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Warning: Labels Part 5 This is the fifth and final installment of this collection of warning labels. I will be adding more labels as I come across them and inevitably continue to post them for some time. I have found that one resource our world never seems to run out of is stupid people. They say an...

Warning: Labels Part 4 This package of peanuts may contain nuts. This life saving device is not a life saving device. Sleeping pills may cause drowsiness. Hammers may be harmful if swallowed. Here are yet more of the infamous warning labels that somehow lose their effectiveness, or make you question...

WARNING: Labels Part 3 This is the third installment of warning labels that just don’t quite work. I often wonder if these labels exist simply because those writing them don't really think about what they are saying, or if the company posted the label in response to an actual accident. Either way...

Warning: Labels Part 2 There is so much material on warning labels alone that I have broken them up into many installments. And now I will be adding my own comments in parenthesis below. Keep an eye out for more in the future. On a pocket knife: "WARNING: keep out of children." (Stabbing children...

WARNING: Labels Part 1 We have all heard the story of the 81-year-old woman who spilled her McDonald's HOT coffee on her lap and found out that it was indeed HOT. While the fast food chain was in fact just living up to its advertising, the court awarded her $2.9 million. This ruling opened the eyes...