Here is a link to some of this years best product warnings: Product Warnings
My favorite is about the use of the thermometer
This article got me wondering, what other stupid warnings have ya'll seen on stuff you have purchased?

~Rob

 

...........The sad thing is that we won't read the warnings that are important when we are over loaded with ridculous warnings

 

About a year ago the crib attendant at work said she bought this rotary cutter deal for cutting material (cloth) and she sliced the heck out of her finger when she felt the blade. It did quite a number on her finger well she said after she got fixed up she said to herself "that should have a warning on it saying it's sharp" well she said she felt really stupid (like she didn't before) after reading the box...

Outlined in large bold print it stated it was extremely sharp... Oh man the beating she got from the rest of us in the maint shop was well deserved... Took her a long time to live that one down let me tell you... We still bring it up from time to time just for grins and giggles.

 

The first one made me laugh...

When I was a kid my grandfather kept a "special" toilet brush to scrub his back in the tub with.

No it never saw the toilet but still seemed pretty weird.

 

I have a "special" toilet brush that I use for cleaning my 5 gallon soda kegs. I use the kegs for dispensing home brew beer.

The brush was bought brand new, never used as a toilet brush and gets sanitized regularly. I still don't let my buddies see me using it, they'd never drink my beer again....hey wait....Now that I think of it, maybe I should ask them over to help clean the kegs

 

I liked the warning on the last fan belt I bought: "Do not change belt while engine is running."

 

The sad thing is that behind every stupid warning sticker, there was probably a large jury award...

If I recall correctly, I saw a TV show a while back about a guy who rode his bike in the dark with no light, ran a stop sign, into the path of a jeep... and the lawyer feels that his client thought it was safe to ride the bike at night because it had reflectors so it's the bike company's fault for not having a warning sticker...

I wonder if we will soon have a big orange sticker inside our trucks that says heated seats get warm, and not to use them if you have nerve problems or poor circulation...

 

How bout the little packet of drying agent you get in stereo equipment or the like? I love how it says "Do not eat this". Did any of yall ever think that when you bought something, it might come with a pack of chiclets? Or how bout the warning on a tube of preparation H,"Do not take this orally."? Or a curling iron, "Do not stick this in any orfice of the body." A hair dryer, "Do not use this while in the shower/bath". I wonder about some people sometimes.

 

Irons come with a warning; Do not iron clothes on body.

Now there's a real time saving idea!

 

It's funny you say that. I know a girl who does that all time. She finally burnt a certain part on her upper body one night. Now that was funny.

 

My wife and I purchased some christmas lights a few years ago that had the following warning on the package - "For indoor or outdoor use only."

Really.

 

Maybe they should remove all warning labels so the morons can die off....

 

Oh man, I could rant about that for a page. The human race is just going to get dumber and dumber the safer we try to make the world. I'll stop now before I get too wound up about it.

 

some of us ahve listened to too many jeff foxworty( think hes the one thtt said all those ones earlier with the hair dryer and what not)

 

Look at the Ambien ad on TV. While running an TELLING you it is for aiding you in sleeping, it WARNS you among others things that the "product may cause drowsiness." DUH!