Sunday 1 April 2007

You have been warned

Dremel Electric Rotary Tool
This product not intended for use as a dental drill.

Sleeping Pills
Warning: May cause Drowsiness

Matches
Caution: Contents may catch fire.

Auto-Shade Widnshield Visor
Warning: Do not drive with sunshade in place. Remove from windshield before starting ignition.

RCA Television Remote Control
Not Dishwasher Safe

Road Sign
Cemetery Road. Dead End

Children's Superman Costume
Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly.

Hershey's Almond Bar
Warning: May contain traces of nuts

Sainsbury's peanuts:
Warning: contains nuts.

Helmet mounted mirror used by us cyclists:
Remember, objects in the mirror are actually behind you

Infant's bathtub:
Do not throw baby out with bath water.

13-inch wheel on a wheelbarrow
Not intended for highway use.

A toilet bowl cleaning brush.
Do not use orally.

Microwave Oven:
Do not use for drying pets.

Rat Poison
Warning: has been found to cause cancer in laboratory mice.

Portable stroller
Caution: Remove infant before folding for storage.

Electric Thermometer.
Do not use orally after using rectally.

Do we really need this level of warnings? I mean there comes a point when we really do need to start trimming the herd. If you think you using a dremel in your mouth is a good idea, maybe you deserve a hole in your head. If you're cognitive enough to operate a hair dryer, but not cognitive enough to understand that water and electricity don't mix, may be you deserve to go to work with that "frazzled" look.

I realise that we live in a litigious world, especially when a woman spills hot coffee on herself, sues... and WINS! It's no wonder now, when you buy a hot cup of coffee there's a warning that says "Caution: Hot Coffee". I want to appeal to the lawmakers to stop this now! First of all, by constantly pandering to the lowest common denominator we are really dumbing down the world in which we live. Second, we look like a bunch of retards to the rest of the world.

Eric K. came up with a universal warning label which I think should be affixed to everything on the planet.

Warning: You may be stupid, take appropriate precautions.

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