The pods dissolve in water, from what I understand (never used them), kind of like a gelcap or capsule type medication.
And reading through all these posts, I also realized that my parents kept all kinds of crap out where I could reach it, the cabinet doors weren't locked, at least not after I was old enough to remember such things. Dad's colognes and aftershaves were sitting in plain view in a cabinet on the back of the toilet tank, laundry powder, liquid soaps, and bleach were in easy reach. So was the dish soap, ajax, and bug spray. Funny, I don't remember ever even having the desire to consume any of this. I think one of the aftershaves might have had the "Mr. Yuck" sticker on it and I always thought it was funny Dad put something on that had a 'yuck' sticker on it. But I also knew that meant it was poisonous. I hate the smell of most strong soaps and detergents. Why would anyone want to put this in their mouth?!
My Mom does like to tell the story about one of her younger brothers who drank gasoline not once, but TWICE in his childhood. But he's still a strange man to this day. And still thinks gasoline smells delicious, although he doesn't drink it now. He insists it smells like cheese.
I don't understand how kyds can eat these things without spitting them out. Unless companies recently came out with detergent in smaller packets, those things would be way too big to swallow comfortably. That would mean the dumbass kyd would have to sit there, sucking on it until it dissolved in its mouth. Detergent packets are concentrated and I always figured that they would probably taste much worse than regular soap. Once it started dissolving, you would think the kyd wouldn't be able to stand it and spit it out. God, kyds really are getting dumber, aren't they? 
