Dumb Government Rulings: Another "Duh" Recall

How about a voluntary recall (Consumer Product Safety Commission release #09-220) of folding toy beach chairs? Build-A-Bear Workshop apparently sold these for about $8 US as folding beach chairs for stuffed animals. Eight injuries have been reported, and this is the hazard reported by the CPSC: “This toy chair legs can bruise, pinch or cut fingers if caught while folding.”

It was recalled because a child can pinch his or her fingers while folding up a toy folding chair? For many parents, this would be an opportunity to teach children about being careful. Who would report a pinched finger to the authorities? And, by the way, there were about 270,000 of these chairs sold in the US and Canada between March, 2001, and October, 2008, with eight pinches reported.