+207 it's awsome when food items take on the name of the most popular branda of it ex. band-aid, jell-o, and popsicle, amirite?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

when did we start eating band-aids?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

If it's Band-Aid, it's possible!

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think OP just meant any kind of product, but said food because most of what he listed //was// food.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

OP simply could have said products and we still would have understood.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I know, but I think they accidentally did it. Sorry for being unclear.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I once asked my cousin to pass me a Kleenex, and she didn't know what I meant.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Well Kleenex //is// the brand name. The actual name is tissue.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Mmm. Band-Aids are my favorite snack.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Looks like I've been using my bandages wrong.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Idiot.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I had no idea popsicle was a brand name..

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Yeah, same here.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Popsicle is the name of the actual product. Frank Epperson named them popsicles after his children suggested he change it from "Emerson ice pops". While yes, Popsicle IS a brand name, it is also the product name.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

His children? Wasn't he a child when he invented them?

by Anonymous 11 years ago

He was 11 when he accidentally invented them, yes, but he was in his late twenties when he patented them.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Ah, I didn't realize he waited so long.

by Anonymous 11 years ago

I call them plasters, jelly, and ice lollies

by Anonymous 11 years ago

Plasters, jelly, ice blocks.

by Anonymous 11 years ago