- On Boot’s Children Cough Medicine — ‘Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication.’(We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we could just get those 5 year-olds with head-colds off those bulldozers.)
- On Sainsbury’s Peanuts “Warning: contain nuts”. (Ya think?)
- On Marks &Spencer Bread Pudding — ‘Product will be hot after heating.’…and you thought????…)
- On a Sears hairdryer — Do not use while sleeping .(That’s the only time I have to work on my hair.)
- On a bag of Fritos — You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (the shoplifter special?)
- On some Swanson frozen dinners — ‘Serving suggestion: Defrost.’ (but, it’s just a suggestion.)
- On Nytol Sleep Aid — ‘Warning: May cause drowsiness.’(..I’m taking this because???..)
- On a Japanese food processor — ‘Not to be used for the other use.’ (now, somebody out there, help me on this. I’m a bit curious.)
- On an American Airlines packet of nuts — ‘Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts.’ (Step 3: say what?)\
- On a Swedish chainsaw — ‘Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals.’ (Oh my God..was there a lot of this happening somewhere?)
- On packaging for a Rowenta iron — ‘Do not iron clothes on body.’ (but wouldn’t this save me time?)
- On most brands of Christmas lights — ‘For indoor or outdoor use only.’ (as opposed to what?)
- On a bar of Dial soap — ‘Directions: Use like regular soap.’ (and that would be???….)
If you laugh at the silliness of these instructions, remember, this word-by-word preciseness arise from the ease of people filing class action suits. Read with a pinch of salt.
Happy TT! (Teeheeheehee!)
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- The Crux-Buck Naked Politics
- MamaLee
- maiylah
- pussreboots
- Cordia
- Shelby – sorry Shelby! My bad…
- Nancy
- PRACTiCAL CHiCK – who was warned not to use her curling iron to curl her lashes. Y’all should take note of that.
- Training Hearts – This blog is the cutest blog I’ve ever come across in blogosphere. I order (yes, order!) you all to go and see, and agree with my comment on that blog being cute. You MUST agree. I take nothing less than that! Psst: Make sure you play with the theme changer. I guarantee you’ll be hooked. Or maybe that’s just me? It doesn’t take a lot to entertain me.
- Heather
- Susan
- J.Lynne
People who didn’t play this week/Non TT-ers:
- Reening Reening
- Erin – contributed her “warning, do not stand on the fan” Hahaha!
- terrasears, whose curling iron told her not to use it while it was plugged in (ooh, lets just use our supernatural powers to operate it!)
- Richard
- AnnMarie
- a blue eyed girl
- JustJessie
- Nicki who realizes Dr. Pepper bottles warned drinkers that the “Contents under pressure… cap may blow off and cause injury. Aim away from eyes when opening.” But only Dr. Peppers. Meaning when you open any other bottled drink, feel free to aim it at your eyes as we normal humans do. :p
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And I thought it was only American (or American via China) products that had such terrible directions. In a twisted way, it’s reassuring to know that we’re not alone.
marvelous list!
LOVE these. I can only shake my head at those. Happy TT!
lol … i always wondered about those warnings in the labels, too!
had fun reading through your list!
Funny list. Happy TT.
These made me giggle. But you have to think about all the stupid people in the world that make disclaimers and instructions like this necessary.
Thanks for commenting on my list! You are a Malaysian in Austrailia? That’s a really unique move! (My hubby is from South America and we live in the US so I guess I understand if you have any funky experiences). I like your list of obvious warnings. It’s like the warning on the portable fan that we bought: warning, do not stand on the fan. But I guess someone had to do it for it be necessary on the label. So I guess someone did actually try to iron while wearing clothes…
LOL, I love these things! My curling iron told me not to use it while it was plugged in… I never did understand that one?
These kinds of posts are starting to grow on me. I kind of like the whole concept of it but I sometimes find it confusing.
Really, someone should come up with one for the whole week.
Say, “Weekly Wonders?”
I am playing.
My list will be up later today as usual.
LOL! Too funny. Not surprised by 10. Only because we have at least two blind customers that run chainsaws. Seriously.
