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Very unusual product warnings!

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Fair2good Sat 09-Mar-24 22:56:33

I know nowadays a lot of product warnings state the obvious, so you’re likely to find a jar of peanut butter bearing a label saying it may contain peanuts but this one I’ve just seen takes the biscuit !
I wanted to buy a few more Agatha Christie paperbacks and looked online. There are plenty available but for some reason have this warning ! Does reading one put you at greater risk of getting fried, or is the content even more electrifying than expected ?

Authoress Tue 12-Mar-24 13:19:54

LOL what a marvellous marketing ploy! I wonder how they managed it? smile

Notthecatsmother Tue 12-Mar-24 13:33:52

On my cats medication "do not drive or operate machinery"

BeverleyJB Tue 12-Mar-24 14:07:39

It’s a valuable warning - has everyone forgotten about the dangers of heavy electricity?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCGO_jikBtM

Nannan2 Tue 12-Mar-24 14:16:12

🤣😂😅

Nannan2 Tue 12-Mar-24 14:18:35

Notthecatsmother- our cat is exemplary and does tricks, he's unique- but even he cant do that.😹😹😹

Gundy Tue 12-Mar-24 14:57:10

notthecatsmother Hilarious!!🤣

grandtanteJE65 Tue 12-Mar-24 14:59:48

Aveline

The plastic bag my M&S swimsuit came in had large lettering saying 'This is not a toy '. Whoever thought plastic bags were toys?

In my childhood when plastic bags were still fairly new, some toddlers and some household cats suffocated because the children pulled the bags over their heads, and the cats crawled into them.

This had been a safe game with paper bags, so the warning was justified, and I am willing to believe that even today, there are adults who do not realise that plastic bags constitute a danger to small children and pets.

grandmac Tue 12-Mar-24 15:43:27

Many years ago my sister had some special shampoo for something (I’ve forgotten what) which stated in large letters ‘Not to be used on hairy areas’ !

Oopsadaisy1 Tue 12-Mar-24 16:04:25

Here’s one I found

sunglow12 Tue 12-Mar-24 18:13:01

Do not fold with child inside - hmm - at least you would know where they are ( joke - in case someone takes it seriously !!😀)

Milest0ne Tue 12-Mar-24 19:09:26

A massager with spheres held between a Y shaped handle had instructions translated into English from presumably Chinese .It made much better sense when read with a chinese accent.grin

Has anyone looked at a pack of butter recently?

AGAA4 Tue 12-Mar-24 19:54:38

On the label of a t-shirt I bought was the warning Do not iron while wearing.

Lucyd Tue 12-Mar-24 20:37:55

Years ago I bought a pair of multicoloured woollen gloves (each finger was a different colour) and the label said "wash different colours separately"!

JustkeepswimmingDonna Wed 13-Mar-24 08:47:33

Might have already been posted but reminds me of a label on a Superman costume "wearing this does not enable you to fly" 🤣

Abcdefg Sat 16-Mar-24 21:16:18

I can't find it but there was a photo of a washing label which said "remove child first"