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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread 'Avoid Death' is named wackiest label #172065 12/13/2007 3:22 PM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky From a Newsweek article: A warning on a small tractor that reads "Danger: Avoid Death" has been chosen as the nation's wackiest warning label by an anti-lawsuit group. The Wacky Warning Label Contest, now in its 11th year, is conducted by Novi-based Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch as part of an effort to show the effects of lawsuits on warning labels. ... The $250 second place was given ... for a label they found on an iron-on T-shirt transfer that warns: "Do not iron while wearing shirt." ... earned the $100 third-place prize for a label on a baby stroller featuring a small storage pouch that warns: "Do not put child in bag." Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted 'Avoid Death' is named wackiest label Jackie 12/13/2007 3:22 PM Re: 'Avoid Death' is named wackiest label Alex Williams 12/13/2007 3:33 PM Re: 'Avoid Death' is named wackiest label AnnaStrophic 12/13/2007 5:20 PM Re: 'Avoid Death' is named wackiest label TheFallibleFiend 12/13/2007 5:56 PM Re: 'Avoid Death' is named wackiest label Faldage 12/13/2007 6:04 PM Re: 'Avoid Death' is named wackiest label TheFallibleFiend 12/14/2007 1:17 PM Re: 'Avoid Death' is named wackiest label BranShea 12/14/2007 2:12 PM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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