# Self-evident Notices

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-evident-notices/103146>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [April 12, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-evident-notices/103146 "2002-04-12T01:32:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-evident-notices/103146/1 "2002-04-12T01:32:45Z")

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I’m sitting here in one of the computer labs at uni (yeh, I’m studying orright), and I glanced down at the keyboard to see a little sticker with:

IMPORTANT NOTICE :  
For comfortable and safe use, please read the Safety and Comfort Guide.

Oh, _der_ Fred!!

Anybody got others that are so blindingly obvious or stupid…you know, like ‘Take Care When Crossing Intersection’ etc.

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**Author:** ![shannybonanny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@shannybonanny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shannybonanny)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 1:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-evident-notices/103146/2 "2002-04-12T01:43:30Z")

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I saw this one today on a tube of Benadryl cream…

“For external use only”

Now, granted, they also make Benadryl pills, but who would be **stupid** enough to confuse them?!

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**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-evident-notices/103146/3 "2002-04-12T02:04:22Z")

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What about Christmas lights that say “For Indoor or Outdoor use only.”

I guess they want to make sure that we don’t actually imbed them inside the wall, or throw them into the pool or something.  
On a can of spray cheese: “For best results, remove cap first.”

Of course, that’s only if you want the _best_ results.:rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![iconoplast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3d9bf3/32.png) [@iconoplast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iconoplast)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-evident-notices/103146/4 "2002-04-12T04:19:53Z")

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Whoop Ass (an energy drink made by Jones Soda) has a warning label which reads something like “People who shouldn’t drink this know who they are.” I think it speaks for itself.

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**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-evident-notices/103146/5 "2002-04-12T04:32:25Z")

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The mind boggles iamthewalrus(:3=…what on earth is ‘spray cheese’? Is it really cheese in an aerosol can, and what d’ya do with it? Is it edible? I don’t think we have such groovy things here downunder.

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**Author:** ![Flamsterette\_X](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/41988e/32.png) [@Flamsterette\_X](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flamsterette_X)\
**Post date:** [April 12, 2002, 5:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/self-evident-notices/103146/6 "2002-04-12T05:39:22Z")

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**iconoplast** , that’s interesting. I’ll have to check it out the next time I’m at the good ol’ 7-11 and get one of those Whoop Ass[sup]TM[/sup] Jones Sodas! Or at the very least, I’ll get my brother to check it out… he has a whole collection of Jones Soda (and other similar beverages) bottles in his room! (which I saved from the bottle recycling depot)