| Author | Message | ||
| Jack Habits (Ferraristuff)
Intermediate Member Username: Ferraristuff Post Number: 1078 Registered: 4-2003 |
>>>My parents bought their 3 year old grandson an American made pedal trike for Christmas - it had the warning "do not use for commercial purposes". Sounds indeed dumb at first sight. BUT... The "commercial purposes" intended by that warning are "renting out", use at carnivals etc. Much heavier on the "apparatus" and as Bill Hart pointed out, those warnings don't "fall from the sky" but are there usually after somebody has attemped "it" and the manufacturer is CHA... Jack | ||
| Alex Hancock (Alexhancock)
New member Username: Alexhancock Post Number: 22 Registered: 2-2003 |
My parents bought their 3 year old grandson an American made pedal trike for Christmas - it had the warning "do not use for commercial purposes". | ||
| Jack Habits (Ferraristuff)
Intermediate Member Username: Ferraristuff Post Number: 1039 Registered: 4-2003 |
Mfennell, wanna commit suicide in the most cruelest of ways thinkable? Buy a chainsaw and use it WITHOUT reading the manual... Jack | ||
| Mfennell70 (Mfennell70)
Junior Member Username: Mfennell70 Post Number: 166 Registered: 7-2001 |
I bought a chainsaw a couple months ago. The manual had TWENTY+ pages of warnings before saying thing one about the saw. | ||
| Hubert Otlik (Hugh)
Intermediate Member Username: Hugh Post Number: 1421 Registered: 1-2002 |
>>They further believed cold chickens provided a better simulation of a bird that had tensed to prepare for the impact.<< That would be a shi!!y realization to make. | ||
| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 682 Registered: 4-2003 |
Snopes on CataPoultry | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Intermediate Member Username: Peters Post Number: 1544 Registered: 1-2003 |
Subject: Rocket Science This is allegedly a true story: Sometimes it DOES take a Rocket Scientist!! Scientists at NASA built a gun specifically to launch dead chickens at the windshields of airliners, military jets and the space shuttle, all traveling at maximum velocity. The idea is to simulate the frequent incidents of collisions with airborne fowl to test the strength of the windshields. British engineers heard about the gun and were eager to test it on the windshields of their new high speed trains. Arrangements were made, and a gun was sent to the British engineers. When the gun was fired, the engineers stood shocked as the chicken hurled out of the barrel, crashed into the shatterproof shield, smashed it to smithereens, blasted through the control console, snapped the engineer's back-rest in two and embedded itself in the back wall of the cabin, like an arrow shot from a bow. The horrified Brits sent NASA the disastrous results of the experiment along with the designs of the windshield and begged the US scientists for suggestions. NASA responded with a one-line memo: "Defrost the chicken." | ||
| Patrick Denonville (Arizonaguy)
Member Username: Arizonaguy Post Number: 651 Registered: 4-2003 |
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| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 680 Registered: 4-2003 |
Hey, the instruction manual never said anything about using an electric drill while standing on an aluminim ladder in a swimming pool.  | ||
| wm hart (Whart)
Intermediate Member Username: Whart Post Number: 1644 Registered: 12-2001 |
Funny thing is, most of these notices only show up after somebody tries to do what is warned against; the manufacturer may start with the proposition that nobody would be that stupid, but out of prudence, they must cover potential liability. It probably says more about the great unwashed than it does about the lawyers, but that's my take... | ||
| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 678 Registered: 4-2003 |
One of my favorite sites is the Naval Safety Center particularly the picture of the week which has some truly amazing pictures of safety violations and accidents. Here is one of my favorites:  | ||
| Jack Habits (Ferraristuff)
Intermediate Member Username: Ferraristuff Post Number: 1032 Registered: 4-2003 |
Well... I worked for a company that manufactured heldheld garden equipment and you wouldn't believe how stupid people can be arround these tools... >>> On a Swedish chainsaw: "Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands ." <<< That warning is there for a reason... believe me... Jack | ||
| Gabe V (Racerxgto)
Junior Member Username: Racerxgto Post Number: 114 Registered: 4-2003 |
The nanny state revisited  | ||
| Ryan Alexander (Ryalex)
Junior Member Username: Ryalex Post Number: 100 Registered: 8-2003 |
There was a hilarious one I read for a ladder written by a lawyer a while back, I saw it on a lawyer joke website... I'll see if I can find it (unless someone knows it already). | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Intermediate Member Username: Peters Post Number: 1539 Registered: 1-2003 |
DES..That is actually a good warning label on the pen. The 'climbing type' clip business for non-climbing applications is big biz. That is actually one of the better, prudent warnings...Hell, I would never have known it. These cheap clips are for general use that use soft aluminum and will not support weight of an average climber...Good catch though  | ||
| MarkPDX (Markpdx)
Member Username: Markpdx Post Number: 508 Registered: 4-2003 |
The lawyers are trying to put my friend Charlie out of business.  | ||
| DES (Sickspeed)
Senior Member Username: Sickspeed Post Number: 6521 Registered: 8-2002 |
PeterS, i have a little pen at home that i bought from who-knows-where - probably the hardware store (impulse purchase)... the pen is only a few inches in length, maybe two and a half, but has a big mountain climbers'-type hook thingie on the end; i guess this is so you can clip it to your belt or bck pack or whatever... On the clip, it actually reads that the clip is not for mountain climbing... i swear... i laughed so hard when i saw that... | ||
| PeterS (Peters)
Intermediate Member Username: Peters Post Number: 1538 Registered: 1-2003 |
Here's a few that I just could not believe! How stupid do manufacturers think we are? On a Sears hairdryer: Do not use while sleeping On a bag of Fritos: You could be a winner ! No purchase necessary. Details inside. On a bar of Dial soap: "Directions: Use like regular soap." On some Swanson frozen dinners: "Serving suggestion: Defrost." On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert (printed on bottom): "Do not turn upside down." On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding: "Product will be hot after heating." On packaging for a Rowenta iron: "Do not iron clothes on body." On Boot's Children Cough Medicine: "Do not drive a car or operate machinery after taking this medication." On Nytol Sleep Aid: "Warning: May cause drowsiness ." On most brands of Christmas lights: "For indoor or outdoor use only." On a Japanese food processor: "Not to be used for the other use." On Sainsbury's peanuts: "Warning: contains nuts ." On an American Airlines packet of nuts: "Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts." On a child's superman costume: "Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly." On a Swedish chainsaw: "Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands ." |