# Warnings on consumer products **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [May 5, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583 "2006-05-05T19:19:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![BonnieP](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@BonnieP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BonnieP)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2006, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583/1 "2006-05-05T19:19:43Z")
Hello all. I once read a warning on an electric blanket that advised you not to give this appliance to a homeless person. The warning was printed on the plastic bag not the blanket itself. I thought it was so unusual that I kept the bag for ages. For some reason. I must have put it in a safe place because I can no longer find it! ---
**Author:** ![SiXSwordS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/49beb7/32.png) [@SiXSwordS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SiXSwordS)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2006, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583/2 "2006-05-08T20:31:57Z")
[Linkity-link, I think.](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_102b.html) BTW, I have to wonder if they didn’t mean the bag instead of the blanket? Keep away from children and homeless people. ---
**Author:** ![Sean\_Factotum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/50afbb/32.png) [@Sean\_Factotum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sean_Factotum)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583/3 "2006-05-09T17:26:21Z")
My favorite product warning was one I saw in a men’s room, on one of those continuous towel loop things. “Do not put head in loop.” You just know that a drunken frat boy and a lawyer were somehow involved in that one. ---
**Author:** ![Rocket](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@Rocket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rocket)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2006, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583/4 "2006-05-09T18:10:09Z")
I thought the warning on the peanut bag was just a grammatical one where they left out the comma. CAUTION: Remove shell before consuming, nutmeats. Nutmeats being the adjective. ---
**Author:** ![rwjefferson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a6a055/32.png) [@rwjefferson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rwjefferson)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2006, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583/5 "2006-05-13T17:37:32Z")
My favorite is on the back of one of those cardboard sun protectors you put against your car windshield: “Remove before driving”. rwj ---
**Author:** ![Nicolete](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Nicolete](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nicolete)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583/6 "2006-05-19T16:41:48Z")
My favorite warning is one found on a standard curling iron: “Do not use while sleeping” ---
**Author:** ![Bobotheoptimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/919ad9/32.png) [@Bobotheoptimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bobotheoptimist)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583/7 "2006-05-19T17:41:26Z")
On a sleep aid - “May cause drowsiness” ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583/8 "2006-05-19T18:45:40Z")
I like the bag of peanuts that says, “CAUTION: Contains nuts.” ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583/9 "2006-05-19T21:32:48Z")
Bic lighters warn you to not use them near any source of heat or flame. I’ve always wondered how you’re supposed to use one safely… ---
**Author:** ![WhyNot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c77e96/32.png) [@WhyNot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WhyNot)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2006, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583/10 "2006-05-19T22:44:17Z")
I love the warning on fireworks: Caution: may emit showers of sparks. No. Shit. My other favorite is the sticker on large plastic storage boxes, that shows a sillouhette drawing of a toddler sitting in the box with a circle slash through it. “Do not store babies in boxes,” I remind my husband. ---
**Author:** ![Upgrading\_to\_Critical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/848f3c/32.png) [@Upgrading\_to\_Critical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Upgrading_to_Critical)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583/11 "2006-05-23T20:22:25Z")
> [@Rocket](#): > > …Nutmeats being the adjective. And people wonder why English teachers are frustrated. ---
**Author:** ![Peter\_Morris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peter_morris/32/359_2.png) [@Peter\_Morris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peter_Morris)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583/12 "2006-05-25T08:12:29Z")
On a hot air blower used for stripping paint: Do not use as a hairdryer. ---
**Author:** ![John\_W.Kennedy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_w.kennedy/32/1031_2.png) [@John\_W.Kennedy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_W.Kennedy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583/13 "2006-05-25T13:45:21Z")
> [@Peter Morris](#): > > On a hot air blower used for stripping paint: Do not use as a hairdryer. See [The Norman Rockwell Code](http://www.thenormanrockwellcode.com). ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2006, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/warnings-on-consumer-products/355583/14 "2006-05-25T14:38:52Z")
“Cape does not allow user to fly”