Most pointless warning label

[timmytom1]

Yeah, this is in regard to stupid, pointless, often hilarious warning labels such as "Warning, contains hot liquid" on a coffee cup.

Feel free to steer this towards whatever you want, be it funny stories or infuriating lawsuit arguments.

Have fun.

Printed on the bottom of a cake box.
Warning! Do NOT turn box upside down!

Well, it's a bit late now.

I have a far too frequent meeting with this label. I continue to fret about the state of my cake until I take it out of the box and realise there is absolutely nothing wrong with my cake.

Yes but the cake is a lie HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! *runs away*

 

[timmytom1]

Just remember, someone actually tries all of these things. That's why the labels are there. That's why humans will be gone in two generations.
*Pours chlorine into the genepool*

The fact that some one has been stupid enough to necessitate these warning labels has severely shaken my faith in natural selection. Perhaps we need several ninja assassin squads to give it a helping hand.

The ninja`s should be on fire of course

 

[NeedAUserName]

On a pack of peanuts: Warning may contain nuts.
On a pack of fish: Warning may contain fish.

 

[PAGEToap44]

Yeah, it's real. I think it's from a Japanese hotel. I doubt I'd want to use that in the event of a fire.

They must have translated it incorrectly. They would have looked up something that you hold in your hand and pull a pin from. Fight fire with explosives.

 

[gdnvs]

I happen to have a big candle lying around with an instruction manual strapped to the bottom, seriously it says things like don't hold near pets.

I also remember a pack ibuprofen painkillers that supposedly said on the pack: "allergy warning: contains ibuprofen".

 

[Clirck]

Heh on my keyboard...
Some experts belive that use of any keyboard may cause sarious injury.

 

[Durahan2]

Yeah, it's real. I think it's from a Japanese hotel. I doubt I'd want to use that in the event of a fire.

They must have translated it incorrectly. They would have looked up something that you hold in your hand and pull a pin from. Fight fire with explosives.

I think that can actually work. It happened in There Will Be Blood and I've heard of Firefighters occasionally use it to put out bushfires and such.

The explosion would do a number of things. Take away oxygen, smothering the fire. Also covering the fire with stuff knocked around by the explosion. Everything from dirt to the walls lol.

 

[Onyx Oblivion]

Warning: Choking Hazard.

Nearly anything is a choking hazard, so why isn't my spoon labeled as a choking hazard? It actually goes in my mouth!

 

[Scarecrow38]

Most labels that seem pointless aren't there because the manufacturers seriously believe that someone would be stupid enough to actually injure themselves in that way. They do it because they believe that someone might exploit the common sense the manufacturers assume people have by suing them after they are hurt by doing the stupid things they now warn us about.

McDonalds learnt that you can't just expect people to accept that '**** happens' with the coffee case/s. You have to state the obvious because the American legal system accepts tort cases like a man in a desert and a water bottle.

 

[TheRightToArmBears]

 

[Undo]

A few more road sign warnings (New Zealand and Africa):

And while this ain't so much of a warning as such... it sure made me laugh hard (Shanghai):

 

[Eternus Invierno]

Well, on some screwdrivers once they said 'Warning, do not insert into penis'

Now, if we're honest... Why would you?

Ohh, And On a Chainsaw - 'Do not attempt to stop the saw with hands or genitals.'

 

[wewontdie11]

In my pub in the town there is a fireplace near the booth area with a little plaque next to it with the text "Caution: Fire may be hot." written on it. Oh lord how I facepalmed...

 

[soren7550]

On a Claymore - Aim at Enemy

How do you aim a sword?

Eh, He meant Claymore as in explosive satchel mine that fires shrapnel really fast if you walk into a laser sight/cause movement

You can aim mines now? I thought they just sat there and waited for some unsuspecting person to become an instant paraplegic.

If COD 4 isn't lying then claymores actually have a forward area to which the laser or movement sensors point, and where the shrapnel is thrown.

Yes, some claymores have laser sensors on them that cause the claymore to detonate. But most have a tripwire that you have to either step on or pull to trigger the claymore.

I recall one of the U.S army's anti tank weapons has 'point this end at target' or something similar. It may just be an urban legend though.

Some weapons used by the U.S. Military do have warning labels that tell you which end has to be pointed at the enemy. But you only see them on weapons that you could easily mistakenly point in the wrong direction (mainly claymores and bazookas.)

And remember: Without the pin, Mr.Grenade is not your friend.

 

[The Black Adder]

All of them. It fights natural selection by allowing morons to survive.

 

[The Black Adder]

That's the worst PhotoShop job I have ever seen.