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Caution: Make sure your engine is turned off before working on (fan) belts!
The truck kicked a fan belt today and I went to get another one. When I got back I read the back of the little card the belt comes in and the first thing printed on it was the warning above with the (! inside a triangle) symbol.
That made me laugh...... hard. ;D ??? ;D
What dumb warning messages have you seen that are useless to average people and only help out the most lame of society?
I mean, really who has ever looked at a running engine ignorantly and decided the only way to change a fan belt was to somehow do it while it's running, even though you can turn the engine off with no ill effects whatsoever and do it safely? somebody has to have done it and it got back to the company, or there wouldn't likely be a warning about it. ;D
This ought to be a good thread...lol
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A friend of mine did that years ago (looking at the belts) for some dumb reason he stuck his hand in there lost three fingers.
Maybe its like a tail rotor on a helicopter the say if you look at it you will walk into it
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http://www.dumbwarnings.com/
There is one on there that I have seen personally before. When I bought a new chainsaw blade there was a warning to never attempt to stop the blade with my bare hands. I don't know about you, but I wouldn't even try that with a gloved hand. :D
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The sad thing is someone has done all these stupid things and that is why they have all these warnings!
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the reason for these dumb warnings is that someone has been injured before while doing what the warnings say not to. In fact, they are on there for liability purposes because stupid jurors, while listening to some influential attorney who thinks users of these items who have an IQ of -40 should have everything spelled out in order for them to use them safely, are actually believing the attorney and siding with him.
"my client cut his hand because he didn't know the knife was sharp" Jury reward, $100,000.00 and now there are warnings on knives, "Caution, blades sharp, may cut"
The classic of all classics is the McDonald's hot coffee lawsuit. "I didn't know the coffee was hot and it burned my lips and tongue". Now, a warning, "Warning: Hot Coffee, may burn"
In fact, there should be warning stickers right next to the Chiquita Banana stickers that say, "warning, attempting to eat entire banana at once may cause choking. And the defintion of each word should be spelled out so there will be no confusions:
Choke [chōk]
v (past choked, past participle choked, present participle chok·ing, 3rd person present singular chokes)
1. vi stop breathing through blockage of throat: to stop breathing, or breathe with great difficulty, because of a blockage or restriction of the throat
2. vt prevent breathing by constricting throat: to prevent somebody from breathing by blocking or squeezing the throat
Throat [thrōt]
n (plural throats)
1. anatomy digestive and breathing passage: the part of the airway and digestive tract between the mouth and both the esophagus and the windpipe
2. anatomy front of neck: the front part of the neck of an animal or human being
In addition; choking could result in death. The definition of death is (in case the user doesn't know), Death [deth]
(plural deaths)
n
1. end of being alive: the ending of all vital functions or processes in an organism or cell
2. way of dying: a way of dying
an easy death
3. somebody’s dying: an instance of somebody’s dying
4. end of something: the destruction or extinction of something
How's that for a decal to put on every banana?
I am sorry but there should be at least an ounce of common sense understood...heck, if breathing or heart beating were a "voluntary" movement, thus requiring thinking, these dips would forget to breathe and beat their heart, thus, resulting in state of death, for those who don't know what death is, see above.
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I was on a drilling rig about a month ago working on a generator. The engine was flashing a code for fuel filter restriction. Clogged fuel filters of course, simple fix. I informed the motor man who is supposed to know how to do the maintenance on it,who then stormed off in a fury. He came back with filters and a bucket, andwhile the engine was running, put his filter wrench on the filter to remove it. Remember, its still running. I grabbed him in time, and pulled him to the side so he could hear me. I told him that NO ONE is fast enough to change fuel filters on a running engine. So we put the other gen online, and I changed the filters. The consumption rate on these engines is 20+ GPH, and it circulates more than that for cooling. Talk about a heck of a mess, if not a fire, if he had succeeded. The end result was me having to give a 1/2 hour class on proper mainentance procedures.
I saw another guy put his thumb over a pinhole in an injector line because it was squirting. Result: hi pressure deisel injected into his thumb. Didnt even bleed, just puffed up. Like 82K5Desiel said, the warnings are there because someone has done it.
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Makes you hope for natural selection to make a comeback, doesn't it. don't get me wrong, I do dumb stuff like everybody else but dang even I have my limits...haha
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Caution: Make sure your engine is turned off before working on (fan) belts!
The truck kicked a fan belt today and I went to get another one. When I got back I read the back of the little card the belt comes in and the first thing printed on it was the warning above with the (! inside a triangle) symbol.
That made me laugh...... hard. ;D ??? ;D
What dumb warning messages have you seen that are useless to average people and only help out the most lame of society?
I mean, really who has ever looked at a running engine ignorantly and decided the only way to change a fan belt was to somehow do it while it's running, even though you can turn the engine off with no ill effects whatsoever and do it safely? somebody has to have done it and it got back to the company, or there wouldn't likely be a warning about it. ;D
This ought to be a good thread...lol
Comedian Bill Engvall mentions the fan belt warning along with a bunch of other similar things in one of his older "here's your sign" routines.
Like don't take preperation H orally
Don't eat the little packs of silica that come with electronics
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Let us not forget, O my brothers, the warning on the bag of mixed nuts
"Allergy advice: contains nuts"
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:D
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I informed the motor man who is supposed to know how to do the maintenance on it,who then stormed off in a fury.
That's cause he was a roughneck. You will never meet a smart one.
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I bought a spray nozzle for the garden hose the other day and it said : DO NOT SPRAY INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLETS....
