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Why don't we just take the safety labels off everything?

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dlowan
 
Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2008 09:59 pm
This is Drewdad's signature line:

I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?


It has always amused me...


When I went to the UK in the nineties, I was stunned at the number of labels on stuff.....like, when you vegetables, there were labels on the packs, telling you how to cook them. Now, I sometimes see similar labels here.


I don't think I have yet seen the labels with the ridiculous safety instructions the Americans here complain about, but, as Oz becomes more pathetically litigous too, I suspect I will.





So........if you need to be told what food is, or that food may be hot once it is heated, should we take a hands off approach and allow the herd to be thinned?



Should we just take the labels off everything and let nature take its course?


(Note to those who need labels...this is in HUMOUR...I am not trying to kill your little kiddies.)
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2008 10:02 pm
Re: Why don't we just take the safety labels off everything?
dlowan wrote:
like, when you vegetables,

I think, like, there definitely should be labels when you, like, vegetables and stuff?
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2008 10:06 pm
Re: Why don't we just take the safety labels off everything?
DrewDad wrote:
dlowan wrote:
like, when you vegetables,

I think, like, there definitely should be labels when you, like, vegetables and stuff?


Goddammit!!!


When it comes to petards, that was an own hoist.


I meant "when you, like, BUY vegetables", of course!

For example, potatoes would come in little packs saying they should be cooked before consuming.


Anyway, apart from nit-picking, what do you think?

It's your sig-line after all!
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dyslexia
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2008 10:11 pm
I like raw potatoes.
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caribou
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2008 10:12 pm
So do I!
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2008 10:12 pm
dyslexia wrote:
I like raw potatoes.



You're a candidate for thinning, then....for being a goddam smart-arse.


Twisted Evil
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littlek
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2008 11:13 pm
But, labels can be so comedic sometimes.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sat 12 Jul, 2008 11:19 pm
littlek wrote:
But, labels can be so comedic sometimes.


Hmmmmm...but is the good of amusement for the smart greater than the good of weeding out the dumb?
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DrewDad
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2008 06:39 am
Re: Why don't we just take the safety labels off everything?
dlowan wrote:
Anyway, apart from nit-picking, what do you think?

It's your sig-line after all!

I think it's unfortunate that hitting it big in a lawsuit is one of the more time-honored courses to retirement in the US.

Anyone who has an Internet connection should and still gets sick from improperly cooked vegetables should be barred from reproduction.
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2008 07:09 am
No, no, you're not thinking; you're just being logical
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margo
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2008 03:38 pm
Wait until I just check my options with my personal litigation adviser!
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patiodog
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2008 05:03 pm
There's got to be a phase-out to give the bordeline stupid a chance at survival. How about for the first three years we replace all existing warning labels with a label that says

WARNING: SAFETY LABEL HAS BEEN REMOVED.
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hawkeye10
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2008 05:40 pm
Absolutely, we should. Read a study last week that says that Americans make the roads less safe by putting up lots of signs, it is part of the informed consent fetish we have, tell people what is coming up and if they get into trouble it is their own fault. Trouble is that it takes too much time to read all of the signs, so people read none of the signs, even the important ones, plus all of the sign reading takes their eyes and mind off of the road. exactly the same dynamic works by treating everyone like idiots (ie promoting their victim identity) with endless warning labels....... Americans are stupid.

PS, this is an important topic, can we move it out of humor please????
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2008 05:45 pm
margo wrote:
Wait until I just check my options with my personal litigation adviser!


Aye, there's the rub.


patiodog wrote:
There's got to be a phase-out to give the bordeline stupid a chance at survival. How about for the first three years we replace all existing warning labels with a label that says

WARNING: SAFETY LABEL HAS BEEN REMOVED.


You're an incorrigible smart arse.


I like that.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2008 06:48 pm
Emairgency, emairgency . . . everybody to get from strit ! ! !
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2008 07:14 pm
hawkeye10 wrote:
Absolutely, we should. Read a study last week that says that Americans make the roads less safe by putting up lots of signs, it is part of the informed consent fetish we have, tell people what is coming up and if they get into trouble it is their own fault. Trouble is that it takes too much time to read all of the signs, so people read none of the signs, even the important ones, plus all of the sign reading takes their eyes and mind off of the road. exactly the same dynamic works by treating everyone like idiots (ie promoting their victim identity) with endless warning labels....... Americans are stupid.

PS, this is an important topic, can we move it out of humor please????



No, it isn't. It is a humorous topic.


"We" do not wish it removed from Humour at all.

Sheesh....the humourless NOIVE!

Who died and made you god?


Setanta wrote:
Emairgency, emairgency . . . everybody to get from strit ! ! !



What?
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2008 07:17 pm
True lovers of American cinema will recognize that reference to an important warning . . .
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Rockhead
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2008 07:18 pm
Indeed...
Shocked
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dlowan
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2008 07:19 pm
Setanta wrote:
True lovers of American cinema will recognize that reference to an important warning . . .



Well, consider me an untrue lover, and tell me the hell what you mean.


Please.
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Setanta
 
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Reply Sun 13 Jul, 2008 07:22 pm
If you ever have a few idles hours (and like the actor Alan Arkin), find a copy of The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!.
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