I guess that’s the wording of more recent tags, but it hasn’t always been that way. I’ve certainly seen tags that simply say “Do not remove this tag under penalty of law”.
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Exactly.
As far as I can recall, there was a time when none of the tags included, “except by consumer,” or the equivalent. I suspect the new wording was a response to all the jokes about going to jail for tag removal.
As a 6-year-old I found such a tag beneath (of all things) an end table. I was, of course, the only one in the house in a position to see the underside of a low table. I ripped it right off.
I wish I could say I was haunted by fears of the :“penalty of law” that would follow my action, but even then I had a suspicion it didn’t apply to consumers (though I didn’t yet know that term) or their families.
And the Statute of Limitations must be up by now, anyway.
Interesting. I remember having a similar discussion in the 80s - my friend and I were looking at a pillow. I know I saw the “except by the consumer” on that label. So it may have something to do with which product the tag is on.
Where does your lap go when you stand up?
I am trying to recall all the Imponderables by Dave Feldman.
If chairs bent the other way, what would knees look like?
What’s another word for “thesaurus”?
Yes, I know- I asked a silly question, like others have.
Lapland, of course. 
If the black box on an airplane is indestructible, how do they get Teflon to stick to the pan?
Well, you know how some people have triggers involving jokes that are questions that a little thought would answer?
This is one of mine
Don’t know why I didn’t remember this sooner - “bills” is short for handbills: a big stack of copies of the artwork advertising a play or concert. Someone would be paid to post them all over town, frequently the bill poster would go to the nearest blank wall or solid fence with a bucket full of paste, slather the entire surface then affix a huge number of handbills to the wall in a grid pattern. Repeat on the next block. The handbills were rarely taken down and the surface got ugly quick as this was repeated.
Why do dogs tilt their heads when you talk to them?
Lexicon.
Because they can.
Oh, wait, wrong question.
Is it proper usage to say that a mechanically powered ship has “sailed”?
Or that you’ve “dialed” a phone number on a cell phone?
Does pressing the button on a street corner turn the light red faster?
How do you feel?
I actually once read a piece by a software engineer that designs the software that controls the lights.
In busy areas, such as city centres, it is on a timer. The lights go on and off at pre-programmed intervals. But all button presses are logged and analyzed, and the timer may be adjusted accordingly.
In quieter areas, yes, it makes the lights change faster.
Beckdawrek is Mr. Spock?