Wacky Warning Labels

[SkyPup]

This is pretty phunny or not?


First Prize goes to a label on a small tractor that warns, "Danger: Avoid Death,"

http://www.wackywarnings.com/

 

[SkyPup]

I always liked the ones on gasoline fuel tanks on lawnmowers, pressure washers, etc. that state, "Danger - Do Not Use Open Flame to Check Fuel Level." Unfortunately, their attorneys are all assuming that the user can actually read?????


Or how about the bass fishing lure with a three-pronged hook on the end warns: “Harmful if Swallowed."

 

[SkyPup]

This warning was on a bottle of liquid drain cleaner:

"If you do not understand or cannot read all directions, cautions and warnings, do not use this product."

They should have just simply printed the telephone number of the nearest Accident Attorney onto the product.......

 

[GeneD14]

One of my all time favorites was from a pair of new wiper blades. The warning label said:

" Do not attempt to install new blades while wipers are in motion."

 

[Soundguy]

I think I got y'all beat.

I was reading my peanut butter bottle a while back.. had an alergy warning on it " Product may contain peanuts"

Gosh.. I HOPE SO!

Soundguy

 

[Wayne County Hose]

I always liked the ones on gasoline fuel tanks on lawnmowers, pressure washers, etc. that state, "Danger - Do Not Use Open Flame to Check Fuel Level."

I went to high school with a guy that was stealing gas from a motorcycle at night. He checked to see how much fuel it had with a lighter. He burned his face pretty bad, sued for big money, and won.

 

[xlr82v2]

Only in America...

The judge that even accepted that case and didn't throw it out of court should be thrown off the bench.

 

[N80]

Gas can label: "Do not take internally."

Homer Simpson: "Hey, that one was for me!"

The peanut butter one is the best. One has to wonder if the combination of these sorts of concerns along with the tort system in this country if we are systematically going to breed the common sense right out of future generations.

My wife gets a kick out of the macabre stick figures on the warning decals all over my tractor. Here favorites are 'twisty man' who is wrapped around the PTO shaft, 'stick 'em up man' who is being crushed by what appears to be a bolder falling from the FEL and 'Gumby man' who is partly under one of the rear tires.

 

[xlr82v2]

One has to wonder if the combination of these sorts of concerns along with the tort system in this country if we are systematically going to breed the common sense right out of future generations.

I think it's being stripped out of our kids by the public school system, with the liberal NEA/Dept. of Education at the root. And MTV and all that other similar crap doesn't help either.

I also think it's the ultra protective society that we're living in right now. We don't let kids go out and experience life and learn things the hard way. I've got an 11 year old nephew that until this past summer, I don't think has ever used a lawn mower. His mom won't make him go outside and mow the lawn, so that he doesn't get hurt on anything. I don't know about him, but when I was a kid, I usually didn't LEARN anything unless it drew some blood or left a blister on my fingers! How are our youth going to get prepared for the world when they're so "protected" from it as children?

 

[Ductape]

Even as a guy with 9.7 fingers, i find these labels amusing ! Much like the first picture of the guy in the skidsteer....... you don't really need to be able to read to get the point of the warning label.

 

[Gryantaylor]

I've always liked this one myself. Its absurd but it points out a serious problem with all these signs. When we try to warn everyone about everything the few really important messages "bridge out" get lost with all the other crap.

 

[podagrower]

As an electrician, I get a kick out of this one
"Warning. Improper installation by unqualified personnel may result in property damage or fire"
Does this mean improper installation by qualified personnel will have different results?

 

[chipsndust]

I think almost anything you buy these days qualifies for the wacky warning label award...

"This product is known to cause cancer in the State of California..."

Even Christmas lights cause cancer in California now. Up until a few days ago, I didn't know that. But, since I'm in Illinois, I'm OK, I suppose.

If I lived in California, I'd get out of there quick... everything will kill you there, it's a dangerous place.

I bought a half dozen 6 foot extension cords for Christmas light decorations. There was a tag that said "handling the cord is known to cause lead poisoning in the state of California, wash hands thoroughly after handling".

 

[Soundguy]

I went to high school with a guy that was stealing gas from a motorcycle at night. He checked to see how much fuel it had with a lighter. He burned his face pretty bad, sued for big money, and won.

I agre with XLR.. the judge should be stripped of title and sent to jail for awarding money on that case.

i have an employee that also used a cig lighter to check gas in his bike.. burned all the hair from his face and set his bike on fire. The guy pulling in behind him at the gas station put the guy and the bike out with his fire extinguisher he kept in his car.. guy got lucky.. no burns.. and bike survived.. lost the lighter thi=ough.. no idea where it went! ( I think this employee is a darwin candidate waiting to happen... we do road construction.. he was playing with a road flar one day.. kicking it around like a hockey puck.. caught his pants and shoe on fire... )

Soundguy

 

[orezok]

My favorite was on one of those folding windshield sunscreens that read "REMOVE BEFORE DRIVING". Duh...

 

[orezok]

The other one I can't understand is what this 710 cap is for on my tractor???

 

[ultrarunner]

Back in my brief Floor Covering Career...

We actually received several rolls of residential carpet that said:

"Install Yarn Side UP"

 

[turbo36]

This is pretty phunny or not?


First Prize goes to a label on a small tractor that warns, "Danger: Avoid Death,"

http://www.wackywarnings.com/

I'm serious when I say this but I'm having a hard time understanding why so many peopple think this is a "Wacky Warning". Would anyone care to elaborate?

 

[Ductape]

I don't think its really that THAT particular warning is wacky, but more that there are generally 638 warning labels on everything we buy today. Perhaps an indication that none of us have any common sense anymore?? Or so the manufacturers' attorneys think........


Even getting out of bed in the morning has an inherant danger. How long till our beds have that warning label on them?