Comments on: Laughable warning labels

By: Carlos Morales

Carlos Morales — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 10:26:00 +0000

On 4-26-2007 at 1:35 pm Erik posted a comment about a “dumb” warning on peanuts… “Or the really dumb one that now must be on packages of peanuts due to allergies: “Warning: may contain nuts” what else did they expect in it?”

It is actually an excellent one, since peanuts ARE NOT nuts, but legumes. This warning is for patients who are not peanut allergic but are allergic to walnuts, almonds, etc. Since peanuts and nuts are oftentimes produced in the same facility, they can contaminate one another.

So a person who is allergic to walnuts might assume he can eat from the peanut container, which can contain small amounts of nuts, and therefore kill that person.

It is not dumb, it is actually extremely important. Many people do not understand this difference.

By: Ali

Ali — Sat, 03 May 2008 00:04:02 +0000

on a bottle of aspirin:
do not take if you are allergic to aspirin

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 02 May 2008 23:25:09 +0000

@Mike,

My roommate in college dropped our AC out the window. She lived on the non-window side of the room and clearly didn’t know how to operate the thing. The window, not the AC. She opened the window with the AC in it and down it went.

We were pretty lucky that the sophomores below us didn’t have the usual entourage outside their window at that very moment!!!

By: Judy

Judy — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:49:00 +0000

I bought a large ice chest that came with the warning “Do not put in dishwasher.” Contacts warn not to put in mouth. I thought that was silly until a friend of mine put her contact in her mouth to moisten it and then swallowed it.

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 02 May 2008 21:21:32 +0000

Not a warning, but has anyone seen that commerical for I think it’s called Veramyst? It’s an allergy medication and at the end the announcer says “The way Veramyst works is not entirely understood.” Scary much? I understand there are mysteries in the universe but if I’m going to squirt it towards my brain I’d like to have a better mental grasp on it, instead of being able to liken my understanding of its power to how I felt about the toilet, as a child.

By: ahway

ahway — Fri, 02 May 2008 20:20:24 +0000

Warning:
Do not put calculator in back pocket…it may break.

By: n2y2

n2y2 — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:26:53 +0000

Microwave popcorn that came tri-folded and wrapped in cellophane. You remove it from the plastic wrap and unfold it to see the instructions inside.

Step one: Remove cellophane wrapping. (Hmm… no way to get to the instructions without doing that first)

By: Jo Ann

Jo Ann — Fri, 02 May 2008 18:23:45 +0000

Any drug that will increase gambling will probably also increase promiscuity, as what it is doing is lowering your inhibition. One of the drugs for restless leg syndrome (and I believe a drug for bipolar disorder) is currently directly marketed in the US. My mom and I keep asking for these drugs, as the side effects of gambling and sex are soo much better, than say, rectal bleeding.

By: Nancy

Nancy — Fri, 02 May 2008 17:38:36 +0000

I like the directions on weird items. Like gloves: Military puts instructions in each glove, “Insert one digit into each finger sleeve”. Like you plan to wear it wrong??
Another interesting instruction requests you to ” put one leg in each leg opening ” of a pair of underwear you receive from the military…like you plan to wear them on your head and get away with it? You know some one had to do all these things wrong in order for some dumb bunny to have to create al these warnings and instructions. That’s the funniest part!

By: Mitchbert

Mitchbert — Fri, 02 May 2008 16:33:37 +0000

Sorry to spoil your silly urban legends, but teflon does NOT give off a gas that kills birds unless it is cooked to over 500 degrees. If that happens it will kill you as well. People, THINK, PLEASE!