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07/26/2005 01:00:32 AM · #1 |
Some funny product labels I've been reading today:
1. Not intended for highway use - found on a 13 inch wheel for a wheelbarrow
2. Do not use while sleeping - found on a hair dryer
3. Other side for use - found on the bottom of a cup
4. Instructions, open packet eat peanuts - found on an airline peanuts
5. ignite lighter away from face - found on a disposable lighter
6. look before driving - found on dashboard of mail truck
7. warning, may cause drowsiness - found on package of over-the-counter sleeping pills
8. remove before driving - found on a windshield sun blocker
9. do not attempt to stop chains with hands or genitals - found on a swedish chainsaw
10. if you cant read english, get someone to help with the instructions - found in a pharmeutical box (printed in english) |
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07/26/2005 01:05:58 AM · #2 |
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07/26/2005 01:06:57 AM · #3 |
11. do not use to dry pets - found on instruction for microwave oven
12. do not use orally after rectally - found on electric thermometer
13. peel fruit from cellophane packing before eating - found on packet of fruit roll-up snack
14. caution, the content of this bottle should not be fed to fish - found on the label of a dog shampoo (duh!)
15. warning, do not use if you have prostrate problems - found on PMS medication
16. do not use intimately - found on bottle of deodorant
17. do not attempt to swallow - found on a king-size mattress (WTF?)
18. remove plastic wrap before eating - found on tv-dinner
19. for best results, start with a clean bathtub before use - found on bathroom cleanser (?)
20. warning, not for infants - found on bottle of vodka (cool parents) |
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07/26/2005 03:27:21 AM · #4 |
| 21. Warning, may contain nuts - on a packet of peanuts |
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07/26/2005 03:44:21 AM · #5 |
22. Only for indoor/outdoor use - On a box of christmas lights
23. Remove shells before eating - On a bag of hazelnuts
Message edited by author 2005-07-26 03:44:45. |
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07/26/2005 04:05:44 AM · #6 |
Originally posted by ganders:
21. Warning, may contain nuts - on a packet of peanuts |
seriously? hahaha |
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07/26/2005 06:31:29 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by shadow:
Originally posted by ganders:
21. Warning, may contain nuts - on a packet of peanuts |
seriously? hahaha |
Actually, there's a reason for that one: peanuts aren't nuts, they are legumes. But they are sometimes packed by the same processing plant that does actual nuts. Some packages at crossover may contain traces of walnuts, almonds, whatever. Thus the warning.
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07/26/2005 06:32:19 AM · #8 |
Come to think of it, there are reasons for all of them, eh? But mainly they seem glaringly obvious... jejeje™
Robt.
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07/26/2005 07:03:59 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by shadow:
4. Instructions, open packet eat peanuts - found on an airline peanuts
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lol - I saw this one on a packet of peanuts on a US Airways flight once - thought it was very funny :)
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07/26/2005 07:15:57 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by shadow:
20. warning, not for infants - found on bottle of vodka (cool parents) |
But it is OK for toddlers? |
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07/26/2005 07:25:37 AM · #11 |
I'm trying to remember what the power tool was that I saw years ago with the label "Not for home or commercial use"... Say what?
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07/26/2005 07:56:02 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by shadow:
Some funny product labels I've been reading today:
(...)9. do not attempt to stop chains with hands or genitals - found on a swedish chainsaw
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Genitals? You know what that means... Some nut actually did this and sued the company before they decided to print that! Ouch! |
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07/26/2005 08:36:41 AM · #13 |
and of course that also brought out the "Caution contents may be very hot" on the coffee cups at McDonalds...well no fricken duh, it's coffee you moron, don't hold it in your lap!
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07/26/2005 09:20:21 AM · #14 |
and of course that also brought out the "Caution contents may be very hot" on the coffee cups at McDonalds...well no fricken duh, it's coffee you moron, don't hold it in your lap!
That's because some lady successfully sued McD's (for six figures, I think) after she spilled their coffee in her lap.
