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How Stupid Are We Becoming??
Dec 12, 2007 | 2:07 PM
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A warning label on a small tractor that reads;

"Danger: Avoid Death", is this years $500 grand prize winner in the nation's wackiest warning label contest.

 

The Wacky Warning Label Contest, now in its 11th year, is conducted by a Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, as part of an effort to show the effects of lawsuits on warning labels.

 

The $250 second place was for a label found on an iron-on T-shirt transfer that warns:

"Do not iron while wearing shirt."

The $100 third-place prize for a label on a baby stroller featuring a small storage pouch that warns:

"Do not put child in bag."

Honorable mention was for a label on a letter opener that says:

"Caution: Safety goggles recommended."

 Are we really becoming a nation of mindless idiots

that need labels like this for our own protection??

 

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Sam_in_DC read my blog
Dec 12, 2007 | 2:30 PM

Good one Starrman. Funny you should blog on this topic, just last weekend I noticed an interesting one on a box of Christmas lights I recently bought...Warning: for indoor or outdoor use only.
Starrman read my blog view my photos
Dec 12, 2007 | 2:50 PM

Sam_in_DC, LOL!
I love it, please protect us from ourselves. This is so sad, BUT, I am sure there are those in the AH part of the populace that probably do need these labels. You know the type, I am certain. I have darn sure run across several in my time here on earth.
Mountaineerfan read my blog view my photos
Dec 12, 2007 | 3:50 PM

"Are we really becoming a nation of mindless idiots that need labels like this for our own protection??"

Starrman,do you really have to ask?Did I ever tell you the story of the toy police and what they did a couple of years ago?They had this big video taped deal where they took all of these reporter and put them in a room and rigged up a stomp rocket right there on the spot.They then proceeded to stomp it as hard as they could.The dambed thing lodged itself tightly into the ceiling tiles and there were plenty of oohs and aahs from the crowd.Of course the toy police go on to rant about how they should be banned and how dangerous they are.All the while what they don't mention is that there is a huge label right on the side of the box telling you NOT to use indoors.
Starrman read my blog view my photos
Dec 12, 2007 | 4:08 PM

Mountaineerfan, you are correct, I did not have to ask.
Loved those rockets, I had to use a hammer or my fist, for obvious reasons. And if it hit me, that was my own darn fault, and it did, more than once. At least my "Spud Gun" doesn't have any warning labels, so I guess it is okay to shoot it in my house, not really, I still have a little common sense left. Have shot it out the window though. Man it can be fun.
Y3Y3 read my blog view my photos
Dec 13, 2007 | 5:33 AM

If lawyers had real cases they could do this stupid junk wouldn't happen. I actually think it's better to thin out the herd so to speak of all the stupid AH's. Let them kill themselves doing idiotic things. Maybe thse signs are required for someone like bootsy...
Starrman read my blog view my photos
Dec 13, 2007 | 8:50 AM

Y3Y3, amen on thinning the herd, it is definitely long overdue.
beagle_buddy read my blog view my photos
Dec 13, 2007 | 9:50 AM

Probably more likely so then we imagine "Y3" ...she orbits in very, very thin air…

...or could we have overlooked her uncommon, little understood delivery of humor all this time?...
Starrman read my blog view my photos
Dec 13, 2007 | 11:28 AM

beagle_buddy, I think she leans a little more towards the air-headed, than the humorous. I may be wrong though.
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