Actual label instructions on consumer goods - Useful Product Information
These warnings have been listed on packaging and instruction leaflets for many products, read on ...
Actual label instructions on consumer goods...
On a blanket from Taiwan:
NOT TO BE USED AS PROTECTION FROM A TORNADO
On a helmet mounted mirror used by US cyclists:
REMEMBER, OBJECTS IN THE MIRROR ARE ACTUALLY BEHIND YOU
On a Korean kitchen knife:
KEEP OUT OF CHILDREN
On an Indonesian packet of nuts:
OPEN PACKET AND EAT CONTENTS
On a pack of Sainsbury's (UK) salted peanuts:
WARNING: CONTAINS NUTS
On a Taiwanese shampoo: USE REPEATEDLY FOR
SEVERE DAMAGE
On a Marks and Spencer's (UK) bread and butter pudding:
WARNING: PRODUCT WILL BE HOT AFTER HEATING
On the bottle-top of a flavoured milk drink:
AFTER OPENING, KEEP UPRIGHT
On an Aussie iron: WARNING: NEVER IRON
CLOTHES ON THE BODY.
On a New Zealand insect spray:
THIS PRODUCT NOT TESTED ON ANIMALS.
In an American guide to setting up a new computer: TO AVOID CONDENSATION
FORMING, ALLOW THE BOXES TO WARM UP TO ROOM TEMPERATURE BEFORE OPENING.
(Sensible, but the instruction was on the INSIDE of the box.)
On a hotel provided shower
cap in a box: FITS ONE HEAD.
On Tesco's tiramisu dessert: DO NOT TURN UPSIDE DOWN. (printed on bottom of the box)
On Boot's children's cough medicine: DO NOT DRIVE CAR OR
OPERATE MACHINERY.
US Hair Dryer DO NOT USE WHILE SLEEPING
7up CONTENTS UNDER PRESSURE. CAP MAY BLOW OFF CAUSING EYE OR OTHER SERIOUS
INJURY. POINT AWAY FROM FACE AND PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY WHEN OPENING.
Many Irish Mineral Waters claim that the water was in the Spring for thousands of years , then they have this ...
BEST BEFORE JAN 2002
Various Computers <ERROR> : KEYBOARD NOT DETECTED. PRESS F1 TO RESUME
Nabisco Easy Cheese FOR BEST RESULTS,
REMOVE CAP.
Baby Oil
KEEP OUT OF REACH OF CHILDREN
Little Ones Baby Lotion KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN
Childrens Cough Syrup
THIS FORMULA MAY CAUSE DROWSINESS, IF AFFECTED DO NOT OPERATE HEAVY MACHINERY OR DRIVE A VEHICLE.
Unknown Birth Control Pills
DO NOT USE IF YOU ARE PREGNANT, INTENT TO BECOME PREGNANT ,OR MIGHT BE PREGNANT.
Nytol Sleep Aid WARNING: MAY CAUSE DROWSINESS
Unknown Christmas Lights
WARNING: FOR INDOOR OR OUTDOOR USE ONLY.
Komatsu Floodlight THIS FLOODLIGHT IS
CAPABLE OF ILLUMINATING LARGE AREAS, EVEN IN THE DARK
Superman Halloween Costume WARNING! CAPE DOES NOW
FACILITATE FLIGHT WHEN WORN.
Husquvarna Swedish Chainsaw DO NOT ATTEMPT TO STOP
CHAIN WITH HANDS.
On a promotional bag of crisps in UK
You could be a winner! No purchase necessary. Details inside.
