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02/21/2008 07:03:17 AM · #1 |
| We seem to live in an age when the obvious is restated to us a thousand times - how to eat your food, drive your car, not to climb into a Lions enclosure, etc etc - capture an example of a pointless warning |
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02/21/2008 07:44:03 AM · #2 |
Oh I like that. I think my microwave oven says not suitable for pets :)
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02/21/2008 08:24:19 AM · #3 |
Could make for a fun challenge. I always roll my eyes when I see the warnings printed on coffee cups from coffee shops "Caution, contents are hot". No, really?
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02/21/2008 08:44:18 AM · #4 |
Originally posted by KarenNfld:
Could make for a fun challenge. I always roll my eyes when I see the warnings printed on coffee cups from coffee shops "Caution, contents are hot". No, really? |
And now in multiple languages as well. :-)
This does sound like a fun challenge. Nice suggestion! |
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02/21/2008 08:54:22 AM · #5 |
You mean something like this? :)
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02/21/2008 09:05:18 AM · #6 |
Great Suggestion! I always see stupid warnings and think "WTF?!! do they really need a warning for that??"
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02/21/2008 09:29:53 AM · #7 |
Originally posted by BeeCee:
You mean something like this? :)
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Originally posted by gloda:
I think my microwave oven says not suitable for pets |
Exactly those sort of ideas - how we would ever have realised without their help ?
But there is also room to make stuff up in the same style : )
Message edited by author 2008-02-21 09:30:47. |
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02/21/2008 09:55:18 AM · #8 |
Fun idea for a comic collection, but probably not the best to showcase photography per se. Wouldn't it just be a photographs of various signs and labels?
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02/21/2008 09:57:27 AM · #9 |
Originally posted by citymars:
Fun idea for a comic collection, but probably not the best to showcase photography per se. Wouldn't it just be a photographs of various signs and labels? |
I am afraid so too. But then again, it would be a challenge to think of something better than that. :-) |
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02/21/2008 09:57:45 AM · #10 |
Originally posted by citymars:
Fun idea for a comic collection, but probably not the best to showcase photography per se. Wouldn't it just be a photographs of various signs and labels? |
Make it 'people ignoring pointless warnings'. More fun. More liability for the site. Pros and cons.
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02/21/2008 10:02:09 AM · #11 |
Originally posted by citymars:
Fun idea for a comic collection, but probably not the best to showcase photography per se. Wouldn't it just be a photographs of various signs and labels? |
I see your concern - but the aim would be to capture the idea of the pointless warning photographically - you know the sort of thing - picture of a squirrel with the caption 'Warning - may contain nuts', the line 'microwave oven - not suitable for pets' opens up a thousand possible images . .
including the sign is fine if you can also capture the problem in the picture as well - it's just like having a caption within the picture. I think  BeeCee was just demonstrating how dumb some of these warnings are : )
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02/21/2008 10:15:22 AM · #12 |
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02/21/2008 10:17:21 AM · #13 |
My favourite is the warning 'may cause drowsiness' on a container of sleeping pills. I would hope so.
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02/21/2008 10:21:02 AM · #14 |
More Here
My fav: On a Curling Iron: For external use only!
LMAOOOO
"Do not attempt to stop the blade with your hand." -- In the manual for a Swedish chainsaw.
Message edited by author 2008-02-21 10:25:48.
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02/21/2008 10:43:15 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by doctornick:
More Here
My fav: On a Curling Iron: For external use only!
LMAOOOO
"Do not attempt to stop the blade with your hand." -- In the manual for a Swedish chainsaw. |
Top man  doctornick!! That is an excellent list with many such wonders as :-
"Do not use orally." -- On a toilet bowl cleaning brush.
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"Do not use for drying pets." -- In the manual for a microwave oven.
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02/21/2008 10:55:37 AM · #16 |
| My personal favorite is "Caution: Handicapped man eating croc at bottom of hill" .... or at least thats what i see. :D |
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02/21/2008 04:51:49 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by Jedusi:
Originally posted by citymars:
Fun idea for a comic collection, but probably not the best to showcase photography per se. Wouldn't it just be a photographs of various signs and labels? |
I see your concern - but the aim would be to capture the idea of the pointless warning photographically - you know the sort of thing - picture of a squirrel with the caption 'Warning - may contain nuts', the line 'microwave oven - not suitable for pets' opens up a thousand possible images . .
including the sign is fine if you can also capture the problem in the picture as well - it's just like having a caption within the picture. I think BeeCee was just demonstrating how dumb some of these warnings are : ) |
Yeah, would have loved to have hubby beside it with his leg over the railing but, alas, he'll never cooperate :( |
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