STUPID THINGS FOR STUPID PEOPLE

rumpelstiltskin

I have a pint of milk in a carton, the ones you tear the top of.
And on the side it says
ONCE OPENED, STORE UPRIGHT

This has to be one of the stupidest warnings ever...

Karl Hungus

Bag of peanuts: Warning, may contain traces of peanut.


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Lenny

"Firework's are explosive, Do not hold in hand".

Zapper

Theres a massive post about this somewhere in here...any1 care to drag it up?

RopeDrink

...Just like what the Cop asked the scumbag punk kid on the street... "Did the window break on both sides when you threw the stone!?"

TheWolf

if you want stupid labels on stuff, try http://www.dumbwarnings.com/

DJ Flick 2001

Monty - the one and only

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by RopeDrink:
...Just like what the Cop asked the scumbag punk kid on the street... "Did the window break on both sides when you threw the stone!?"</font>

If it was a double glazed window, that was a fair question....

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Sean

lol
http://www.dumblaws.com/

Lenny

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">You are not allowed to breast feed in public. </font>

DOH !!!!!

Baz_

Never knew this before, Makes sense now though. Found it on that dumb warnings site, under food, then sainsburys peanuts in the readers comments, enjoy.

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I think that Sainsbury's deserves a note of explanation for this. Fortunately I can supply one.

They're not really THAT stupid, it just seems that way.

The warning is for the benefit of those who suffer from nut allergies. A sufferer who comes into contact with nuts often becomes very ill within a few minutes, and this can even be fatal. A recent spate of lawsuits in the UK has forced distributors of products WHICH MIGHT CONTAIN NUTS, or traces of nuts, to put a warning on their packaging.

So what's this with peanuts? Actually, peanuts aren't really nuts. Another name for the peanut is the ground nut, and in fact they grow as underground swellings on the roots of the plant. That's right, they're tubers. Just reflect that real nuts are the fruit of the plant, which grow above ground after the flower has died.

Final connection now ...

Since peanuts LOOK like nuts, they tend to be processed in the same way as real nuts, carried in the same sacks from the farm, and packed using the same machinery. Hence it's possible for traces of real nuts to get inside a bag of peanuts. It has been shown that only minute traces are necessary to trigger a nut allergy, and hence the warning on the packet.

Amusing, though. Nice website.

Regards,

Andy Symes.
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OSiriS

Saw this on an electric saw in work :

"Do not touch blade which machine is in operation"

like duh!

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Fragnet

the celtic tiger

check out this bad boy

Tesco's Tirimisu Desert


Do not turn upside down (Printed on the bottom of the box).

FANTASTIC!!!!

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I'm a bicycle!!

I'm offended.

BAN THAT GUY!


In all seriousness....the greatest place on earth!

richindub2

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American Airlines Peanuts


Instructions: open packet, eat nuts.

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Lol, but what if you dont want to eat the nuts? WHAT THEN?

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daves l33t site 0wns j00.

nesf

Got one, can't remember what allergy tablet it was but on the leaflet it read:

"Proven to work for all allergies!..."

At the bottom in very small print...
"Not suitable for people with allergic reactions to anti-hystamines"

anti-hystamines = allergy tablets

Spunog UIE

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by OJ:
"Firework's are explosive, Do not hold in hand".</font>

I hate it when they order ya stuff like don't do that. Fair enough cover their asses with, could cos great bodily harm etc' or prove fatal.
But saying DO NOT HOLD IN HAND, i feel like they are talking down to me. Besides ya know those fireball yokes they are mad for fighting with. DId it last year with a whole pile of them shooting at each other. MAD it was. like paintballing only with loadssssssssss of light at night. T'was fun.
Still have all fingers hands etc too.

Oh and whats wrong with breast feeding in public. if they wanna, fair enough....

Ri-ra

One of my favourites:

Lucent Technologies Model 6210 Telephone


The following is found on page 4 of the instruction book:


1. To place or answer a call, lift the handset.
2. To place a call, dial the desired number.
3. To end the call, hang up the handset.

Another gem, also on Page 4:

To put a call on Hold:


Press "Hold".

DrunkLeprachaun

Now, seriously, you have to bear in mind that not everyone is as smart as boards.ie members.

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If there's one thing I hate, it's people.