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10th Annual Wacky Warning Labels Out
autophile writes "It's official: M-Law's 10th Annual Wacky Warning Label Contest is over. First prize has gone to a washing machine label urging not to put people in washers. Started to promote awareness of excessive litigation, the contest highlights common sense warning labels, such as the one that warns not to dry cellphones in microwave ovens. Companies find it necessary to stick crazy warnings on their products because of previous insane lawsuits: 'A front loader (washing machine) is just at the right height — speaking now as a mother and not a corporate spokeswoman — for a four-year-old,' said Patti Andresen Shew of Alliance Laundry Systems. Personally, I think a four-year-old precocious enough to read and understand all the warning labels hidden all over a product probably doesn't need those labels."
Actually, its there so that hunters don't mistake them for live prey and unload their 30-30s on them. Hunters are dumb. They saw a sign that said that lettuce was "in season" and figured it was ok to shoot up the vegetable stand. During deer season, they shoot countless farm tractors just because they say "John Deere" on them. They shoot stop signs. Now there's a hard target to hit - a stopped stop sign! They have to wear funny orange vests so other hunters won't go "Gee, that guy might look pretty good strapped on the roof of my pickup." Dick ("blast yer face off") Cheney is a hunter. It was the other guy's fault for not wearing day-glo face paint!