Silly Warning Labels

**Hepcat** · 01-07-2007, 05:55

Those are brilliant.

**sapi** · 01-07-2007, 08:18

While not strictly a warning label, i'd like to add that all those cds which ask you to read the cd-key off the disc (which is in the drive) are really, really stupid :P

**TB666** · 01-07-2007, 12:51

I actually wonder if people actually did this before the labels came up ??
Also my favorite is on a chainsaw where it is says "Warning, don't try to stop the chain with your penis"

**Hosakawa Tito** · 01-08-2007, 03:00

These labels are legal CYA, cover your arse, because some intellectually challenged individuals have won large monetary lawsuits in the past because there wasn't a warning label. Ever look at the label for a box of rat poison, yes, not for human consumption, oh really? Whodda thunk it?

Ever wonder why they have to post "NO SWIMMING" signs on the river just above Niagara Falls?

I say we let Darwinism take it's course.

**Beren Son Of Barahi** · 01-08-2007, 03:33

maybe this is a reflection of the general public more then anything else, you won't put a sign on something like "don't eat this you fat moron" if some fat moron didnt try to eat whatever it was. Weather through being a fat moron or through mistake, then suing the company for not telling them not to eat it... this seems to be alot more rampant in the us where it seems easier to sue for almost anything. although i was only there for a month or so...

common sense, so rare it should be mined.

common sense, if only i could find out where you buy that from.....

**Marshal Murat** · 01-08-2007, 03:53

Found this on M2TW:Do not expect all options to work, including but not limited to Singleplayer, Multiplayer, Options, and/or Install

**TB666** · 01-08-2007, 15:40

Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito

These labels are legal CYA, cover your arse, because some intellectually challenged individuals have won large monetary lawsuits in the past because there wasn't a warning label. Ever look at the label for a box of rat poison, yes, not for human consumption, oh really? Whodda thunk it?

The legal system is screwed up then.
These kinda cases should just be laughed at and dismissed.
Do they really think that people that are stupid enough to actually think of for example put their hand in a blender while it is running is smart enough to read the box first ??

**Peasant Phill** · 01-08-2007, 15:56

Originally Posted by TB666

The legal system is screwed up then.
These kinda cases should just be laughed at and dismissed.
Do they really think that people that are stupid enough to actually think of for example put their hand in a blender while it is running is smart enough to read the box first ??

It's not a case of preventing such freak accidents but rather making sure no one can sue the manufacturers the 'tools-of-mayhem'. If it wasn't possible in (for the most part anglo-saxon countries) to sue for the most ridiculous reasons and amounts and still win, this phenomenon wouldn't exist.

To award damages, the legal system should determine who is to blame right. In such stupid cases as these, the consumer (a.k.a. mr/mrs. retard) would carry the blame for the most part if not entirely. So why should (s)he get damages in such a huge amount?

If only we would live in a logical society, damages would only be granted when accidents happen during normal use (or what would be considered widespread use) of an object. So labels would have an informational value rather than legal protection for the manufacturer.

**Vladimir** · 01-08-2007, 20:59

Originally Posted by Peasant Phill

If only we would live in a logical society, damages would only be granted when accidents happen during normal use (or what would be considered widespread use) of an object. So labels would have an informational value rather than legal protection for the manufacturer.

We don't live in a logical society but a litigious one. The word 'reason' is not what it once was during the Age of Reason.

**Xiahou** · 01-08-2007, 21:44

Originally Posted by Hosakawa Tito

These labels are legal CYA, cover your arse, because some intellectually challenged individuals have won large monetary lawsuits in the past because there wasn't a warning label. Ever look at the label for a box of rat poison, yes, not for human consumption, oh really? Whodda thunk it?

Ever wonder why they have to post "NO SWIMMING" signs on the river just above Niagara Falls?

I say we let Darwinism take it's course.

Just remember, behind every stupid label is a very rich tort lawyer.

**drone** · 01-08-2007, 22:21

Originally Posted by Xiahou

Just remember, behind every stupid label is a very rich tort lawyer.

Don't forget the idiot that hired him after the "accident"!

**Rameusb5** · 01-11-2007, 21:13

Originally Posted by TB666

I actually wonder if people actually did this before the labels came up ??
Also my favorite is on a chainsaw where it is says "Warning, don't try to stop the chain with your penis"

I owned a chainsaw once and the manual had a billion or so warnings in the beginning. My favorite was:

"Never use this chainsaw if you are upset."

I can just see how that happened. Someone came home from work all ticked off and ran outside to use their chainsaw.

"Man, am I ticked off!"

*Vroooom!*
*whack whack whack*

"Ow! My face!"