# Products most often used in direct violation of package directions. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 24, 2002, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627 "2002-07-24T20:11:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Mort\_Furd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Mort\_Furd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mort_Furd)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/81 "2002-07-30T13:30:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by owlstretchingtime \* > \*\* > > Yup they use the foil to make crack pipes and/or to chase heroin. > > Also Junkies suffer from terrible constipation (think a life long diet of immodium) and chocolate is about the only thing they can eat. \*\* :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: If I over indulge in chocolate, I wind up shitting bricks - and you are telling me that people who are ALREADY constipated are living on chocolate??? My mother in law once ended up in the hospital with what amounted to chronic constipation, and the doctor told her to lay off the chocolate (and drink more water - krauts tend to drink all day what I drink at one meal.) :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Neidhart](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Neidhart](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neidhart)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/82 "2002-07-30T13:38:05Z")
Back when condoms were called “prophylactics”, didn’t they used to have a notice on the box, required by some Neanderthal law or other, that said “For the Prevention of Disease Only”? ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 1:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/83 "2002-07-30T13:49:29Z")
On a similar line; KY Jelly has no instructions on it at all. Imagine what people are doing with the stuff. Fools. Dont they realise its a tasty toast topping treat? THis bloke has decided to set up a website for discussions on the proper use of KY. :[http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/wwiewior/ky.html](http://www.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/u/wwiewior/ky.html) ---
**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2002, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/84 "2002-07-30T17:31:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVGuy \* > \*\*Out here where I live now, I can’t find three people who even know what the stuff is in the first place - when I do, they can’t believe that anyone would EVER use it on themselves! I just figure they don’t knwo a good thing. \*\* It’s because the stuff stinks to high heaven. Dry skin, to me, is preferable. ---
**Author:** ![Beerman63](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c2a13f/32.png) [@Beerman63](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beerman63)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/85 "2002-08-03T03:28:48Z")
I often find myself running down the dtreet with scissors held by the handle. ---
**Author:** ![Wikkit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c0e974/32.png) [@Wikkit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wikkit)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/86 "2002-08-03T06:20:23Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Beerman63 \* > \*\*I often find myself running down the dtreet with scissors held by the handle. \*\* Some people would claim that you would be likely to poke your i out, but you obviously landed on your s… ---
**Author:** ![wyldelf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@wyldelf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wyldelf)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/87 "2002-08-03T06:37:15Z")
\*\*Computer keyboards: \*\* my computer keyboard has a lovely little warning saying that if I use it I may be causing myself untold damage. mmmmm - leaves me in a bit of a dilemma. \*\*Packet Cake Mix: \*\* You mean you are supposed to cook it??? But it tastes sooo much better as a gooey mess! ---
**Author:** ![partly\_warmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc8723/32.png) [@partly\_warmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/partly_warmer)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 7:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/88 "2002-08-03T07:03:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by manwithaplan \* > \*\*Baseball bats - they sell like hotcakes here in Ireland but you’d be hard pressed to find a baseball or a mitt. \*\* Okay… so they’re used for rumbles, or what? Plowshares? Juggling acts? * * * For me: “Always use safety glasses”. I hardly ever do. If I’m a big hurry, and it’s obviously dangerous… grin… i close my eyes or look away. “Always shut computer down before plugging in device”. Forget it. If the little card wants to blow itself up, so be it. Books from England that say I can’t resell them. Too bad. Who do you British publishers think you are, Bill Gates? “Do not open, no user servicable parts inside.” Guess it depends on what you mean by servicable. “Always wear cycling helmet”. On a lazy ride through deserted back streets on a hot summer day? Who are you kidding? ---
**Author:** ![TVGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/82dd89/32.png) [@TVGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVGuy)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/89 "2002-08-03T14:59:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Winnowill \* > \*\* > It’s because the stuff stinks to high heaven. Dry skin, to me, is preferable. \*\* That’s because you live in Phoneix. Is there anything BUT dry skin in Phoenix?? 