I'm writing from the hotel lobby, I'm in Washington DC for Police Week. My brother-in-law was a NJ police officer killed last year. I noticed something that deserved an entry in Nonsense. A sign that said "Rest Rooms." We never think about it, always accept it... but REST rooms? How much rest can you really get in a rest room? Wouldn't you much rather rest where the smell is nicer? They should take out all those toilets and bring in some comfy chairs, beds and couches. The coloniels made much more sense when they called them "Necessaries." Charlie
Well, if we're gonna' include those (and I have no problem with that...) Parkway VS Driveway (at least in the U.S.) What do you do on each?
There's a warning on boxes of heat-wrap patches (or whatever they're called - the things you put on achy muscles) : "Do not microwave". I wonder what the story behind that one is..
When asked about that, I simply answer, "It's the same reason why we have a speed limit on the freeway." One time I saw this cake, and on the bottom it had a label that said, "Do not turn package upside-down." A little late for that, isn't it?
I saw two today. The second I like because it has multiple levels. 1. Visiting father in-law in the hospital today (he had surgery), I saw this sign: St. Barnabas Medical Center: We redefine health care! You redefine health care? What's the new definition? Asparagus? 2. On the way home, 10:00 pm. It's dark. The streets aren't very well lit. Then, a huge sign with bright lights and dancing letters, jumping letters distracts me. It's so bright and the letters move so fast, I think, this sign is a hazard! It's so distracting, it could cause an accident! Then I saw what the sign said: School's Open. Drive Carefully. School's Open? At 10:00 PM? Must be night school... Okay, I'll drive carefully... if I don't get into an accident because I'm distracted by crazy, overly bright, jumping dancing signs that say, "School's Open, Drive Carefully."
That's on the level of the "Warning: contents will be hot" on instructions for microwaveable dinners. Isn't that the point of a microwave?
In the spring of 2002, Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32 foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, having joined the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the Winnie left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the handbook that he could not actually do this. He was awarded $1,750,000 plus a new Winnebago.
I keep wondering: If I eat Pro-biotic yogurt while I'm taking Antibiotics, will they cancel each other out? Edit: I googled and found out. I wasn't actually taking the question seriously, I just thought it was a funny thing most people don't think about. But the serious answer is (according to some doctors) it's best not to take Probiotic yogurt until after you finish your Antibiotics... but then, it's good to eat the yogurt afterward to restore your "good" bacteria.
A description on their medical methods at a hospital: Tried, Tested, Unparalleled Yeah because no one is equal to you but ahead of you.
I once overheard one of our account managers speaking to a client on the phone. She said, "Ohhhh, I thought I recognised your voice from your letter!" I also saw a plaque on a castle in Wales that said: "Visitors are asked to take every care to avoid fatal accidents."
There's a store chain that sells window blinds called "Blinds to Go." The moment I saw the sign, my first thought was, "Of course I want my blinds to go! What did you think? I want them for here?" "Yes, I was shopping around your store, and the glare was just too much for me in here, so I decided to buy some blinds and hang them here in the store so I can shop without all this distraction."
Haha I saw a kid's superman costume at the store that said... WARNING: Wearing does not enable user to fly Yes, because THAT'S why we bought it...
Unfortunately, that warning has a tragic history behind it, Read the life story of George Reeves, who played Superman in the late 1950s and early 1960s, and why he committed suicide. However, I have to wonder why suntan lotion needs a label, "For external use only." Really? Has internal application of Coppertone presented a problem at some point?
I always like MY liver nice and tan.... I've always wondered why my moisturizer says, "Warning: May cause drying, peeling, redness, and irritation." Isn't that what moisturizer's supposed to cure and/or prevent ?
I think you mean George Reeves? And I suspect you may be alluding to a story that the snopes site says is... well... nonsense. (Or was that your intent, given the thread title?) Here's a new entry for "nonsense," though it comes from some dim memories a long time ago: There was discussion at the time of the problems of excessive garbage and not enough recycling, and the point was made that fast food places create huge amounts of waste. Someone (I believe in Congress?) suggested that scientists should try to find a reusable resource for handling and serving food that does not create a huge amount of waste. A cartoonist saw the nonsense in that, creating a cartoon with the quote over an image of a regular plate and a bottle of dish detergent. Charlie
In the Terms of Use Agreement on a website I recently visited (te bolding and red was added by me): Really? Oh, no, I don't think so...
