Look at the packet of their Bread Pudding. It says Product will be hot after heating...
2006-07-13 07:40:59 · 31 answers · asked by blondie 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
There are lots of brilliant ones on this website, like the one which says, may cause drousiness - on a bottle of sleeping tablets, and the warning on a chainsaw which says do not try to stop the blade with your hand
2006-07-13 07:45:28 · answer #1 · answered by The Mad cyclist 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Same reason as when you get coffee and it says on the cup "Caution:Hot liquid. Can cause serious burns." They have to have stupid stuff like that because otherwise some idiot will hurt him/herself and sue. Believe it or not, someone did just that. They bought a coffee at McDonald's and spilled it on themselves while driving. They the successfully sued McDonald's because the cup didn't have a warning.
2006-07-13 07:48:23 · answer #2 · answered by i_am_the_dida 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT is a result of our legal suing happy society. Look at your normal lawn mower. Comes with a caution, "Not to be used as a hedge trimmer". Take the case of the McDonald's coffee spilled in the lap. "I'd like some hot coffee please" Oops I spilled it while driving so I am going to sue since it was hot like I wanted.
Check your hair drier and curling iron. All come with warnings about using in water. Big corporations have put warnings on everything to protect themselves. Most sleep medications tell you not to operate heavy machinery after taking. I have a kids medication that has a warning not to drive a motorized vehicle after taking it. Like my 7 year old is going to go out cruisin' after taking his medication.
2006-07-13 07:47:46 · answer #3 · answered by Taztug 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Anything to avoid being sued! It's slightly better than those packets of peanuts which carry the warning 'this product may contain nuts'.
2006-07-13 07:42:33 · answer #4 · answered by starchilde5 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bought a Hot Air Stripper, its a heat gun that strips paint. So you can imagine it gets quite hot. And in the instructions it said "Warning! This product is not to be used as a hairdryer."
2006-07-13 07:45:24 · answer #5 · answered by sarah c 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's called Lawyers and Law suites, if a woman can sue McDonald's for spilling hot coffee on herself and win because the cup did not say on it caution hot beverage, then yeah they have to cover all the bases
2006-07-13 07:43:33 · answer #6 · answered by redhotboxsoxfan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I bought a package of Hormel Pepperoni's the other day and was reading the package. It says "Do Not Eat Packet."
2006-07-13 07:44:47 · answer #7 · answered by thematrixhazu36 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Same way most supermarkets have to have 'may contain traces of nuts' even on items like lettuce - to cover their *** in case someone wants to sue. Largely due to the explosive growth in US courts of litigation against companies/ individuals from mind blowingly stupid individuals who should know better. It will get worse.
2006-07-13 07:49:04 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah, what about other stores and products?: -
"Warning, product contains nuts" (on a pack of peanuts).
"Warning, not to be taken internally" (on a bottle of suntan lotion).
And worst of all, on a high powered electric paint stripper I bought, the first line of the instruction manual stated: -
"Warning: not to be used as a hair dryer"!!
2006-07-13 07:47:13 · answer #9 · answered by Grimread 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, and packs of nuts 'may contain traces of nuts'. There are loads of things like that ... the weird thing is that some people will take them seriously - just as many people on here take some outrageous questions completely seriously. To live is to laugh, to laugh is to love, and to love is to be careful of our chicklings.
2006-07-13 07:47:52 · answer #10 · answered by Owlwings 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