Warning Labels !!!!
 

Please pardon this old man for a moment. I came across something a few of you might get a kick out of:
http://rinkworks.com/said/warnings.shtml

Good labels - speaks volumes about the mentality of the people they are aimed at!

Seems to me, in this era of McDonalds hot-coffee lawsuits these warnings are not so much stupid as ways to cover you ass from litigation. I swear there are people who make a living by frivolous lawsuits.

I saw one one time, on the bottom of a bean container that said "Do not turn upside down", and this was on the bottom!

In the 1970's when I was a member of the Teamsters union I wore sweatshirts to work that read " NO " on the front and " Warning Defective Robot " on the back. This proved an effective way to shun nonsense.

I don't get it....

The only one I saw that was, actually, not so strange was the "No Stopping or Standing" at the bus stop, since that's a traffic message telling drivers to neither "stop" (leave their car) nor "stand" (halt their car, but remain in it) where the bus is expected to stop. A simple "No parking" would not exclude the "Standing."

Edit: One they missed -- "Warning: Contains peanuts" on a jar of peanut butter, and another "Warning: Contains soy" on a tofu (soy-bean curd) package.

And of course there's also the age old dilema of whether "Wet Paint" is a warning or an instruction.

" Warning - Defective Robot " means that pushing this human's buttons will not bring to you the results that you expected.
Instead of being a " yes " type of person; I was/am a " No " person. Therefor Prone to refuse all requests for yes answers.

My favorite was on a chainsaw label warning you not to attempt to stop the chain with your genitals.

Somehow this all reminds me of one of my pet projects which has not quite yet reached the implementation stage: Develop a comprehensive assessment of the societal implications of discovery of a cure for stupidity.

Not real sure when I'll be getting to this....;)

I'm now going to start a parallel thread on bizarre responses from tech support--some of which are know to be robotic.

"Do not dangle the mouse by its cable or throw the mouse at co-workers." -- From a manual for an SGI computer.

Darn.

"Do not use orally after using rectally." -- In the instructions for an electric thermometer.

Thats just plain gross. There should lawsuits AGAINST labels like these.

Have any of you heard of Cow-orkers or In-duh-viduals?
(I'm speaking mainly to cousinlucky.)

Don't ya just lose a little bit of your faith in humanity when you realize that people are indeed stupid enough to try some of that stuff? :p

No I haven't, Shotokan!! Please Do Not provide an explaination!!