Time for the amusing warning label thread. Preferably real, appropriate, but giving the wrong impression ones, but anything else goes.
I just couldn’t resist starting this after I saw “suitable for vegetarians” on my moisturising handwash bottle. I imagined my mum saying “Vegetarian?! Wash your mouth out this instant.”"
(For the record, it makes sense because a large number of vegetarians don’t like animal products being used in any way, so would avoid a handwash made from meat. But it’s amusing because technically vegetarian techincally means not eating meat products.)
Don’t know if this counts, but in an import shop once I just had to buy a box of incense cones. The package originally said “ASSORTED,” but a sticker had been placed over it to indicate that the box actually contained “MUSK.” Unfortunately the sticker did not entirely cover the old label, so that now it said “ASS MUSK.”
I gave the box to a friend a few months ago as a gag gift.
I’ve got a hand truck, used for the normal hand truck purposes (i.e., moving heavy things around). It’s the type of cart that U-Haul rents out to people who are moving. This past weekend I noticed that the words “Not For Highway Use” are stamped on the 8" wheels.
So, apparently it’s perfectly OK for me to tool around on city streets with my cart, but I should be wary before I take it out on the interstate. I assume it’s because the manufacturers fear road rage from drivers who are jealous of my sweet wheels.
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“Hey Jed, what was that thing passing us, doing about 85?”
“It’s some guy on a hand truck! Looks like a Home Depot model.”
“Let’s get him!!!”
Shade, I think this warning label is completely justified. Some time ago there was a bottle of vanilla scented shower gel standing around in the bathroom. “Hmm, smells like vanilla, does it also taste like vanilla? Well, let’s give it a try.”
Now that I am a vegetarian, I would welcome such labels so I can do those experiments with a clear consience.
For anyone who might wonder, no, it didn’t taste like vanilla
