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My Dad and I share a slightly wacky sense of humour (just as well we don't often need it at the same time ) - and a frequent source of amusement has been found on instruction sheets on modern products. For example, I love the brusque independence of pill bottles which command you to Line up the arrows and push offAnd surely this is general wisdom which we ignore at our peril? - Keep away from small childrenWhat are the examples others have encountered?
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Tear along the dotted line has always conjured the vision of small insects practising for sprint races along the tops of corn-flakes packets. There are also plenty of other salutary warnings about children - Beware. children at play has a decidedly ominous note.
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Beware. children at play has a decidedly ominous note.
The lack of punctuation on signs enables the "children at Play" warning to take an even more ominous turn when it is "Slow Children at Play."
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I've always been fond of Curb Your Dog and Soft Shoulder , as well as the afore- and elsewhere-mentioned Mind Your Head.
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Continuing the road theme, the highway sign "CYCLISTS USE LEFT SHOULDER" has been confounding riders of deadly treadlies here for some time.
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and a frequent source of amusement has been found on instruction sheets on modern products.
Instructions translated from another language have traditionally been a great source of these, although I think they've lifted their game a tad. Somewhere I have (or had) a long list of them. Only one springs to mind immediately:
Product not to be used outside or inside.
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Way off-topic, but Marty reminds me of one of my favorite things: funny translations. Here's one web site: http://anotherlanguage.com/funny.htm
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Ha!- some lovely ones, thanks!
I came across a drink container recently that admonished me to Stand upright in a cool place
which seems to confirm a similar view: Do not stand in direct sunlight
My dad reminds me of the instruction which made him think of Jonah and the whale: If accidentally swallowed, consult a doctor Fair enough - sounds good advice (is there a sturgeon in the house?) Concerning swallowing, I like the beer bottle that comands: Remove cap before swallowing - how do they know what I'm wearing!
On the general 'road' theme I have seen Joe's Body Works which must be reassuring!
And the local UK roadworks sign (which-may-not-translate-if-you-are-reading-this-in-a-country-without-glass-reflectors-in-the-roads) which offered the rather cruella Cats' Eyes Removed
But the animals get their own back: I have seen a sign on a gate warning visitors: Dog Loose Inside!
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Clive (from Oz) reminds all of the sign in the Budapest hotel lobby:
"The lift is being fixed for the next day. During that time we regret that you will be unbearable."
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(is there a sturgeon in the house?) Concerning swallowing, I like the beer bottle that comands: Remove cap before swallowing - how do they know what I'm wearing!I love it, mav! Esp. the sturgeon! Re: the cap--I thought maybe that meant to remove the cap so you don't swallow the bottle along with the cap! ;-) -------------------------------------------------------- A bit off-topic (or maybe a bit-off topic!) is the billboard I saw some time ago, advertising the Dip & Drip Pool Company. Odd names those owners have.
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