{"id":789,"date":"2014-05-24T19:43:30","date_gmt":"2014-05-25T00:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boulter.com\/blog\/?p=789"},"modified":"2014-10-22T20:18:47","modified_gmt":"2014-10-23T01:18:47","slug":"the-complete-list-of-officer-buckles-110-safety-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/boulter.com\/blog\/2014\/05\/24\/the-complete-list-of-officer-buckles-110-safety-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"The Complete List of Officer Buckle’s 110 Safety Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My kids love Peggy Rathman’s book, Officer Buckle and Gloria<\/a>. Reading it one night and noticing all the post-it notes behind Officer Buckle, I began to wonder if there were actually 101 safety tips in the book. I sat down one night and copied them all down. It turns out there are 101 and a few extras.<\/p>\n

Some are purely practical “Lock your bike”, some are strangely adult “Never run in high heels” and others are are just weirdly specific “Wipe up drool”.<\/p>\n

Here’s all the numbered rules that can be made out in the book:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    \n
  1. Keep your shoelaces tied<\/li>\n
  2. Always wipe up spills before someone slips and falls<\/li>\n
  3. ?<\/li>\n
  4. Do not jumping… the bed<\/li>\n
  5. Never play with matches<\/li>\n
  6. Dial 911 in an emergency<\/li>\n
  7. Always wear a crash helmet when biking or skating<\/li>\n
  8. Never hitchhike<\/li>\n
  9. Obey all traffic signs<\/li>\n
  10. ?<\/li>\n
  11. ?<\/li>\n
  12. ?<\/li>\n
  13. Never use water [on] a grease fire. Smother it with a lid.. bak…<\/li>\n
  14. Remember your telephone number<\/li>\n
  15. ?<\/li>\n
  16. Never chase a ball that rolls into the street<\/li>\n
  17. ?<\/li>\n
  18. Never drink and drive<\/li>\n
  19. Never run with a scissors in your hand<\/li>\n
  20. Never wander too far from..<\/li>\n
  21. Never roll around in poison ivy<\/li>\n
  22. ?<\/li>\n
  23. Never take someone else’s medicine<\/li>\n
  24. Always tell your parents where…<\/li>\n
  25. Always tell your parents if someone bite…<\/li>\n
  26. Be alert..<\/li>\n
  27. ?<\/li>\n
  28. Stay away from cigarettes<\/li>\n
  29. ?<\/li>\n
  30. Never take a shortcut through lonely places<\/li>\n
  31. Never stand up in a canoe<\/li>\n
  32. ?<\/li>\n
  33. Never take ..ne<\/li>\n
  34. Avoid rattlesnakes<\/li>\n
  35. Cross only at the crosswalk<\/li>\n
  36. Never play with electrical outlets<\/li>\n
  37. ?<\/li>\n
  38. ?<\/li>\n
  39. ?<\/li>\n
  40. Never play in.. em.. wa..<\/li>\n
  41. Never play with spray paint<\/li>\n
  42. Never leave tennis balls on the stairs<\/li>\n
  43. Say “no” if a stranger asks you to go to their house<\/li>\n
  44. Lock your bike<\/li>\n
  45. Wear a life jacket on boats<\/li>\n
  46. ?<\/li>\n
  47. ?<\/li>\n
  48. Never play soccer in the living room<\/li>\n
  49. Never reach over the hot stove when wearing loose sleeves<\/li>\n
  50. ?<\/li>\n
  51. Never bother a big dog while it’s eating<\/li>\n
  52. ?<\/li>\n
  53. ?<\/li>\n
  54. Lock up your valuables<\/li>\n
  55. ?<\/li>\n
  56. ?<\/li>\n
  57. Never leave a full wading pool where someone might fall into it<\/li>\n
  58. ?<\/li>\n
  59. Never…<\/li>\n
  60. ?<\/li>\n
  61. Never play on construction sites<\/li>\n
  62. Never listen to music playing too loud<\/li>\n
  63. ?<\/li>\n
  64. ?<\/li>\n
  65. ?<\/li>\n
  66. ?<\/li>\n
  67. Stay off thin ice<\/li>\n
  68. Keep sharp objects away from children<\/li>\n
  69. Never run in high heels<\/li>\n
  70. Always wear light-colored clothing at night<\/li>\n
  71. Never run on a wet pool deck<\/li>\n
  72. Never swim near a storm sewer<\/li>\n
  73. Never sit too close to the television<\/li>\n
  74. Never stand up in a bus while it’s moving<\/li>\n
  75. Never use a blowdryer in the bathtub<\/li>\n
  76. Never dry your socks in the microwave oven<\/li>\n
  77. Never stand on a swivel chair<\/li>\n
  78. Stay away from firecrackers<\/li>\n
  79. Never breath… fumes…<\/li>\n
  80. Wipe up drool<\/li>\n
  81. Stay away from abandoned refrigerators<\/li>\n
  82. Always swim with a buddy<\/li>\n
  83. ?<\/li>\n
  84. ?<\/li>\n
  85. Stay away from guns<\/li>\n
  86. Keep your legs inside car windows<\/li>\n
  87. ?<\/li>\n
  88. Turn off the TV before you unplug it<\/li>\n
  89. ?<\/li>\n
  90. ?<\/li>\n
  91. ?<\/li>\n
  92. ?<\/li>\n
  93. Always keep a flashlight and sturdy shoes under your bed<\/li>\n
  94. Ride bikes only on posted…<\/li>\n
  95. ?<\/li>\n
  96. Never play in the car alone<\/li>\n
  97. Never accept rides from strangers<\/li>\n
  98. Never use an elevator in a fire<\/li>\n
  99. Do not go swimming during electrical storms<\/li>\n
  100. Never turn your back on a strange dog<\/li>\n
  101. Always stick with your buddy<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    That’s 68 rules. There’s another 42 where you can’t make out the number:<\/strong><\/p>\n