Stupid Product Warnings

  • Jacki
    20 years ago

    On a lawnmower I had was a big label which read:
    "WARNING WHEN MOTOR IS RUNNING- THE BLADE IS TURNING!"

    We once bought a grocery store pizza and the instruction were on the bottom, so we turned it upside down to see how long to cook it etc., and low and behold the first instruction was DO NOT TURN UPSIDE DOWN!

    Warning on a curling iron: Do Not Insert Curling Iron Into Any Bodily Orifice…

    My bathroom has inadequate ventilation and therefore, develops mold spots in the lower corners. I attempted to purchase a cleaner specifically designed to remove bathroom mold deposits. The directions on the product label stated, "Only use in well ventilated areas."

    Seen on the bottom of a Coca-Cola bottle: "Do not open here."

    On a bottle of spray paint: "Do not spray in your face."

    On a bottle of bathtub cleaner: For best results, start with clean bathtub before use.

    On a container of lighter fluid: WARNING: Contents flammable!

    On a bottle of hand lotion: Warning: Starts healing skin on contact.

    On a box of household nails: CAUTION! - Do NOT swallow nails! May cause irritation!

    Microwave popcorn is packaged so that the directions cannot be read unless you open the plastic and unfold it. Direction #1 is Remove plastic.

    On a television commercial that says it cleans dentures 4 times better. Below in small print it said "Lab test: (their product) vs. water.

    On a television commercial I saw it said they their denture paste was better than any other. BELOW IT, it said in small letters, vs. using no adhesive.

    I have a full-face motorcycle helmet with a giant arrow pointing to the front. I can only guess that some idiot put the helmet on backwards, jumped on a bike and hurt himself. This is to protect to manufacturer from future lawsuits.

    One day I went to a wal-mart out of state and I went to buy a blow dryer when I read the warnings it said "DO NOT BLOW DRY IN SLEEP"

    Seen on the back of a drink bottle label: "Do not peel label off."

    On a Band-Aid box: "For serious injuries, seek medical attention."

    On a can of powdered infant formula: "Mix with water before serving." Like I'm going to spoon it to my baby dry!

    This stupid label was found on a can of Woolite carpet cleaner: "Safe for carpets, too!"

  • Anne Conner
    20 years ago

    I have seen some of those and it goes beyond stupid. I haven't met any one as of yet that would spray a paint can at themselves and expect not to get covered with paint etc. I think it is illegal not to put those warnings on every product though.

  • Jacki
    20 years ago

    it's still funny

  • Bret Higgins
    20 years ago

    I still love the packet of nuts I bought for christmas...

    Yes, you know the know the warning...

    It's a bag of Brazil Nuts...

    Silly people put this under the main logo of:

    BRAZIL NUTS (in caps on the packet.. about 24 point)

    The warning underneath?

    Well it was this:

    May contain nuts.

  • Lipton
    20 years ago

    lol, Bret. Heard that one.

    On a fireplace log: CAUTION! Risk of fire!

    On iron: DO NOT IRON CLOTHES WHILE WEARING THEM!

    On bathroom hand dryer: Do not turn on machine with wet hands.

    On a public-use toilet: Recycled flush water unsafe for drinking.

    On shin guards: Shin pads cannot protect any part of the body they do not cover."

    Not a PRODUCT label but... In a German cemetary: DO NOT PICK FLOWERS FROM ANY, BUT YOUR OWN GRAVE!

    Dishwasher: Do not allow children to play in dishwasher.

    Sign in a maternity ward in India: No children allowed.

    Ah, people...

    ~Ciao Lipton

  • Kalika
    20 years ago

    There's also one on ant traps...."May contain traces of peanuts" I don't know many people who eat ant traps, but you know, just in case....

    Kalika

  • oOXkonnXOo
    20 years ago

    go to engrish.com its hilarious.

    -jenn

  • me
    20 years ago

    On a carton of milk (this is real):

    "Allergy advice - contains milk."

  • JJ
    20 years ago

    There was this guy who rode his bike up a hill/mountain and fell down and broke his neck. He was suing the dealer because he says there were no instructions on the bike saying he couldn't ride up a hill.

  • Lipton
    20 years ago

    There was an old lady that successfully sued McDonald's.

    She spilt McDonald's coffee on herself.
    On the styrophoam cup, it says, "Caution, contents HOT"

    Yet, she still won the lawsuit.

    We really are idiots, aren't we?

    ~Ciao Lipton

  • ScarredSoul
    20 years ago

    >>>Float

  • Anne Conner
    20 years ago

    I heared about that one that was funny.

    There was some lady that sued some teens for bringing her brownies! (Actually it was for the heart trouble she had after recieving the brownies .LOL) I guess they will never give brownies to the older folk in their town agian. I hope she is happy.