I find it funny that that same warning is on a thermos I have. Thanks for warning me I put hot coffee in my own thermos. Guess I can't sue myself now. |
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07/26/2005 09:40:03 AM · #15 |
| Like we say in Iceland: "ONLY IN AMERICA!" |
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07/26/2005 09:45:14 AM · #16 |
Yesterday I went to McDonalds and had an Icecream. They were out of icecream cups and served it to me in a coffee cup. As I read the lable "Warning Contents May Be Hot!" I managed to get a little laugh. MaybeI should have spilled the icecream on my lap and sued Mcdonalds because the icecream was cold.
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07/26/2005 09:45:48 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by birgir:
Like we say in Iceland: "ONLY IN AMERICA!" |
Hey! That's what i always say! I'm going to sue you for mental suffering and take all your money!
Message edited by author 2005-07-26 09:46:12. |
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07/26/2005 11:58:34 AM · #18 |
Originally posted by tristalisk:
Yesterday I went to McDonalds and had an Icecream. They were out of icecream cups and served it to me in a coffee cup. As I read the lable "Warning Contents May Be Hot!" I managed to get a little laugh. MaybeI should have spilled the icecream on my lap and sued Mcdonalds because the icecream was cold. |
I asked them that once, if I got brain freeze from their shakes could I sue them cause they didn't tell me it was cold? They didn't laugh much. lol
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07/26/2005 12:12:28 PM · #19 |
In america they have a lot of little pictures of DON'T on things that to a non-american is quite hilarious - so i will share one for the other nonamericans.
The Coke machines have a little don't drawing on it that indicates that you shouldnt attempt to pull the coke mashine on top of yourself if it doesnt spit out a can of coke.
buckets come with a dont drawing that indicates that you should not fill the bucket with water then drown a baby in it.
saftey instruction of america through the eyes of a forgeiner are wonderful terrible thingshaha |
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07/26/2005 12:26:55 PM · #20 |
My favourite is:
'May cause drowsiness' on a package of sleeping pills.
I would hope so.
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07/26/2005 12:36:13 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by mesmeraj:
The Coke machines have a little don't drawing on it that indicates that you shouldnt attempt to pull the coke mashine on top of yourself if it doesnt spit out a can of coke. |
The first time I saw it I had to sit, cz I was laughing quite histerically. It was on coke machine located at DBCC - Daytona.
But it's all good, I mean, ppl sue companies for the most ridiculous things, so they gotta be prepared for eveything. If it's in the label, you're "aware" of it! Genitals in their respective places or not, you are aware!
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Message edited by author 2005-07-26 12:38:20. |
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07/26/2005 12:52:23 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by mesmeraj:
The Coke machines have a little don't drawing on it that indicates that you shouldnt attempt to pull the coke mashine on top of yourself if it doesnt spit out a can of coke. |
You must remember that the engineers and lawyers don't just thnk this stuff up. It took a disgruntled customer to think up the idea of tipping the machine over onto themselves to try and get a $1 soda, then suing the company for a million bucks because the machine's not bolted down or something.
I'm pretty sure every one of these labels is there only because someone else did the thing--so why criticize the companies for putting on the warnings?
It is impossible to make anythng foolproof, because fools are so ingenious.
--Henry David Thoreau
Message edited by author 2005-07-26 12:52:55. |
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07/26/2005 01:37:37 PM · #23 |
Also, the lady that burnt herself at McDonald's suffered 3rd degree burns from scalding hot water. We love to laugh at stupidity and eat up urban legends and pass along emails but we need to be critical of the information we receive.
And no, it wasn't my Mom.
Edit: Learn more here.
Message edited by author 2005-07-26 13:37:59. |
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07/26/2005 02:08:26 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by grandmarginal:
Originally posted by shadow:
Some funny product labels I've been reading today:
(...)9. do not attempt to stop chains with hands or genitals - found on a swedish chainsaw
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Genitals? You know what that means... Some nut actually did this and sued the company before they decided to print that! Ouch! |
you ain't seen nothin yet!
A masturbating machine-shop worker catches his scrotum in a piece of machinery and tears it open, then staples it back together and resumes work before finally visiting a doctor three days later.
//www.snopes.com/risque/penile/scrotum.htm |
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