Wacky Warning Labels

[Bedlam]

They came up with nylon ties. one around the handle loosley will hold the bar in place, and still be able to slide it down and allow the bar to stop the engine.

 

[patrick_g]

A downtown laundromat in Washington, D.C. sign on the wall:

"Please remove live rounds from pockets before inserting pants in dryer."

A most interesting sign given that D.C. , in general, does not allow private ownership of guns.

Now then, reality is something else again.

Pat

 

[N80]

A downtown laundromat in Washington, D.C. sign on the wall:

"Please remove live rounds from pockets before inserting pants in dryer."

Sounds like a job for Myth Busters to me!

 

[Iplayfarmer]

A downtown laundromat in Washington, D.C. sign on the wall:

"Please remove live rounds from pockets before inserting pants in dryer."

I want to hear the story that inspired that warning label.

 

[Soundguy]

I remember a myth buster episode where someone used a 22 shell as a fuse , and the circuit suposedly overloaded and cooked the shell off. Mythbusters had to finagle a pretty good short, but were able to re-create the cook-off.

soundguy

 

[SPYDERLK]

Hot rimfires bouncing in a drier. Could be an iffy prospect.
larry

 

[Soundguy]

One i wouldn't want to test!

soundguy

 

[Danno1]

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FYI:


Supreme Court finds individual right to own guns | Reuters


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[tallyho8]

That post belongs in a different thread. I enjoy this thread and would hate for it to get closed due to arguments over gun control.

 

[patrick_g]

That post belongs in a different thread. I enjoy this thread and would hate for it to get closed due to arguments over gun control.

Not to worry, it isn't going to happen.

I'm sure the laundry sign was posted well in advance of the latest Supreme Court ruling.

I had no intention of stirring up hate and discontent when I commented on D.C. being a "gun free zone" (I was blissfully ignorant of the recent Supreme Court ruling) and therefore the sign was not needed unless you considered reality and recognized that D.C. is an armed camp, legal or illegal. (Now more legal than before, encouraging more gun presence and more need for the laundry warning.)

None of the .22 LR rounds of mine that my mom laundered ever went off.

I think the ammunition in the dryer is a good topic for the Myth Busters. This assumes the rounds are quite water tight and not destroyed by washing.

Still, the warning sign is pretty funny.

Pat