14 Responses to “Book help request: Stupid labels”

1. Espen Andersen, on September 24th, 2005 at 11:49 am Said:

   Sticker on IBM computer screens in the (PS/2) old days: “After installation, please remove this label.”

2. Ashley Pierson, on September 24th, 2005 at 12:40 pm Said:

   On a 10″ vibrator: “For external use only”

3. Brad, on September 24th, 2005 at 12:55 pm Said:

   Might have seen this one already:

   http://www.dumb.com/productwarnings.htm

4. Noel Guinane, on September 24th, 2005 at 2:26 pm Said:

   Almond Biscotti:

   Caution: May Contain Nuts.

5. mark, on September 24th, 2005 at 5:15 pm Said:

   Label on 6-pack of beer: “Lift to Carry” (should have read: “Lift Here to Carry”)

6. Mike O'Dell, on September 24th, 2005 at 5:40 pm Said:

   how about the coffee cups that say “Caution, contents may be hot” ??

7. gianluca, on September 25th, 2005 at 6:03 am Said:

   http://www.politicaonline.it/index.php?p=107

   this label was found in a laptop bag, produced in usa and exported to france.
   it says. “we are sorry our president is such an idiot. we didn’t vote for him.”

8. Branko Collin, on September 25th, 2005 at 12:58 pm Said:

   I was in a car yesterday when the driver pointed to an electronic sign at the entrance of a tunnel that read “this sign is functioning properly”. The chauffeur started muttering something about idiotic signing, but I pointed out that if they didn’t display that, and there were something wrong in the tunnel, we wouldn’t know, because we would assume that lack of information meant lack of problems.

   It’s the dead-man’s control version of signs.

9. Phil, on September 26th, 2005 at 5:58 am Said:

   My son was convinced he’d seen a label on a bag of peanuts saying “May contain nuts”. (Gosh, you think?) When I tracked it down it turned out to say “Contains nuts”, which is dumb but not that dumb. (There’s also a taxonomic argument to be had there – should it have said ‘contains legumes’? (Answer: No.))

10. Stowe Boyd, on September 26th, 2005 at 10:09 am Said:

    Starbucks coffee: “The beverage you are about to enjoy may be extremely hot.”

11. Philipp Lenssen, on September 26th, 2005 at 11:11 am Said:

    If I remember right, Douglas Adams in one of his Hitchhiker books had the story of the man who turned crazy after he saw an instructional label on a pack of toothpicks…

12. David S. Isenberg, on September 27th, 2005 at 8:24 am Said:

    This sounds like a job for _No in America_ http://www.markchesterphotography.com/Publications/NoInAmerica/PubNoMain.html
    or http://tinyurl.com/9ybp8

13. alloshious, on October 15th, 2005 at 3:05 pm Said:

    like to get a copy of this book

14. Katelyn, on February 20th, 2006 at 2:50 pm Said:

    A label inside a protective bag (for fragile objects) which measures 15 cm by 15 cm by 12 cm.

    Warning: Do not climb inside this bag and zip it up. Doing so will cause injury or death. (yeah to what, a mouse?!) :o)

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