# Manufacturer's warnings you routinely ignore **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 14, 2007, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturers-warnings-you-routinely-ignore/404112 "2007-05-14T23:34:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![HazelNutCoffee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ac91a4/32.png) [@HazelNutCoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HazelNutCoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturers-warnings-you-routinely-ignore/404112/101 "2007-05-18T07:25:20Z")
I’ve violated the “do not take with alcohol” warning on Tylenol a few times. I _think_ my liver is still intact. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/edb3f5/32.png) [@Freudian\_Push\_Up\_Bra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Push_Up_Bra)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturers-warnings-you-routinely-ignore/404112/102 "2007-05-18T08:20:35Z")
My mum routinely ignored the “for children under 12” dosage when dealing with me: mainly because I was as physically mature as a child over age 12 by the time I was 9. And what else are you supposed to use Q-tips for?? ---
**Author:** ![Colophon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f05b48/32.png) [@Colophon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colophon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 9:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturers-warnings-you-routinely-ignore/404112/103 "2007-05-18T09:25:44Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Actually it’s Welsh Rarebit [/QUOTE] Actually, it isn’t. The proper name is “Welsh rabbit”, the idea probably being that the Welsh can’t even afford a real rabbit and have to make do with cheese.. “Rarebit” is a later mangling of the name. [See here, for instance.](http://theoldfoodie.blogspot.com/2006/08/welsh-rabbit.html) > [@](#): > > As for the rabbit/rarebit debate, which is it? The OED traces Welsh Rabbit to 1725, sixty years before “rarebit”, and the eminent lexicographer H.W.Fowler stated in no uncertain terms “Welsh Rabbit is amusing and right. Welsh Rarebit is stupid and wrong." End of discussion. ---
**Author:** ![BMalion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e274bd/32.png) [@BMalion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMalion)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturers-warnings-you-routinely-ignore/404112/104 "2007-05-18T13:20:37Z")
[QUOTE=HazelNutCoffee] I’ve violated the “do not take with alcohol” warning on Tylenol a few times. I _think_ my liver is still intact. [/QUOTE] I’ve taken cold medicine and then operated heavy machinery, well, my refrigerator is heavy. ---
**Author:** ![vetbridge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b5e925/32.png) [@vetbridge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vetbridge)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturers-warnings-you-routinely-ignore/404112/105 "2007-05-18T14:00:00Z")
I eat raw/undercooked seafood routinely!!! ---
**Author:** ![alice\_in\_wonderland](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alice_in_wonderland/32/176_2.png) [@alice\_in\_wonderland](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alice_in_wonderland)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturers-warnings-you-routinely-ignore/404112/106 "2007-05-18T17:51:07Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] Actually it’s Welsh Rarebit [/QUOTE] And it’s completely friggin’ disgusting. _GAG_ It’s one of the few foods I _refuse_ to eat. ---
**Author:** ![cher3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/da6949/32.png) [@cher3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cher3)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturers-warnings-you-routinely-ignore/404112/107 "2007-05-18T17:54:05Z")
The warning about serving sizes. I mean, there are some cases where it would constitute a warning. ---
**Author:** ![Flipshod](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/f19dbf/32.png) [@Flipshod](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flipshod)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2007, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturers-warnings-you-routinely-ignore/404112/108 "2007-05-18T18:34:47Z")
Just about the only time I operate a butane lighter it’s near my face, clearly against the warning. And “don’t take while drinking alcohol” tells me there must be some good reason that I oughta try and take it with alcohol, so I do. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturers-warnings-you-routinely-ignore/404112/109 "2007-05-19T17:07:51Z")
[QUOTE=Freudian Push Up Bra] My mum routinely ignored the “for children under 12” dosage when dealing with me: mainly because I was as physically mature as a child over age 12 by the time I was 9. And what else are you supposed to use Q-tips for?? [/QUOTE] [Homosexual infants.](http://www.qtips.com/history.html) Oh, and you _have_ to clean your ears out periodically, or the wax will build up to the point where it requires a doctor to remove it. (I speak from experience.) As for warning labels I pretty much ignore all of them at one time or another. Wear safety goggles? Nah. Shine a laser pointer in my eye? Done that. Do not mix with alcohol? What’s the point of living if you can’t mix something with booze? Disconnect before servicing? How am I supposed to know if I’ve _fixed_ it? Don’t use Windex to clean CDs? But what if they’re dirty and I want to listen to them? ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturers-warnings-you-routinely-ignore/404112/110 "2007-05-19T17:42:49Z")
I use bikini-line Nair on my derriere, never had any adverse effects. I use body sugar for the rest, but have YOU ever tried to sugar your posterior? :dubious: I never do skin tests before dyeing my hair at home, either. ---
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturers-warnings-you-routinely-ignore/404112/111 "2007-05-19T17:47:19Z")
[QUOTE=kung fu lola] I use bikini-line Nair on my derriere, never had any adverse effects. I use body sugar for the rest, but have YOU ever tried to sugar your posterior? :dubious: [/QUOTE] Cite? Oh, come on, you knew somebody was going to say it. ---
**Author:** ![kung\_fu\_lola](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f4b2a3/32.png) [@kung\_fu\_lola](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kung_fu_lola)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2007, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturers-warnings-you-routinely-ignore/404112/112 "2007-05-19T17:50:24Z")
[QUOTE=Tuckerfan] Cite? [/QUOTE] Would you believe I actually [have one](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=405155)? Yes, that’s right, my post is my cite. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/manufacturers-warnings-you-routinely-ignore/404112.md?page=5)