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Ridiculous Product Warning Labels

April 13th, 2009 by TimMc |

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I thought this was an entertaining article from Fox News today. Personally, my favorite was the Children’s Dimetapp warning, “be careful when driving a motor vehicle.” Most of these warnings are absolutely ludicrous. The article lists only a few examples, so I thought it might be fun to come up with some additional ones that could be posted here in the blog. So…do you have any good examples? Leave a comment and let’s create a list of our own ridiculous product warnings.

Thanks!

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4 Comments For This Post

Kevin Says:
April 13th, 2009 at 10:39 pm

My favorite is a car commercial. Some guy is driving a minivan down a long, straight road with no traffic around. This warning says “Professional Driver – Do Not Attempt”. What, I can’t drive a minivan down a straight road? Do I have to be a professional driver to do that? What exactly do they think I’m going to do with this minivan if I buy it?
TimMc Says:
April 13th, 2009 at 11:13 pm

Hey Kevin, that’s a great one. Just remember…be really, really careful because you may encounter a curve in the road! Oh my!!!
Jolean Says:
July 30th, 2009 at 6:36 am

I understand your point, but when a person can win a law suit for hot coffee they dumped on themselves after they purchased “hot” coffee at a drive thru…..what do we expect?
Plus does everyone really know about the carbon monixide coming from the motor(s) if your hanging over the side of a boat, just floating there(and some kids do that).
These may sound ridiculous…but find out the facts before you want to start how stupid we really are and can get away with.
Warning labels are just that….because Americans will do almost anything for the greed of money.
TimMc Says:
July 30th, 2009 at 1:45 pm

Hi Jolean,

Thanks for the comment. I hope you realize that I did not write the article…it was written by someone from Fox News. I posted it and merely agreed with some of the points it made. Your comment on “…find out the facts before you want to start how stupid we really are and can get away with.” What exactly do you mean there? I’d be interested to know. Thanks.