Talk:Play-Doh

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1 Homemade Recipe Removed
2 Sex Toy Information Removed
3 Play-Doh/Plato Disambiguation
4 Non-Working Patent Office Link
5 Petroleum Distillate Toxicity
6 Neal Gaalaas?
7 Final frontier
8 Smell
9 Play-Doh Toys
10 Removed Timeline

[edit] Homemade Recipe Removed

I removed the recipe for homemade playdough because this article is about the name-brand stuff. I'm just not sure it belongs here, but I'm not especially adamant. Joyous (talk) 01:43, 25 October 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Sex Toy Information Removed

I removed the following: "Many people have been known to use Play-Doh as a sex toy. It easily molds to anything it touches, and if dried in the right shape, can be sexually arousing and/or stimulating."

sure, just about anything could be used as a sex toy, but that doesn't mean such a statement belongs on any of the thousands of pages of things that could also be used as a sex toy. I've never heard of playdough in particular attracting attention as a sex toy, and I don't think this statement is founded. Let's see some references backing it up before it's added back in.... TheBilly

[edit] Play-Doh/Plato Disambiguation

Should there be a disambiguation notice at the top with a link to Plato? 153.104.16.114 18:38, 19 January 2006 (UTC)

surely someone put that in as a joke. Made me laugh!

[edit] Non-Working Patent Office Link

I have removed the link to the Patent Office publication again; it's expired and does not work. If someone knows how to link to the document in a persistent way (ie. one that will work for everyone forever, or at least a long time), please put it back in. I must add that it annoys me a little that someone put it back in, marking me as a vandal in the comments, apparently even without taking the effort to look at page in question to see if I might have had a reason to remove it in the first place. 130.89.167.52 01:33, 4 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Petroleum Distillate Toxicity

The reference to a deodorized kerosene derivative or petroleum distillate is unlikely because it must be food grade. It is more likely a vegetable oil derivative.

No, it's a petroleum distillate all right. That's what gives Play-Doh its characteristic smell. The amount used is small enough that Play-Doh is non-toxic (not sure it would be considered "food grade," but Play-Doh isn't food, and presumably doesn't have to meet the requirements of food -- simply has to be nontoxic as some kids certainly do ingest it in small amounts). A question for whoever wrote: Borax is used instead of taik-8 so that Play-Doh isn't toxic. What the heck is taik-8? I googled it and found zilch. I'm removing the sentence entirely, please be more specific if you put it back. Kiscica 19:53, 16 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Neal Gaalaas?

Who the heck is Neal Gaalaas?

[edit] Final frontier

I've read it was taken on one of the Apollo flights. Can anybody substantiate & ID? Trekphiler 06:58, 6 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Smell

I don't think it smells the same. I just picked some up in Australia, expecting it to have a memorable smell, but it doesn't. Bipedia 10:36, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Play-Doh Toys

Somebody with a better knowledge of the subject should probably add a section about Play-Doh toys (such as the accessory extruder in the article's picture). From what I've seen, these sort of toys are certainly important enough to merit inclusion in the article. — Matthew0028 20:38, 3 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Removed Timeline

I removed the recently added timeline section, as it was copied verbatim from the Hasbro website (presumably without permission): [1] — Matthew0028 07:40, 6 November 2007 (UTC)