Dave, and if the judges would convict lawyers and their clients for "stupid, no- common-sense" law-suits, they wouldn't happen and maybe people would start using whats usually inside their head. Its called a brain. If they don't tough luck. Michael On Tue, 8 Feb 2005 13:36:26 -0800, Dave Oksner <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Just a couple of complains about this entry (not that you wrote it; I've >seen most of these before; it's even mentioned on snopes.com). > >On Tue, Feb 08, 2005 at 01:20:26PM -0500, Michael Baier wrote: >> In Honor of Stupid People ><snip> >> >> On Boot's Children Cough Medicine -- "Do not drive a car or operate >> machinery after taking this medication." >> (We could do a lot to reduce the rate of constru ction accidents if we >> could just get those 5-year-olds with head-colds off those forklifts.) > >Yeah, well, just because it says that it's for Children doesn't prevent >adults from taking it. And if you don't have the warnings, the lawsuits >will follow... > >> On Sainsbury's peanuts -- "Warning: contains nuts." >> (talk about a news flash) > >Except that peanuts aren't nuts. They're legumes. So if you're alergic >to nuts, but not peanuts, this is potentially life-saving information. > >The reverse is true of the Costco jar of "Extra Fancy Mixed Nuts." It proudly >proclaimed "no peanuts" on the front, but on the back, the ingredients >listed peanut oil (for the roasting). Someone alergic to peanuts might >not realize that the info on the front was to indicate quality ("no cheap >peanuts were used as filler") and think that it was alergy info. This >is no longer a part of the packaging and specific alergy info has been >added to the back. > >Dave > >-- >+----David Oksner-----http://www.case.net/-----+ >|Handy Guide to Modern Science: | >|1. If it's green or it wiggles, it's biology.| >|2. If it stinks, it's chemistry. | >|3. If it doesn't work, it's physics. | >[log in to unmask] > >* To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * >* etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html * * To join/leave the list, search archives, change list settings, * * etc., please visit http://raven.utc.edu/archives/hp3000-l.html *