Flo and Friends by Jenny Campbell for December 08, 2024

this what happens when the law overrides common sense

Every silly product warning represents a rich idiot somewhere.

It’s called protecting oneself from lawsuits. There was a case where a “genius” bought a motorhome. Said person engages the cruise control while on the interstate to go back and fixes a meal only for said vehicle to crash. Said genius sues the manufacturer for failure to provide a warning that something like this might happen.

“Don’t take if allergic to …” The logical consequence of "Someone (else) is going to pay! (for me being stupid).

Hot coffee has struck again. Danica Patrick didn’t know hot coffee is hot. She got burned. So here is my Public Service Announcement. “GOOD COFFEE IS BREWED AROUND 195F! IT IS HOT, HANDLE WITH CAUTION! IF YOU CAN’T UNDERSTAND THIS, GET COLD COFFEE!!” Thank you for reading!!

Common sense ain’t so common any more.

Be really careful with sleeping pills. They get really nasty when you wake them up.

..warning labels assume that the user can read. I’m beginning to wonder if that is even a valid assumption anymore..

I once picked up a gallon tin of toluene and on the side it said in big letters “CAUTION: contains Toluene.” I found a clerk and asked where the toluene-free toluene was.

All that stuff is there because some idiot tried it and there was a lawsuit.

I’m sure Tide didn’t expect anyone to eat their pods. But there you go.

The stories behind the need for such warnings could possibly be the most inane of all. People really can be quite….unaware..

It would concern me the it says ‘may’ cause drowsiness, if it doesn’t what good is it.

Yet, people drink bleach, Flo.

There’s a story behind every stupid label warning…