Product Warnings Just Kill Me!

[Cindy C.]

Hi,

Maybe I'm weird or something, but I just *love* to read the warnings 
they put in new products you buy.  I cannot wait to tear open the 
package and find out how *not* to use the product.  I always find 
myself wondering who on earth is so dumb that they need the warning 
being given.

I just bought a "flat iron."  This is an electrical device for 
straightening one's hair to achieve the movie star look that is so 
popular these days.  Or, at least, that's what they told me when I 
bought the thing.  ;-)

It heats to a maximum of 200 degrees, and the heating surface is a 
rectangle about 2.5 inches by 5 inches.  It comes with two warnings 
of interest.  One is in the instructions, and the other was affixed 
to the device itself with a swing tag.  The warning is:

"WARNING:  Do not place device in contact with your eye."  There is 
a picture of an eye with a sketch of the device, and a red 
circle/line thing cautioning against sticking this scalding device 
in your eye, I guess.

Uh, OK.  Got it.  :-D

Is it just the U.S. that has gone warning-crazy, or is this also the 
case in other countries?

Cindy