A JFF spin off my Bumbo question... I bought a hot glue gun a few years ago. Although it was replacing an old one that I used to death, I still read through the owners manual (the single, small leaflet that came with it)... the instructions, in bold and underlined, read:
USE COMMON SENSE!! HOT glue is HOT. The metal where the HOT glue comes out is HOT. COMMON SENSE.
I still have those instructions to this day, they are permanently on my fridge for the world to see :)
What are YOUR favorite, REAL warning labels?
LOL REBECCA!! My son ate a fish hook when he was 9 months old... didn't swallow it, but hooked himself in his upper palate...
Not funny then, pretty funny now...
I changed the kitty litter a little while ago. Funny enough, the bag says "safe to use around pets."
I love the warning on sleep aids - may cause drowsiness/do not operate machinery until you know how you react...
USUALLY I do not take sleeping pills then operate a forklift, but thank goodness the warning is there incase I forget and have a hankering to snowplow everyone's driveway whilst trying to sleep...
Holiday lights warning label:
For indoor and outdoor use only.
So basically... Everywhere?
I like the ones on my large plastic storage containers, the picture shows very clearly (in case I can't read) not to store a small child in there. Really, but think how much $ it would save on playpens and babysitters.
Kate L. thanks for the heads up, I never knew I wasn't supposed to use my hair dryer while sleeping, I was hoping to save some time getting ready in the mornings.
On a blender I once owned:
Do not use for other use. Huh?
On a packet of airline peanuts:
Warning, may contain peanuts or other nuts.
Sure enough, mine did - but I wonder what the other passengers got in their packets?.....
I love the one on hair dryers: Do not Use While Sleeping.
DUH!!! Hahahaha!
Fishing hooks that say "harmful if swollowed" Really?
**As for the sleeping with a hair dryer.. google it! LOTS of people do it because of the warm air blowing on them and the noise. There is even videos/ articles telling you how to use it to comfort babies and have them fall asleep to it. There is NO way I could justify going to sleep with it running! I would be too worried about it falling and starting the house on fire!! Sure the hell wouldn't leave it running near any of my sleeping kids!! But I guess that's why they need the label lol **
The funny thing is that these warnings are put on there after some idiot actually did what it is saying now not to do.....so they have to spell it out for everyone.
They have on every chain saw not to grab it by the chain when it is in operation. I paraphrased of course. I always wonder what idiot did that one.
My first car's manual had a section listed in the table of contents titled 'parking over burning objects'. On the relevant page -'don't'.
I don"t know about my favorite but my least favorite is the ones on silica gel packets.....they say "DO NOT EAT!!!" all over them. They are in EVERYTHING! Low and behold one day my oldest finds one in a new purse of mine (she was 2 at the time) and eats them. I call poison control in a panic thinking they were going to hurt her.
Apparently the only hazard they have is a choking hazard and thats only if they melt and clump together. They are practically harmless.....besides the heart attack they gave me.
couldnt it just say "choking hazard" all over it? I mean if the kid is young enough to choke on it, hes not old enough to read it.
Okay, I just heard this on the radio about the CDC issuing a warning because TWO guys had done this....
Do not castrate lambs with your teeth.
http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm6048a4.htm?s_c...
I love any of the ones that tell you not to use in the bathtub!
I love the ones that came with blender telling me not to put my hand in the blender while it was on and explaining how I could lose a finger, cut my hand open/off...
I was laughing so hard.
Hubby and I always read the instructions for the crazy warnings.
I've heard rumor of a wheel barrel that had the warning: Not for Freeway use"
My THREE YR OLD'S [LIQUID] antibiotic called out, "Do not drive or operate heavy machinery until you know how you react to this medication."
Guess some people let their 9yr olds be the DD, so maybe they've been driving since 3???
On my screwdriver, "Do not use as a hammer."
And this isn't so much of a warning label, but in the city of Detroit, it's illegal to chain your pet alligator to the fire hydrant. Did you know that?
Mine is similar to Kate's
Do not use hair dryer (or curling iron) while in the bathtub. REALLY?!?!? Who would be trying to dry their hair while in the tub?
On a soda bottle: Contents under pressure, do not open towards face (or something to that effect)
The nut products that say "package/manufactured in a facility that processes nuts"....Really?!?!
I can't remember what it says word for word, but the big huge label on the hot water heater that shows a hugely inflamed red hand that got burned etc. and the warning about it being hot, don't touch etc.
Can't remember the exact wording, but my grandmother once got a set of chopsticks that were made in China? Japan? and the instructions, in their very bad English, mentioned that these chopsticks were impervious to acid.
Y'know......for all that acid we eat these days.
Updated: I just read through a few and came across the post of Laura (music notes) U. It may seem odd, but castrating lambs with your teeth is actually a common old-school way of 'getting the job done.' The testicles are very slippery to grab with your hands, and if you're castrating a LOT of lambs, cutting off the scrotum and biting the testicles out (and then spitting them out) is a lot faster. I helped with this procedure once (I just held the lambs - someone else did the biting) and was pretty surprised (horrified might be a better way to put it....) myself, but it makes a measure of sense when time is of the essence. Just thought I'd throw in my two cents. :)
