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DETROIT - The sign on the toilet brush says it best: "Do not use for personal hygiene."



That admonition was the winner of an anti-lawsuit group's contest for the wackiest consumer warning label of the year.


The sponsor, Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, says the goal is "to reveal how lawsuits, and concern about lawsuits, have created a need for common sense warnings on products."


The $500 first prize went to Ed Gyetvai, of Oldcastle, Ontario, who submitted the toilet-brush label. A $250 second prize went to Matt Johnson, of Naperville, Ill., for a label on a children's scooter that said, "This product moves when used."


A $100 third prize went to Ann Marie Taylor, of Camden, S.C., who submitted a warning from a digital thermometer that said, "Once used rectally, the thermometer should not be used orally."( http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20050106/ap_on_fe_st/wacky_warnings )

Hehe. Well, but it really is time to put an end to silly lawsuits. Some people give the impression they shouldn't be allowed out of their house for their own good and need rubber walls even in the house.

[ January 07, 2005, 04:42: Message edited by: chevalier ]

My favourite was the chainsaw which had a warning which ran along the lines of, 'Do not attempt to stop with hands'.

These are great. :lol:

It's just unfortunate that manufacturers have to go to such lengths.

In my new job, I clean floors. In the washroom at the Gap where I was working this week, they have instructions on how to wash your hands...

Midwinter - not only that, it read:
"Do not try to stop with hands, legs or genitals"

Gnarfflinger - you're telling me! Here in EU, they introduced a standard for hands washing of people working in food factories! It's basically a step-by-step instruction, including the number of how many repetitions are needed!

Great. They could display one such instruction sheet in my university's gents.

toughluck, you forgot not to stop it with teeth.

And I say what I've said before; the american lawsuits laws are stooopid.

It's bad enough that these lawsuits even make it to court, but the fact that some people win these cases is ridiculous! It makes a mockery of the whole judicial system.

My favourite consumer warning is from Ansell condoms, on the instructions list:

9. Do not return used condoms to manufacturer.

Re: the chainsaw warning - :lol: Oh man, I haven't laughed like that since I dusted off "Wayne's World" last month.

When I was in high school, I worked at a restaurant. There were 3 or 4 signs in the kitchen that said "WARNING: KNIFE WILL CUT."

LMAO! I just saw some of the past winners (http://www.mlaw.org/wwl/pastwinners.html).

Example:
A label on a baby stroller warns: “Remove child before folding" :shake:

On a Tim Horton's Coffee/Cappucino/Hot Chocolate cup:

"Warning, contents are hot."

Umm, like I didn't know that when I ordered the Hot chocolate in the first place...

You want dumb warnings, I'll give you dumb warnings: http://dumbwarnings.com/

On a Korean kitchen knife: "Warning: Keep out of children."

Keyboard not detected. Press F1 to continueThis is the best one. :D

You'ld think given some of them, that the people who write the warnings are taking the mickey. Although, some of them aren't as silly as they seem. The Korean knife one is probably just a mistranslation of "Keep out of reach of children", and the "Warning: Hot!" is probably related to the McDonalds coffee case, where McDonalds was found to be serving their coffee 20 degrees farenheit above the standard temperature for coffee - and apparently that 20 degrees is the difference between going "Ooohyah!" and going to hospital.

A 12-inch rack for storing compact disks warns: “Do not use as a ladder.” Amazing. I had not thought you could use them that way and thus file a lawsuit. :D

quote:Keyboard not detected. Press F1 to continue

This is the best one.Yeah, I've always wondered about that. How the hell did they figure this one out?

Unless, the left mousebutton is actually F1. You know, a fouse.

That's the grand scheme of Microsoft.

where McDonalds was found to be serving their coffee 20 degrees farenheit above the standard temperature for coffee - and apparently that 20 degrees is the difference between going "Ooohyah!" and going to hospital.IIRC the woman spilt the hot coffee on her lap. I don't believe anyone would be stupid enough to keep drinking something despite knowing it's too hot, let alone sue Mac for injury.

And drinking boiling coffee is no biggy. :rolleyes:

@Caleb

Yeah, I've always wondered about that. How the hell did they figure this one out?

Unless, the left mousebutton is actually F1. You know, a fouse.

That's the grand scheme of Microsoft. Way to go to figure that out, the error is thrown before even a Operating System is started.
"Press F1" is just a standard text, there is no way communicating with the BIOS through a mouse, so it can only handle a keyboard.


@Chev, read the story, she placed the food from McD directly from the drive-in counter into her lap(where else?) and then her mother drove away to fast so it fell over..

I think there should be a "Spurious Lawsuit Protocol" instituted for stuff like this. It is applied to the plaintiff if the case is thrown out by a judge.

The proposed protocol will proceed as follows:

1. Smack plaintiff upside the head.
2. If complaints persist, repeat procedure with increased force.

Right, NonSequitur. I would add a third thing, or add to first. Make him/her pay all legal costs including any costs of the defendant.

Plus good old prosecution for contempt, don't forget.

Any of Tescos various packets of nuts - "warning - may contain nuts"

Things are bad when you have to state the obvious to avoid a lawsuite. What ever happened to good old common sense?

Cesard, I know you are not joking. Now I will have to check every can/package of nuts I buy. :lol:

Some of my favorites:

On a life saving device:
"This is NOT a life saving device!!" (Well, that is kind of confusing)

On a child-sized Superman costume:
"Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly." (You hear that Splunge?)

On a pack of Carefree Gum:
"Use of this product may be hazardous to your health. This product contains Saccharin, which has been determined to cause cancer in laboratory animals." (Yeah, that's Carefree alright)

:lol:

AOLS, warning: may contain Bush bashing. :shake:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=757&e=5&u=/nm/20050126/od_nm/leisure_mgmmirage_lawsuit_dc

"LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A Southern California man has sued MGM Mirage for preying on his gambling addiction and inducing him to borrow and lose millions of dollars at its Las Vegas casinos."

LOL Cesard, I guess the guy is still gambling...

He has a bit of a point there. I do believe that businesses which rely on human stupidity or low drives (most sorts of gambling, porn business, drugs etc) take a lot of culpability on themselves.

Again, someone who borrows millions of dollars just to wager them clearly has a problem.

Perhaps I'm biased. I just happen to know three people from different families whose ancestors lost estates in cards.