Signs, signs everywhere are signs. What a very true song indeed. There are simply too many signs for people to even bother paying attention to. Can you imagine if everything you brought home a new toaster or curling iron or cleaning product if you sat and read all of the warnings on them? You wouldn't have time to have a job to buy more stuff to read the warnings of! The amount of warnings has completely soared beyond absurd. Sometimes it's in your best interest to read the warnings though. They could save your life or completely make you laugh!
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Thanks McCain for letting us know that cooking something makes it hot. Thank goodness you told us that. I wouldn't want to burn my finger and sue you for a million bucks claiming I was too stupid to know that. If you don't understand that cooking makes something hot, how would you know to cook it? If a tree falls in the forest... You get my drift!
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Okay, I'm following the use the safety seat and belts provided part of the sign. I'm not sure why it's unsafe to put them in the grocery portion of the cart or how you'd even have room for groceries if they were in there. It's the underneath part of the sign that is most concerning. Sometimes I think you should have to pass some sort of test before becoming a parent. Does this mean somebody put their kid under the cart and they got hurt? There must have been some reason that's on the sign...scary.
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This warning on a plastic bag is completely valid. You definitely should not put a plastic bag over your head or let kids play with it. It's the pictures of the warning that are so amusing. The guy on the left is choking himself while singing in a choir with a pickle jar on his head and the baby on the right looks like he's an astronaut! Maybe they could have just wrote "Don't put plastic bags on your head dummy" in 15 different languages or something.
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This warning label is from a sling shot. The warnings all make sense until they say "Never aim your PocketShot at people or animals, not even cats.". Some warning writer sure doesn't like cats! Hysterical!!!
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This paper shredder must have a lot more options than the one we have. There's no way I'd consider putting my hand or tie in the shredder! Only the middle sign makes any sense. No staples or paper clips -- okay. No hand and no tie --- what? What did I even buy this thing for? At least I can put my hair in it!
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This sign posted near a San Francisco beach makes a lot of sense in most beaches. Totally good for a laugh and keeps people's rear ends covered! Reminds me of when I was shopping for my wedding shoes. I wanted to get flip flops to wear under my dress for the ceremony so I ran to Pay Less. I found the perfect white sparkly flip flops while shopping there with my Mom. Unfortunately, I yelled out "Hey Mom, I just found my wedding thongs!" really loud in the store. It sure make everyone look at us!
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This sign itself is strange. The dog is not vicious or rabid or loud or likely to bite. It's just a little strange. I wonder what that means? Is it wearing one of the Halloween costumes I wrote about in 10 Hysterically Funny Costumes for Dogs?
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Why did they need to make a law against feeding alligators? Would all violators of this law be "taken care of" during the commission of the crime? And what exactly do they mean by "molesting alligators"? Perhaps that's best left unknown...
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You're on your own for the next 3 miles. You'll have to be ever vigilant of dangers around you. We're warning you that we're not going to warn you. Um, is there something that you should be warning us about? Why didn't you make a sign for that instead of warning us there were no warning signs?
So, the next time you're driving around or cooking your lunch or walking down the street, pay attention to the signs around you. You never know what they might say!
