[lit-ideas] Fwd: Friday fun: Wacky warnings
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- Date: Fri, 04 Feb 2005 10:36:32 -0500
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>Subject: Friday fun: Wacky warnings
>Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:14:52 -0600
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>Here are the winnners of the M-LAW competition for wackiest warning
>label of the year:
>
>1st prize
>Do not use for personal hygiene =AD on a toilet brush
>
>2nd prize
>This product moves when used =AD from a child=92s scooter
>
>Previous winners have included:
>* Remove child before folding =AD on a baby=92s buggy
>* Once used rectally, the thermometer should not be used orally -
>on a digital thermometer
>* Never remove food or other items from the blades while the
>product is operating - on an electric hand blender
>* Harmful if swallowed =AD on a three-pronged brass fishing lure.
>* Do not use this product as a toy, pillow, or flotation device -
>on a bag of air used as a packing material
>* Do not use as a ladder =AD on a 30cm tall CD rack
>* Never iron clothes while they are being worn - on a household
>iron
>* Do not use the Silence Feature in emergency situations. It will
>not extinguish a fire - on a smoke detector
>* Do not eat toner - on a laser printer cartridge
>* And on a pair of cyclist=92s shin guards =AD Shin pads cannot protect
>any part of the body they do not cover.
>
>New Scientist=92s Feedback regularly publishes absurd product
>warnings, and other funny real-life tales. For more amusement, visit
>newscientist.com/lastword at:
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