*mORE sTUPid pEOpLE* =B
In case you needed further proof that the human race is doomed through
stupidity, here are some actual label instructions on consumer goods:
On Sears hairdryer:
Do not use while sleeping.
(Gee, that's the only time I have to work on my hair!)
On a bag of Fritos:
You could be a winner! No purchase nesessary. Details inside.
(The shoplifter special!)
On a bar of Dial soap:
Directions: Use like regular soap.
(and that would be how?)
On some Swann frozen dinners:
Serving suggestion: Defrost.
(But it's *just* a suggestion!)
On a hotel provided shower cap in a box:
Fits one head.
(The big one or the little one?)
On Tesco's Tiramisu dessert:(printed on bottom of the box)
Do not turn upside down.
(Too late! You lose!)
(I love it: food to piss you off.)
On Marks & Spencer Bread Pudding:
Product will be hot after heating.
(Are you sure??? Let's experiment.)
On packaging for a Rowenta iron:
Do not iron clothes on body.
(But wouldn't that save more time?)
(Whose body?)
On Boot's Children's cough medicine:
Do not drive car or operate machinery.
(We could do a lot to reduce the rate of construction accidents if we just
kept those 5 year olds off those fork lifts.)
On Nytol sleep aid:
Warning: may cause drowsiness.
(One would hope!)
On a Korean kitchen knife:
Warning keep out of children.
(Or pets! What's for dinner?)
On a string of Chinese-made Christmas lights:
For indoor or outdoor use only.
(As opposed to use in outer space.)
On a Japanese food processor:
Not to be used for the other use.
(Now I'm curious.)
On Sainsbury's peanuts:
Warning: contains nuts.
On an American Airlines packet of nuts:
Instructions: open packet, eat nuts.
On a Swedish chainsaw:
Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals.
(What is this, a home castration kit?)
On a childs Superman costume:
Wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly.
(That's right, destroy a universal childhood fantasy!)
For those of you who question the reality of these directions, DelMonte once
removed the directions it had on its cans of corn which read: Open can, heat,
serve. However, so many people complained about the missing directions they
had to put them back on!
Members of the First Church of the Nazarene in Ironton, Ohio, held a
>>>record burning after evangelist Jim Brown told them that the song "A
>>>Horse is a Horse" - the theme song from the Mr. Ed show - contained
>>>satanic messages when played backwards...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>Pierre Beaumard, a French factory worker suffering from various
>>>obsessional fears and an inability to relate to others, decided to join
>>>a therapy group. Mr. Beaumard was encouraged to sandwich himself
between
>>>two mattresses, and allow other group members to walk on him to "stamp
>>>out his complexes." After several minutes of this treatment, Beaumard
>>>was crushed to death...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>In a related story, 9-year-old Derek Hume was run over by a 1 ton
>>>concrete roller. The boy escaped without a bruise, however, because the
>>>massive cylinder pressed him into the rain-soaked earth... he's just
>>>lucky he wasn't sandwiched between mattresses...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>Richard Avella, a 350 pound New York man, entered a Long Island
jewelry
>>>store, drew a gun, and told the clerk, "This is a stick-up," then
>>>tripped and fell to the floor. He was unable to get up before police
>>>arrived...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>When his .38 caliber revolver failed to fire at his intended victim
>>>during a hold-up in Long Beach, California, robber James Eliot peered
>>>down the barrel and tried it again. This time, it worked...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>Ron Hoffman of Crystal, Kentucky, picked up a machete and lopped off
the
>>>red roof light of a Pennsylvania state police cruiser. After his arrest,
>>>Hoffman explained it was "just something he always wanted to do..."
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>A Toronto gas station attendant had no trouble identifying a robber for
>>>police, even though the man had worn a pair of women's panties over his
>>>head as a disguise. The thief, who later admitted that his mind was
>>>clouded by intoxicants, had stuck his face through one of the leg-holes
>
>>>so he could see...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>Francis Karnes, a 39-year-old man in Sacramento, California, was
charged
>>>with reckless endangerment after he pulled a gun and shot his
lawnmower
>>>when it wouldn't start... and of course, you heard about those awful
>>>chainsaw massacres in Texas...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>Police in Morecomb, England, report that a human foot washed up on
the
>>>beach matched another foot found a month earlier at another location.
>>>The rest of the unidentified victim has not been found... but he
>>>couldn't have gotten far...
