Looking at apps for Dino to play with on the Ipad during our flight to Italy...he loves Thomas, so I'm getting him the Misty Island Rescue game...but based on this warning, I guess I'll have to get a shrink when I get back though...

"The story has some bits that may be a little scary for younger kids, like a train that almost falls into the water (but is saved by Thomas), Thomas getting lost at sea, and a bunch of trains getting trapped in a cave-in. None of these events is depicted in too frightening of a way, though, and everything turns out well in the end."

Oh the humanity....

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I have one of those reflective full-size sun shades for your windshield.

There is a tag on it that says "Never drive your vehicle with a sunshade in the windshield."

It's a good thing they put that on there; I almost did that a couple of times and that warning sure set me straight....

Well so much for Hansel & Gretel

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"This contains a chemical known to the state of California..."

So, does any other state know these chemicals?

I have a few chemicals I might try to get the state of Georgia to recommend...I think we should have a recognized state chemical.

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[ fill_in_the_drug_name ] does not protect against . . . sexually transmitted diseases."

Unfortunately, our legal system is sometimes designed to reward those whose genes should otherwise not be propagated.

Shine, baby, shine...

First its Popeye now this?

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Italy

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I'd pay a small sum to know the backstory behind the warning attached to a garden hose nozzle I purchased a while back:
Do NOT direct a stream of water at an exposed electrical outlet!

The depths of stupidity are apparently unfathomable...

I first became aware that our civilization was doomed when I found a nutrition label (similar to a warning label) in a bottle of water. All the entries were zero.

Russ

Failure to warn is a tort.

I hate those "slow children" traffic signs. A bit judgmental if you ask me. Joe

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My book club sent me the new abridged, PC, copy of Billy Goats Gruff today. Happily, in the updated story, the Troll and big Billy meet for coffee at Starbucks in the end.

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I like the warnings for a certain pill that is advertised hourly on TV. "If (something I can't mention without being warned) lasts four hours or more, call the doctor. You may also experience trouble with vision and hearing".
OK, I can't see or hear, and I'm gonna call the doctor.......Rigghhtttt.
Personally if that happens to me for four hours I'm not only gonna call the doctor, I'm gonna call everybody I know. Just to brag. Sheesh!
Jim

I remember when Massachusetts had them all changed because they were "offensive".

I made 2.5 hours. We were both happy and exhausted.

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The late, great Lewis Grizzard once remarked about the warning on a tube of "Preparation H" not to ingest it by mouth . . . he said, "For cryin' out loud ! I know where it goes ! - do they think I'm gonna put it on a soda cracker ?! "

Chris Rock stared in a movie: "I think I love my wife". It's pretty funny. Part of the movie deals with one of the tangential topics discussed here.

As far as the OP: I find it hard to believe THOMAS is being trashed. I'm just getting over the exposeay on Mickey and Minnie not being married. And Mickey's fling with Daisy. Who knew?

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On a kitchen mixer:
"Do not lick beaters while mixer is plugged in."

On a package of PMS relief medicine: "Do not use if your have prostate problems" REALLY???? I didn't think anyone with a prostate would even know that Midol exists

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These sorts of idiotic warnings really bug me - I would never buy a firearm with this "graffiti" all over it:

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You could probably only eat one, anyway. No way you could open your mouth after that...

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Lewis Black agrees with you . . . . (3:18 in)

"WARNING: It is illegal to alter or counterfeit this copy" written at the bottom of a certified copy of a Louisiana Death Certificate.

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Right here, right now on my desk lamp it says "CAUTION - DO NOT USE IN THE SHOWER!"

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They need to just put labels on idiots heads that read

Warning: Do not let me out of sight, I will find moronic ways to misuse everyday items and will blame you for the outcome. Other idiots will take my side and we will make a moronic decision about how to make you suffer for my stupidity.

Is this a political post?

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My favorite... middle of pg 19 of 'Smith & Wesson Safety & Instruction Manual - Revolvers - Modern Style', REV: REV101904:

"WARNING: THE REVOLVER WILL FIRE IF THE TRIGGER IS PULLED!"

It's emblazoned in red, too. Gotta wonder...

Stainz

When you get as old as some of us are the blurry vision side effect becomes a feature. ;-)

I think one of my favorite quotes applies here :

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.

Albert Einstein

Pretty much sums it up

My Mother used to work in a Pharmacy for a time. She told he that she'd had a number of elderly patients call to complain about the taste of the suppositories they'd been given to take...


I'm not even sure how you respond to that...

I should note, the reason this came up; I was visiting her at work and saw her putting warning labels on a prescription for this. I chuckled and asked why they needed labels for something that obvious...

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Absolutely...When you get to the point you understand it all..you don't want to know anymore and blurry vision helps. Most of the time I just look without comment.

"Doctor this thermometer tastes funny."

Things People Said: Warning Labels

Some good ones here!

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I'm glad I'm not the guy who has the job of testing rectal thermometers.

"EVERYTHING is a tort."

There's an annual contest to name the most outrageous warning labels. See www.whackywarninglabelstv.com

Ahh... so you've been to Kalifornia...

I interrupt this thread to insert the best practical warning label/set of instructions ever.
British (Hong Kong) fireworks, with the label, "Light the blue paper and retire".
Now, about the suppositories, my doctor told me to insert it into my rectum.
We were out of Rectum, so I put it in my Postum, instead.
I'm telling you, I might as well have shoved it up my *** for all the good it did me.

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I've always gotten a chuckle from " Warning-use of this product in a manner inconsistent with its labeling is a violation of applicable Federal Statutes. Violators may be prosecuted to the full extent of the law."

That gem used to be on bug spray, garden dust, and other products with pesticides.

Or - warning on my new propane torch- 'Do not get fingers or clothing into flame as serious injury could result. Do not touch tip of torch after use as it is very hot' DUH!!

Thanks! After a very aggravating day at work, this made it all better!

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don't eat the big white mint!

Why not?

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One of the best I saw was on a curling iron for your hair. "Do not stick this in any orfice of you body while hot" Now IMHO I have heard that most of these warning labels come from lawsuits directly from the manufactures that have been sued for these.