Believe it or not more than one hundred years ago, soft toys were once stuffed with what's known as excelsior (shaved sawdust). Dave saved me a few bucketfulls from the remnants of chainsawing firewood on the grain. This stuff makes excellent kindling and extremely flammable stuffed animals.
posted by Chief-Ten-Bears at 2:38 AM
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----and that reminds me of a much loved teddy bear that sat too close to the fireplace!!
Up,up up in a puff of smoke!!
Poor ted was never the same after his 3rd degree burns.
Are contemporary teddies made of much safer material?
Oh yeah... all good quality modern soft toys are stuffed with new polyester fibrefill.
-----which inflict terrible 3rd degree burns on the poor kid when they accidentally ignite!
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