Lio by Mark Tatulli for September 08, 2023

Ahhh … so that’s what happens if you do!

It’s not like he wasn’t warned.

I’ve always wondered what would happen…

Lio had to push it didn’t he.

Should have read the fine print.

well that escalated quickly

Left over from the days of utility bills arriving on 80 column cards that have to be fed back into the machine.

Similarly,

DO NOT REMOVE THIS TAG FROM THIS [PILLOW/MATTRESS] UNDER PENALTY OF LAW

Whoever thought that a stapler could be a weapon of mass destruction.

Lio launches Staplegeddon!

But it is already folded so it must be disarmed

WAH?! Was that paper made of uranium?!

it never specified why now didn’t it. :}

Wanna bet that’s a red stapler?

Ha! I remember those notices. Cutting off a tag on a pillow, I thought the police would arrest me. LMAO! ☺️☺️

Mine says “except by consumer”. Do I have to eat it?

Heh, heh, heh. Hm, maybe a little overboard on the “mutilate.”

Explains why my aunt would always follow the directions on chain letters and forward them to everyone.

Try a song from the 70s called “The Credit Card song”. I don’t know how available it is: I only heard it on one of those collection albums advertised on TV in the 80s that my grandmother actually bought.

Lio is a little young, and the times are a little late, for him to be notified by Selective Service.

In Lio’s world things like overkill are an unknown.

He’ll be missed… or not.

That’s the most evil look I’ve ever seen on Lio! :)

You were warned……

DOOON’T YOOOOOU BELIEVE IT?

Nice!

Dang, if that happens when you fold and staple, imagine what happens when you manipulate.

I remember punch cards. I never coded on them. I started programming in my 40s. A lot of my friends who started before I did used the cards. Older languages had fixed positions on a line for stuff and maximum lengths for variable names because of punch cards.

Mark forgot spindle. For those from a later time. This notice was common on computer punch cards sent out as billing notices. Since damaging them meant some keyboard operator would have to punch a new card. To spindle was to stick them on a spike on your desk meant to hold rejected paperwork.

Honestly this made me LOL.