Weird Consumer Labels

Strider

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This are some consumer labels I found at www.the-jokes.com

On a Sears hairdryer: Do not use while sleeping.

On a bag of Fritos: You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside. (The shoplifter special.)

On a bar of Dial soap: Directions: Use like regular soap.

On a Swann frozen dinners: Serving suggestion: Defrost. (But it's just a suggestion.)

On Tesco's tiramisu dessert (printed on the bottom of box): 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's 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." (As opposed to what?)

On a Japanese food processor: Not to be used for the other use. (I gotta admit, I'm curious.)

On Sainsbury's peanuts: "Warning: contains nuts."

On an American Airlines packet of peanuts: "Instructions: Open packet, eat nuts."

On a child's Superman costume: "Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly." (I don't blame the company, I blame the parents for this one.)

On a Swedish chain saw: "Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals."
 
:lol:

Where do they come up with these things ;).
 
Originally posted by Perfection
Hasn't this arleady been posted?
I think it's in CFC's "Nonsense Tavern," which is linked to on the main site. But I don't think we can blame him for not noticing that.
 
My favorites brand-name idiosyncracies over the years:

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Care Free! brand chewing gum.

Just below the name is this disclaimer --

"(Warning -- this product contains saccharine, which has been linked with cancer in lab animal tests.)"

Not exactly inspiring "care free"-ness...

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Or better yet, when the trend for bleachless laundry detergent coincided when traditional brand names, the industry standard was to call them "(brand-name) Free."

So we now have "Tide Free," and "All Free..."

And the unintentially subversive:

"Cheer Free."

Which somehow everyone missed...

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Then there's the classic...

The bottled water "Evian..."

Whose brand-name, spelled backwards is "naivE..."

(This was pointed out in Ben Stiller's movie "Reality Bites," but I'd heard about it for a few years before it was included in the movie...)
 
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