My brother, who works as a claims adjuster, says that you are damned if you do and damned if you don’t.
If you know something is possibly dangerous and don’t warn people about it, then you are liable. If you do warn people and someone is injured, then, by warning, you admitted danger and liability.
Crux, I have a lot of those China made products with weird captions (not instructions) and it is as entertaining!
Shelby, MamaLee, maiylah and pussreboots, thanks!
Cordia, yeah, unfortunately huh. But I do wonder if those “stupid” will even bother to read labels. Haha.
Erin, ironing clothes on body = lazy = burns. Hahaha.
terra…so how are we supposed to use it? And what does that cord do then if not to plug it??
Reening, check out thursdaythirteen.com and you’ll get the idea.
It’s fun!
Nancy, do you sell chainsaws to blind people? But how do they operate it then? Since they can’t see what they are supposed to be chainsawing?
Horror! I’m curious to know!
Richard, yeah, that’s true. I forwarded this to my friend who is reading law and I told him “this is the kind of thing your kind came up with”
Like I said, it might sound silly but the loophole in the judicial (or legal) system is what made this unnecessary thing necessary. All human were born with common sense but not all choose to use them I guess.
I have a great one. I bought an s barrel curling iron and it said not to use it on your eye lashes.
mine’s up now
I was a little sleepy this morning… lazy week at my sister’s house..
take care!
Practical Chick…hahahah! I cannot imagine wanting to curl my lashes with a curling iron! I heard about blasting your eyelash curler with hairdryer on the “hot” setting for a while before you curl so that curls stay longer. Never tried it cos I don’t like the sound of it. But your comment made me think that might be the reason why people would want to use curling iron.
“Heck, I’m too lazy to blow a little heat on my eyelash curler, I might as well use the hair curler!”
If you figure out number 8 will you PLEASE pass the information on LMAO – that just cracked me up.
Thanks for visiting! I wanted to quickly share what a deviled eggs is
It’s a boiled egg, cut in half. Taking out the yoke it is mixed with a bit of mayonaise and mustard and then put back into the egg halves. I usually sprinkle a bit of paprika onto the yolk mixture to make them look pretty. Usually you find them served a big potluck type dinners.
Heather, you know, you and I understand why this instruction was absolutely necessary. Cos we all know in order to eat peanuts in a packet, we should just shove the packets in our mouth. But since Airlines are swanky and everything, it must be made a ritual. Therefore we NEED to open the packet up before eating those nuts. What party poopers, to take fun of eating nuts by adding another step to the otherwise enjoyable eating experience.
Oh, I didn’t know that is what you call deviled eggs! I have been making them all along deviled eggs, I just didn’t know they had a proper name. I just called it mix-yolk egg, creative soul that I am. NOT. Haha. Thanks for the info!
I did not cheat! I said I was rambling! LOL BTW – thanks for the comment.
finished my storeyette – thanks for all the inspiration!!! it was quite fun
#10???? What the hell is goin on over in Sweden?? I can understand putting hands on the label, but genitals…umm..OK!!! Love the whole list!
Well, Nytol never does make me sleepy. I keep hoping. O.K. The daytime non-drowsy one does.
Sad, isn’t it, that we have to have these stupid warnings?
Happy TT…
hahahahaa!!! too funny! these companies really underestimate the average person’s intelligence!
But if you can’t stop a chainsaw with your genitals, what will you stop it with? Sheesh. That’s crazy.
blue eyed, either that or they have predicted some people’s sheer stupidity. :p
Jessie, ahahaha! Well, ain’t nothing like a man’s little brother to stop a ravaging chainsaw. Men are after all convinced they always have the strongest than the next person. So yes, it can stop chainsaws. No problem.
Guve me next week, I will play!!!!
I love lists like this! I’ve noticed that Dr. Pepper bottles have a warning that says something like: “Contents under pressure… cap may blow off and cause injury. Aim away from eyes when opening.”
Reening, looking forward to see your list cuz!
Nicki, so I guess we humans usually direct the cap towards our eyes when we open any type of bottles, can. Kekekeke! Glad you love the list!