craziest sign I've seen

[Kogarashi]

Even more puzzling; In the movie, he takes the staff hostage because his insurance denied the funds because the procedure was too expensive. I have no idea how "ethnic monitoring" is supposed to have any relation to the actual plot of that movie.

^-.-^

I'm just as confused. Like I said, I haven't seen the movie, nor have I seen the poster to determine if it is actually from the movie and therefore referencing it. I have no clue what it has to do with "ethnic monitoring" either.

So I'll go with my own personal theory that they're monitoring various ethnicities to make sure they don't suddenly morph into Denzel Washington and go on some strange sort of rampage. You know, like zombies, only...actors.

[infinitemonkies]

My all time favorite a friend and I saw while we were in high school.... Written on a curling iron tag : " Do not use internally."

I can top that. My ex-girlfriend had one with a warning label that said "Do not insert in bodily orifices while hot" Note that it's unclear whether hot refers to the curling iron or the girl



Here's one that's not exactly a sign: The mall nearest to where I work is multi-level, and has escalators. From the main floor the one on the right takes you down to the lower floor, the one on the left brings people up from the lower floor.

Last summer, some total lackwit tried to go down the up escalator, and somehow wound up falling. So the mall paid a couple grand to have a motion sensor with a warning buzzer installed at the top. The problem is that it's never been calibrated correctly. So now theres just this loud annoying buzz whenever anyone gets within about 8 feet of it.... which in a busy mall is ALL day, ALL the time. I'm so glad I don't have to work there.

[PepperElf]

WHY WE ETHNICALLY MONITOR.

Underneath is a picture of Denzel Washington.

All I can think of is... sickle cell anemia which can affect your breathing. It is more prevalent in people of African descent. Perhaps Denzel also has it? (not sure)

[Kogarashi]

You know, PepperElf, that actually makes a lot of sense.


Too much sense. I'm going with my lycanthropic zombie-actors theory instead.

[boringscreenname]

I have a Rubbermaid tote and it actually warns people not to put their babies or small children in them and close the lid. The message is conveyed by pictures not words though.

I guess using a Rubbermaid tote is cheaper than buying a crib and could serve as a playpen. Hmm... it's a good thing I saw those pictures before I had the baby...

[edible_hat]

On my mac & cheese, complete with double exclamation mark.

"Add 22/3 cup COLD water.
DO NOT USE HOT WATER!!"


Now you don't have to tell me twice. But some people, you do.

[Dreamstalker]

I've seen commercials for postmenopausal osteoporosis drugs with the disclaimer: "Do not use if you are nursing, pregnant, or plan to become pregnant".

[El Pollo Guerrera]

I've seen commercials for postmenopausal osteoporosis drugs with the disclaimer: "Do not use if you are nursing, pregnant, or plan to become pregnant".

On the topic of 'medical disclaimers'...

I remember seeing one on TV that said "may cause an increase in gambling."



There was also a weight-loss suppliment that they mentioned on "The Colbert Report" that stated the user should 'plan a day off' and 'wear dark-coloured pants'.

[Chanlin]

There was also a weight-loss suppliment that they mentioned on "The Colbert Report" that stated the user should 'plan a day off' and 'wear dark-coloured pants'.

That way when your fat breaks away from your body and walks a few miles to return to the mother ship it will have something to help it hide (points for getting the reference)

[AccountingDrone]

Aside from the "nuts" one, I think my two favorites have to be these:

a> "Not a Step" -- commonly written on the small plastic platform attached to many ladders which is meant to hold cans of paint. Said platform does not even look strong enough to hold the paint itself, let alone a human being.

b> "Do not sleep in" on dumpsters and -- at grocery stores, on cardboard balers. To hose unfamiliar with the latter, they are large, box-shaped devices used to compress large volumes of cardboard boxes (typically weighing over a thousand pounds) into smaller units that can be carted off with forklifts. If anyone took a nap in one of these things, I would wager that it could very well be the last nap they ever have ...>_>

I previously worked for Oakleaf Waste Management. Great company to work for but it created some seriously wacky situations.

Why yes, we had upon occasion gotten calls about what to do about the human corpse in the dumpster [tell them to call the police and we call the particular hauler for that location and ask them to bypas the regular pickup if they were on schedule for the day, arrange for a temporary container to use while the crime scene guys were working, and a steam cleaning after the crime scene guys finished]

lost engement ring in a 40 cubic yard cardboard compactor AND a lost engagement ring in a 42 cubic yard wet garbage compactor 2 different locations, same day [call the hauler, arrange to have a driver go out, pull the box away from the compaction unit and tag everything out while someone pulls out all the *whatever* until they give up or find the ring.

Though someone decided to toss a window mannequin out into a dumpster and caused the drivers rider to panic because he saw a body being dumped into the truck call the location and chew them out about not calling for a bulk pickup of oversized item ... =)

My personal favorite - a food chain now has included in their training NOT to power wash a grease spill into a street drain, it makes it a hazmat call and can result in not just a charge for a hazmat company to come out and clean the storm drain, but a nasty penalty from the local ecological departments

[AccountingDrone]

I've seen commercials for postmenopausal osteoporosis drugs with the disclaimer: "Do not use if you are nursing, pregnant, or plan to become pregnant".

The calcium pyrophosphate dihydride crystals will have a chance to deposit in the joints of the fetus or infant locking them in place. It requires rather major surgery to release the joints, and if it happens to the spine it may prove both impossible to release and rather fatal. Google chondrocalcinosis then imagine what would happen to the poor fetus that can't be treated with colchicine because the dosage that would treat an adult would cause a long lingering and painful death *if* it could even be administered in utero to a fetus.

Guess what I happen to have

[mattm04]

I previously worked for Oakleaf Waste Management. Great company to work for but it created some seriously wacky situations.

....

lost engement ring in a 40 cubic yard cardboard compactor AND a lost engagement ring in a 42 cubic yard wet garbage compactor 2 different locations, same day [call the hauler, arrange to have a driver go out, pull the box away from the compaction unit and tag everything out while someone pulls out all the *whatever* until they give up or find the ring.

Ok, digging thru compacted cardboard, not too bad, 42 yards of compacted wet, rotting trash. I would imagine if you found it it would very likey be some what mangled if it was compacted.

[Amina516]

The calcium pyrophosphate dihydride crystals will have a chance to deposit in the joints of the fetus or infant locking them in place. It requires rather major surgery to release the joints, and if it happens to the spine it may prove both impossible to release and rather fatal. Google chondrocalcinosis then imagine what would happen to the poor fetus that can't be treated with colchicine because the dosage that would treat an adult would cause a long lingering and painful death *if* it could even be administered in utero to a fetus.

Guess what I happen to have

I think DreamStalker meant that post menopausal women CANT get pregnant...lol.

But very informative post though.

[PepperElf]

Sleeping pills: May cause drowsiness.

um, isn't that the point?
Yeah, give me those sleeping pills that will keep me up all night long, thanks!

O_o

[AriRashkae]

I have a Rubbermaid tote and it actually warns people not to put their babies or small children in them and close the lid. The message is conveyed by pictures not words though.

I guess using a Rubbermaid tote is cheaper than buying a crib and could serve as a playpen. Hmm... it's a good thing I saw those pictures before I had the baby...

That's my 3 year old's favorite game! That, and having someone drag him down the hall in the tote.

Hyundai Tiburon commercials: "Car does not actually drive underwater."