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April 2009
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| This just in from the Dept. of Bad Ideas: The nude dude ranch »
Do not pass go. Do not collect $200. Do not use your birthday candles as earplugs. Wait - WHAT?! (Hang on ... Lemme get these candles out of my ears. Can't hear a thing!) All better. There's plenty of advice to be had out there. But some of it is ... well ... just really, really stupid. Don't believe me? Just check your nearest warning label. FOXNews.com recently interviewed this guy, Bob Dorigo Jones, who wrote Remove Child Before Folding: The 101 Stupidest, Silliest and Wackiest Warning Labels Ever. Jones told FOX that, these days, manufacturers go out of their way to keep consumers safe - and thereby protect themselves from lawsuits--by warning about all sorts of potential dangers ... even if they don't seem plausible at all. They're like the bumper lanes on life's big bowling alley - unnecessary for most, but just right for children and idiots!
For the rest of us, they're at least good for a chuckle. Apparently, there's a need for a label on hair dryers that says not to use them while sleeping. (Though that does sound like a pretty nifty way to get some extra shut-eye in the mornings...) Or how about this one: Say your husband is out on the lake fishing for the day. He's not the sharpest tool in the shed, and you forgot to pack him a sandwich. No worries. Those appetizing two-pronged fish hooks he's toting come with a warning, so he'll know they're harmful if swallowed. Whew! And then there's my personal favorite, for you to chew on ... or not: A warning label on a popular MP3 label that reads : "Do not eat iPod Shuffle." Mmmmm ... crunchy. Click here for more on the wacky warning labels at FOXNews.com! |
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