouldn't hold up you know!) I have never liked bobbing for apples since that experience. And if you really think about it...
Here are some of the reasons that you should never EVER bob for apples!
#1. Spit. Bobbing for apples certainly doesn't involve drinking or swallowing the water until you can get to the apples. No its more of a gargling, rinsing of the mouth and leaving that gargle behind for the next person in line.
#2. It involves your nose. Worse than the spit factor is the fact that bobbing for apples involves shoving your entire face into the water...Which means you get the same rinsing factor in your nose that you do in your mouth. Eeeewwwwwwww.
#3. Okay...So the first two things pretty much cover all that is gross about bobbing for apples. I just felt that it would seem more well rounded to have three good reasons. I guess there is the possibility of getting an apple someone else bit off of in their attempt, which just doesn't compare to the other two in grossness. I suppose you could worry about the possibility of worms or something, but really, spit and things that should remain in the nose are about the worst of it.
Now on to solutions...My husband thinks that apples should be hung from the ceiling by a string and each person just gets their own apple. I think it would be even harder to pin the apple to something when there are no sides...just air...So I thought that wasn't the best idea. I guess it would present an extra element of challenge though.
For parents who think its quaint but don't want to pass around every illness going around town, I recommend each kid having their own container and two or three apples in it and they all bob at the same time. I also recommend a tarp to go underneath wherever they are bobbing. Send all the apples home with whoever contaminated them.
If you are at a party and feel that you must bob...my advice is...Be the first in line, not the last.
4 comments:
Okay...maybe my mind just doesn't work that way...but it has never occured to me just how gross bobbing for apples is. It has always meant, getting my hair wet and water up my nose, two things I try to avoid...Yes, I wash my hair...but not in a barrel surrounded by onlookers with round objects bumping into my ears...sheesh
How else will your children build immunity. The sharing of germs is the spice of life. I bet you don't let your kids lick the telephones in phone booths either. I think this may be bordering on abuse:) Although the thought is mildly disturbing, it wouldn't prevent me bobbing.
Since I am a huge germophobe when it comes to other people's bodily fluids, I am an extreme Anti-bobber. I have only bobbed once in my life and I never will again. Some people may call me extreme, but other people's spit is just gross. Period. Hence when I someday have children they shall get an individual cupcake with candles to blow out on their birthdays so that when they blow, the ensuing spit will contaminate their own personal cupcake as opposed to the community cake. Call me extreme, but I will be spit free!
Bobbing for Apples makes me want to puke.
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