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Reefscape

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If you read the label on some common items or a warning message, on things that we come into contact with in every day life, you would be amazed at the stupidity of the person who actually puts the text together....here is a list of some beauties....


Hair Dryer
Warning: Do not use while sleeping.

Foreign Food Processor
Not to be used for anything else.

Rowenta Iron
Warning: Never iron clothes on the body.

Vacuum Cleaner
Do not use to pick up Petrol or flammable liquids and do not use to pick up anything that is currently burning.

McDonald's Coffee
Warning - Contents may be hot.

7 Up
Contents under pressure. Cap may blow off causing eye or other serious injury. Point away from face and people, especially when opening.

Tesco Fruit Juice Carton
On bottom side: "Keep Upright".

Sainsburys Mineral Water
Suitable for vegetarians.

Child-Sized Superman Costume
Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly.

Champion Swimmer Supporter Jockstrap
This product is only to be prescribed by a physician and fitted only by a trained technician.

Various Computers
Keyboard not detected. Press F1 to continue.

Lucent Technologies Model 6210 Telephone
The following is found on page 4 of the instruction book:

To place or answer a call, lift the handset.
To place a call, dial the desired number.
To end the call, hang up the handset.

Another gem, also on Page 4:
To put a call on Hold: Press "Hold".

Mark and Spencer's Bread Pudding
Product will be hot after heating.

Sainsbury Peanuts
Warning: This product contains nuts.

Nabisco Easy Cheese Spread
For best results, remove cap.

Bowl Fresh Toilet Cleaner
Safe to use around pets and children, although it is not recommended that either be permitted to drink from toilet.

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

Arm & Hammer Scoopable Cat Litter
Safe to use around pets.

Demazin “Infant” Drops
This formula may cause drowsiness, if affected do not operate heavy machinery or drive a vehicle.

Boot's “Childrens” Cough Medicine
Do not drive a car or run machinery.

Bayer Aspirin
Do not take if allergic to aspirin.

Unknown Birth Control Pills
Do not use if you are pregnant, intend to become pregnant, or might be pregnant.

Nytol Sleep Aid
Warning: May cause drowsiness.

Zantac 75
Do not take if allergic to zantac.

Unknown Christmas Lights
Warning: For indoor or outdoor use only.

Komatsu Floodlight
This floodlight is capable of illuminating large areas, even in the dark.

Unknown Fire Extinguisher
Caution: Non-Flamable.

Energizer AAA 4 Pack
If swallowed, promptly see doctor.

Unknown Mattress
Warning: Do not attempt to swallow.

Unknown Matches
Caution: Contents may catch fire.

Unknown Parachute
Warning! Improper packing of this parachute may result in serious injury or death to the user.

Christmas Star – “Outdoor” Icicle Lights
For “indoor use only”.

Pine Mountain Fire Logs
Caution: Risk of fire.

Machettee
Caution: this tool will cut.

Unknown Car Fanbelt
Before installing this fanbelt, be sure you shut off the engine as it may cause irreversible injury.

Jonsreds Chainsaw
Do not attempt to stop chain with hands.


Niko
 

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I remember that they had to put that on because someone got burned by the coffee and was suing them...
That guy must be crazy.:screwy: He seems oblivious to his sense of touch.:grinno:

Cool thread, Niko!:dance:
 

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Lol some of those are great. Good thing I saw this though, because I was planning on swallowing my mattress when I got home tonight.
 

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Sadly, most of those, at least from US companies, are there because they got sued after someone did what is proscribed in the warnings.
 

wataugachicken

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Posting this because a lot of people in general don't know or don't remember what happened with that McDonalds lawsuit:

Stella Liebeck of Albuquerque, New Mexico, was in the passenger seat of
her grandson's car when she was severely burned by McDonalds' coffee in
February 1992. Liebeck, 79 at the time, ordered coffee that was served
in a styrofoam cup at the drivethrough window of a local McDonalds.

After receiving the order, the grandson pulled his car forward and
stopped momentarily so that Liebeck could add cream and sugar to her
coffee. (Critics of civil justice, who have pounced on this case, often
charge that Liebeck was driving the car or that the vehicle was in
motion when she spilled the coffee; neither is true.) Liebeck placed
the cup between her knees and attempted to remove the plastic lid from
the cup. As she removed the lid, the entire contents of the cup spilled
into her lap.

The sweatpants Liebeck was wearing absorbed the coffee and held it next
to her skin. A vascular surgeon determined that Liebeck suffered full
thickness burns (or third-degree burns) over 6 percent of her body,
including her inner thighs, perineum, buttocks, and genital and groin
areas. She was hospitalized for eight days, during which time she
underwent skin grafting. Liebeck, who also underwent debridement
treatments, sought to settle her claim for $20,000, but McDonalds
refused.

During discovery, McDonalds produced documents showing more than 700
claims by people burned by its coffee between 1982 and 1992. Some claims
involved third-degree burns substantially similar to Liebecks. This
history documented McDonalds' knowledge about the extent and nature of
this hazard.

McDonalds also said during discovery that, based on a consultants
advice, it held its coffee at between 180 and 190 degrees fahrenheit to
maintain optimum taste. He admitted that he had not evaluated the
safety ramifications at this temperature. Other establishments sell
coffee at substantially lower temperatures, and coffee served at home is
generally 135 to 140 degrees.
http://www.lectlaw.com/files/cur78.htm
 

Slappy*McFish

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Most of those made me snicker profoundly.
Silly aren't they? :)
 
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