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janbo1960
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 Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 10:49 pm Post subject: Wash clothes, not body, wacky warning advises |
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A warning label advising against climbing into a washing machine has won the 10th annual Wacky Warning Label contest.
The contest, run by American lobby group the Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, aims to "reveal how lawsuits, and concern about lawsuits, have created a need for common sense warnings on products".
The winning label, on a laundromat washing machine, advises: "Do not put any person in this washer".
Second place went to a motor manufacturer who warned "Never use a lit match to check fuel level."
Other winners included a lotto ticket advising "do not iron", an instruction on a mobile phone saying "Don't try to dry your phone in a microwave oven" and this warning on a Yellow Pages: "Please do not use this directory while operating a |
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eefanincan
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| Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2007 11:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Sadly, there is a need to have these warnings. They seem silly, but there are people out there who would try these things. I'm guessing that there have been some silly lawsuits that have happened and that's why we have all of these warnings. |
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janbo1960
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:46 am Post subject: |
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| eefanincan wrote: | | Sadly, there is a need to have these warnings. They seem silly, but there are people out there who would try these things. I'm guessing that there have been some silly lawsuits that have happened and that's why we have all of these warnings. |
Yes but they didn't mention cats or dogs!!! |
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eefanincan
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 4:02 am Post subject: |
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| janbo1960 wrote: | | eefanincan wrote: | | Sadly, there is a need to have these warnings. They seem silly, but there are people out there who would try these things. I'm guessing that there have been some silly lawsuits that have happened and that's why we have all of these warnings. |
Yes but they didn't mention cats or dogs!!! |
True enough..... we'll just have to hope that common sense will prevail.  |
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fritz
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Location: Florida
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| Posted: Sun Jan 07, 2007 12:53 pm Post subject: |
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If people had any common sense they woulden't need the stupid lable to start with.  |
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