Still laughing... -- Toilet brush wins wacky bowl Michigan anti-lawsuit group gives out "awards" for wackiest warning labels on products. January 6, 2005: 2:09 PM EST NEW YORK (CNN/Money) - A toilet brush with a tag that says "Do not use for personal hygiene" has taken top prize for the wackiest consumer warning label of the year, according to an anti-lawsuit group. The Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, M-LAW, whose main mission is to reveal how lawsuits and anxiety over lawsuits have created a need for overly obvious warnings on products, sponsors The Wacky Warning Label Contest each year. Other top finishers this year include: -- A scooter with the warning "This product moves when used." -- A digital thermometer with the advice "Once used rectally, the thermometer should not be used orally." -- An electric blender used for chopping and dicing that reminds users to "Never remove food or other items from the blades while the product is operating." -- And a three-inch bag of air used for packaging that read "Do not use this product as a toy, pillow, or flotation device." "Warning labels are a sign of our lawsuit-plagued times," said Robert B. Dorigo Jones, M-LAW president. "Plaintiff's lawyers who file the lawsuits that prompt these warnings argue they are making us safer, but the warnings have become so long that few of us read them anymore-- even the ones we should read." The group hopes the contest will remind us all to read the warnings on our products more carefully and motivate judges to stop what it says are frivolous lawsuits. The winning labels were chosen by listeners of a popular morning radio show in Detroit, the group said. --
I just got an E-mail from my dad about this, but it had a few new ones..... -A label on a baby stroller warns: "Remove child before folding -A brass fishing lure with a three-pronged hook on the end warns: "Harmful if swallowed -A popular scooter for children warns: "This product moves when used." -A nine- by three-inch bag of air used as packing material cautions: "Do not use this product as a toy, pillow, or flotation device." -A flushable toilet brush warns: "Do not use for personal hygiene." -The label on an electric hand blender promoted for use in "blending, whipping, chopping and dicing," warns: "Never remove food or other items from the blades while the product is operating." -A digital thermometer that can be used to take a person's temperature several different ways warns: "Once used rectally, the thermometer should not be used orally." -A household iron warns users: "Never iron clothes while they are being worn" -A label on a hair dryer reads, "Never use hair dryer while sleeping" -A warning on an electric drill made for carpenters cautions: "This product not intended for use as a dental drill." -The label on a bottle of drain cleaner warns: "If you do not understand, or cannot read, all directions, cautions and warnings, do not use this product." -A smoke detector warns: "Do not use the Silence Feature in emergency situations. It will not extinguish a fire." -A massage chair warns: "DO NOT use massage chair without clothing... and, Never force any body part into the backrest area while the rollers are moving." -A cardboard car sunshield that keeps sun off the dashboard warns, "Do not drive with sunshield in place" -An "Aim-n-Flame" fireplace lighter cautions, "Do not use near fire, flame or sparks" -A label on a hand-held massager advises consumers not to use "while sleeping or unconscious" -A 12-inch rack for storing compact disks warns: "Do not use as a ladder." -A cartridge for a laser printer warns, "Do not eat toner" -A 13-inch wheel on a wheelbarrow warns: "Not intended for highway use" -A can of self-defense pepper spray warns users: "May irritate eyes" -A warning on a pair of shin guards manufactured for bicyclists says: "Shin pads cannot protect any part of the body they do not cover." -A snowblower warns: "Do not use snowthrower on roof." -A dishwasher carries this warning: "Do not allow children to play in the dishwasher." -A popular manufactured fireplace log warns: "Caution - Risk of Fire" -A box of birthday cake candles says: "DO NOT use soft wax as ear plugs or for any other function that involves insertion into a body cavity."
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071213/ap_on_fe_st/odd_wacky_warnings;_ylt=AkhD0hdWU0HadmwYhqMhXIwE1vAI DETROIT - Words to live by, from a warning label on a small tractor: "Danger: Avoid Death." That warning was selected Wednesday as the winner of the 11th annual "Wacky Warning Label Contest," sponsored by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch. The contest is part of an effort to show the effects of lawsuits on warning labels.