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Winnowill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/4491bb/32.png) [@Winnowill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Winnowill)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2002, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/90 "2002-08-03T21:57:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by TVGuy \* > \*\* > > That’s because you live in Phoneix. Is there anything BUT dry skin in Phoenix?? > > 😃 😃 😃 \*\* Sure. It’s called “sweat.” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![5\_time\_champ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/5/278dde/32.png) [@5\_time\_champ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/5_time_champ)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/91 "2002-08-04T01:28:06Z")
Q-Tips ? Don’t you all know you should never put anything smaller than your elbow in your ear? Has anyone actually read the **ATMB** before they began posting here? ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/92 "2002-08-04T02:54:05Z")
I always giggle whenever I see an ad for the iPod (a portable MP3 player) or something like it, where there is a tiny disclaimer on the bottom of the screen along the lines of “Please don’t pirate music.” Oh, and PunditLisa, I read somewhere that some printers (no specific brands were mentioned) can distinguish between their own cartridges and toners and generic ones and switch into a lower quality mode if you don’t use theirs. But then, a lot of people are paranoid. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/93 "2002-08-04T04:13:45Z")
I can’t believe no one’s mentioned Speed Limits and Stop signs. ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/94 "2002-08-04T05:38:35Z")
Ok, at the risk of sounding like a complete and total idiot, I’ll take this thread a step further and admit that the _only_ reason we bought Super-Soakers[sup]TM[/sup] when I was a kid was to put gasoline in them and use them as flame-throwers. Supposedly they had some safety feature that wouldn’t let the flame come back into the resevoir (did the designers know what we were going to use these things for?) but, in retrospect, I seriously doubt that was true considering that they were made entirely out of plastic. I’m probably lucky I made it through adolecense without a Darwin Award. ---
**Author:** ![zephonith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/3ab097/32.png) [@zephonith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zephonith)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/95 "2002-08-04T06:15:33Z")
Most teachers show videos and DVD’s with the big FBI warning in them. (Do not show in schools/prisons/mental institutions etc.) ---
**Author:** ![Craneop2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Craneop2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Craneop2)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2002, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/96 "2002-08-04T11:36:44Z")
Am I the only one that pictures Q-tips as a ramrod pushing earwax into the ear canal like gunpowder into a cannon?? Gimme a bobby pin any day!! ---
**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/97 "2002-08-05T01:50:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Craneop2 \* > \*\*Am I the only one that pictures Q-tips as a ramrod pushing earwax into the ear canal like gunpowder into a cannon?? > > Gimme a bobby pin any day!! \*\* Alot of people don’t seem to know the proper way to use a Q-Tip. You don’t just grab one, ram it in your ear and go to town. You have to take a really hot shower and stay in it long enough to melt all the wax in your ears. _Then_ you slowly put the Q-Tip in until you feel the slightest bit of resistence or pain and start swirling away. Orgasm optional. ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/98 "2002-08-05T03:45:51Z")
The Dilbert website had a poll a long time ago about the stupidest workplace injuries. I was shocked at how many people apparently thought they could trim their fingernails with the paper shredder. :eek: Personally? Plastic pellet air guns: “Do NOT point at people!” Yeah, right. My friends and I go into the woods at night with these things and blast the crap out of each other. Stings like hell, though. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Mudd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f14d63/32.png) [@Larry\_Mudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Mudd)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/99 "2002-08-05T05:40:02Z")
Coincidentally, **Sublight** , when _I_ was about 16, we used to make blowguns that fired darts made by cutting a Q-tip in half, inserting a needle, and using a match to melt them together. Those suckers would stick in the wall with no problem- that is, if we missed _each other_. Good times. ---
**Author:** ![Sinshine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f04885/32.png) [@Sinshine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sinshine)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2002, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627/100 "2002-08-05T06:00:46Z")
Mmmm, nowhere on the **jello package** does it say you can put alcohol in it… and yet my new favourite dessert would be electric jello. I’m a bad bad girl… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/products-most-often-used-in-direct-violation-of-package-directions/120627.md?page=6)