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I bought a spray nozzle for the garden hose the other day and it said : DO NOT SPRAY INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLETS....
Once again, there are morons everywhere. I have replaced several generators over the years that were washed with a pressure washer while it was running.
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one of my favorites is the "Caution, hot" on coffee cups. Same thing... someone sued that their coffee was too hot...hmmm
and also the lady who sued Mcdonalds for "making" her fat. So thats why mcdonalds sells salads and good for you stuff....hmmm
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I bought a spray nozzle for the garden hose the other day and it said : DO NOT SPRAY INTO ELECTRICAL OUTLETS....
Once again, there are morons everywhere. I have replaced several generators over the years that were washed with a pressure washer while it was running.
so..... whats wrong with that ???
one of my favorites is the "Caution, hot" on coffee cups. Same thing... someone sued that their coffee was too hot...hmmm
and also the lady who sued Mcdonalds for "making" her fat. So thats why mcdonalds sells salads and good for you stuff....hmmm
from what i recall it was he son who got fat
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oh ya... that was awhile ago.... the wife just reminded me too about it being the boy...
btw, I miss mcdonads pizza
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what pizza when were how
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my favorite warning label was one I found on a relatives hair dryer: "Do not use while sleeping"
I was thinkin 'well darn.. that explains my sisters hairdo. Shes been doing it all wrong...'
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my favorite warning label was one I found on a relatives hair dryer: "Do not use while sleeping"
I was thinkin 'well darn.. that explains my sisters hairdo. Shes been doing it all wrong..
lol
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did you know there is an annual "wacky warning contest"?
This year’s winner is a submission from Steve Shiflett of Hampton, Georgia. The label is attached to a portable toilet seat for outdoorsmen called “The Off-Road Commode” because it is designed to attach to a vehicle’s trailer hitch.
The warning label reads "Not for use on moving vehicles".
Other winners include:
A wart removal product instruction guide that warns, “Do not use if you cannot see clearly to read the information in the information booklet.”
A label on the underside of a cereal bowl warns, “Always use this product with adult supervision.”
A small, 1” x 4” LCD panel warns, “Do not eat the LCD panel.”
A bag of livestock castration rings warns, “For animal use only.”
When the tally was completed, a warning label on a washing machine that warns, “Do not put any person in this washer” was chosen as the nation’s wackiest warning label. Bob Wilkinson of Northville, Michigan won the $500 grand prize.
Other 2007 winners:
Second place was awarded to a label on a personal watercraft that warns: “Never use a lit match or open flame to check fuel level.”
Third place went to a warning on a cell phone that says: “Don’t try to dry your phone in a microwave oven.”
An honorable mention was given to a warning on the cover of a Yellow Pages book which cautions users: “Please do not use this directory while operating a moving vehicle.”
I think one should have to pass a test prior to being seated on a jury if lawsuits are prevailing in such cases that these warning labels must be applied to limit a company's liability. People are STUPID! And I have no patience for that. A generation ago, judges and juries at least had a little common sense to filter out this crap.
This stuff is funny, but, in a way, is sickening. BTW, check out www.wackywarnings.com
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How nice, a diagram of what "open" and "closed" is. As if the warning against putting people in a washer wasn't bad enough.
Kathleen Robinson of Austin, Texas, was awarded $780,000 after she broke her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running amok in a furniture store. The twist: the child was Mrs. Robinson's own son.
Now, I mention this because there should be a warning to read while entering the store:"Don't trip over son"
A man left asleep on an aircraft after it landed sued U.S. Airlines for negligence. Apparently, he suffered mental and emotional distress when he awoke, because he assumed the plane had crashed and that he was actually dead.
Of course, another warning is in order, "Don't sleep on plane because you might dream you have crashed and died and may have emotional problems the rest of your life"
Did you know it was illegal in Maine to step out of a plane while it is in the air? yep, true.
That warning was selected Wednesday as the winner of the 11th annual "Wacky Warning Label Contest," sponsored by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch. The contest is part of an effort to show the effects of lawsuits on warning labels.
Kevin Soave, of the Detroit suburb of Farmington Hills, won the $500 grand prize for submitting the tractor's "Danger: Avoid Death" label.
The $250 second place was given to Carrianne, Jacob and Robby Turin, of Greensburg, Pa., for a label on an iron-on T-shirt transfer that warns: "Do not iron while wearing shirt."
Richard Goodnow, of Lancaster, Mass., earned the $100 third-place prize for a label on a baby stroller featuring a small storage pouch that warns: "Do not put child in bag."
Contest organizer Bob Dorigo Jones said the labels reflect the "ridiculous" state of the U.S. civil-justice system.
"Predatory lawyers know they can file ridiculous lawsuits against innocent product makers and blackmail them into a cash settlement, even in cases in which a user has ignored common sense," Dorigo Jones said Wednesday.
Honorable mention went to Cyndi LaMonde, of Traverse City, for a label on a letter opener that says: "Caution: Safety goggles recommended."
Ann Marie Young, of Fillmore, N.Y., took second honorable mention for a warning that cautions users: "The Vanishing Fabric Marker should not be used as a writing instrument for signing checks or any legal documents."
The warning label on a five-inch fishing lure with a three-pronged hook says, 'Harmful if swallowed
What's next, warnings on microwaves, "don't dry babies in microwave".
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I saw today, from mcdonalds or burger king (can't remember) and I don't know what drink they had but the cup said: Caution contents may be hot or cold. WTH people.
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how bout the second line on this one?
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Caution: Remove infant before folding for storage. on a portable stroller
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Caution: Remove infant before folding for storage. on a portable stroller
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