>>>
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>A 37-year-old California man reported to police that an intruder dressed
>>>in black and carrying a big knife broke into his home, forced him to
>>>smoke two packs of Pall Mall Golds, then left...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>In a sad story from Boston, a giant 30 pound lobster was being weighed
>>>before its donation to the city aquarium, when it fell off the scale and
>>>died. The giant lobster's shell was irreparably cracked. "We're
>>>devastated," said a spokesman for the aquarium... so are we... now
>>>where's the cocktail sauce?
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>And this just in...French farmer Michael LeMond shot himself in the foot
>>>when he opened fire on what he thought was a ghost... Nope, it's a
>>>foot alright...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>Workmen in Rome, digging gravel for ballast, were instructed to dig from
>>>one central pit so as not to spoil the site with too many holes They
>>>unearthed an ancient plaque inscribed in Latin, which turned out to be a
>>>sign intended for workman digging ballast for Roman ships. It instructed
>>>them to dig from a central pit so as not to spoil the site with too many
>>>holes...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>In our Likely Story department this week, the crew of a trawler that
>>>sank in the Sea of Japan claimed their ship went down after "being
>>>struck by a cow which fell out of the clear blue sky". According to
>>>Flying magazine, no one believed this absurd explanation-except the
>>>Russian military. It seems that the crew of a military cargo jet had
>>>stolen a cow they found wandering on a Siberian airfield, and loaded it
>>>aboard. While cruising at 30,000 feet, the terrified cow ran amok and
>>>jumped out of the plane...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>Police in Oakland, California spent two hours attempting to subdue a
>>>gunman who had barricaded himself inside his home. After firing ten
>>>tear gas canisters, officers discovered that the man was standing beside
>>>them, shouting pleas to come out and give himself up...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>Our Nice Try Award this week goes to the Miami Beach attorney who
>>>entered a 'not guilty' plea for his client based on astrological forces.
>>>The lawyer maintained that the position of the stars at the time of his
>>>client's birth caused him to break into a couple's home, tie them up and
>>>threaten them, and walk out with a brassiere on his head...
>
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>In the Netherlands, an airline pilot has been sentenced to four months
>>>in jail. Wim de Nijs was convicted of jamming the air traffic control
>>>frequency and jeopardizing airport safety, by singing the "Flintstones"
>>>theme over the radio for 20 minutes while landing his plane...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>Florida motorists are watching their rear-view mirrors this week after
>>>an appellate court ruled that rectal searches by police are legal.
>>>According to the Fifth District Court of Appeals, the removal of 54
>>>grams of cocaine from a suspect's rectum by a member of the Orange
>>>County highway drug squad was "part of a legal patdown to make sure
the
>>>man wasn't armed..." America, land of the free, home of the rectal
>>>patdown...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>E.C. Stewart, Jr. may never get out of jail after the Levelland, Texas
>>>District Attorney recommended last week that his bail be set at "a
>>>zillion dollars". The judge agreed...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>In Clearwater, Florida, a 70-year-old man was killed while sunbathing in
>>>a lounge chair at the beach, when a bulldozer ran over him... hey, we
>>>asked him to move...
>>>
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>A 73-year-old Milwaukee woman has lost her suit against the local
>>>Catholic Church, after an electronic scoreboard fell on her during a
>>>bingo game in 1990. Mary Verdev was asking for $90,000 in damages,
>>>claiming that since the incident she experiences spontaneous orgasms,
>>>sometimes in "clusters"... b-b-b-b-bingo!
>>>------------------------------------------
>>>
>>>AT&T fired President John Walter after nine months, saying he lacked
>>>"intellectual leadership". He received a $26 million severance
>>>package. Perhaps it's not Walter who's lacking intelligence...
>>>
>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>>..The Getaway
>>>
>>>A man walked in to a Topeka, Kansas Kwik Shop, and asked for all the
>>>money in the cash drawer. Apparently, the take was too small, so he
>>>tied up the store clerk and worked the counter himself for three
>>>hours until police showed up and grabbed him.
>>>
>>>~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>>
>>>..Did I Say That?!
>>>
>>>Police in Los Angeles had good luck with a robbery suspect who just
>>>couldn't control himself during a lineup. When detectives asked
>>>each man in the lineup to repeat the words, "Give me all your money
>>>or I'll shoot," the man shouted, "That's not what I said!" ------------------------------------------- in a manual for a hair blow dryer, under *caution* it says...do not use while asleep!!!