Product Warnings Just Kill Me!

[bowlwoman]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "Cindy C." <cindysphinx at c...> 
wrote:
> 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?
> 

My favorites are the drug company commercials touting a "new wonder 
drug" for whatever is the in vogue ailment.  I know they have to list 
the side effects, but some of the side effects are worse than the 
disease/problem itself.

May cause stomach irritation, cirrhosis of the liver, your toenails 
to turn blue and possibly even asphyxiation.  But your allergies will 
go away!

bowlwoman