Smoke Alarms May Fail To Wake Children

Thursday, December 21, 2006

Studies show that many children do not wake up for smoke alarms, a special concern over the holidays. What do you think?

Ted Hart,
Gift Wrapper
"Kids are so spoiled. In my day, if we ignored the fire alarm, we burned to death!"

Andy Toomin,
Carpet Layer
"My wife and I believe it's more dependable to stand on the lawn and scream 'My baby is still up there!'"

Sally Carmichael,
Genealogist
"That reminds me. I think the batteries for that thing are in the flashlight right now."

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