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Grainger49

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For everyone:

Why is the Sheffield Lab Drum & Track Disk available on CD?  It was a test of tractability for cartridges.

Why do Preparation H suppositories have to include the warning, "Do Not Take Orally?"

Why does the Ciallis ad have to say, "for men only" and "does not stop the transmission of HIV or STDs." 

There is a warning on prescription sleeping pills not to drive or operate heavy machinery after taking the pills.

Why did Ford have to put, "cars can not really drive on buildings" in their recent commercials.
 
the tractability of cd's !!!!!???????
most people the think the  suppository is at fort knox
makers of ciallis never heard of a girlie woodie
sleeping and driving  mmhh!! well of all things what will they think of next-!!!!!
grainger!! you can't turn left here there is a building!!
 
To be fair, it is an album of music, mostly drums.  TAS recommended it for tracking.

And I think we all have seen those who sleep and drive.
 
Warnings are there for legal protection from a world of sue happy people looking to make a quick buck. So many people these days don't take any responsibility for their own actions. Case in point, the lady who sued McDonald's because her coffee was too hot. News flash...coffee is hot.
 
Yes, I think it is sad that we have so many people who are not in control of their bodies and minds.

But you see them driving every day!

I remember when the woman who scalded herself with coffee was a big news item.  My first reaction was, "She would have bitched if it were too cool," and, "Didn't she know that making coffee requires you to boil water?"
 
The thing about the McDonalds case is that franchisees were required to serve coffee at 190F.  Generally, people prefer coffee to be between 155-175F.  In addition, the cups at the time were not reinforced so they crushed easily.  She was in the passenger seat of a stopped car trying to take the lid off when the incident occurred.  Yeah, partly her fault but McDonalds knew this was a problem.  There were over 700 similar reports and McDonalds had settled more that $500,000 worth of claims.  However, the cost was not significant enough for them to change their practices.  The woman involved sought $20,000 to cover actual and anticipated medical expenses (she had to have skin grafts), but McDonalds offered her $800.

In short, McDonalds was penalized so they would take notice.  Not quite as frivolous as it might seem.
 
David,

I am not a fan of McDonalds.  I haven't been to one in 40+ years.  But, from what was publicized when this was in the news I made my judgements. 
 
I kid you not, as i am reading this, i just had delivery and am staring at 3 coffees from mcd... haha, and yes i am sporting a new coffee stain on my sweats... is there some kind of a Murphy's law regarding mcd coffee??? if there is, it just happened to me... and why her case made the news and the huge uproar that it deserved... Wasnt she awarded a MASSIVE amount of money?? something in the tune of millions?....
 
Tribute to George Carlin "Why do we park on a driveway and drive on a parkway". "Why do they call it a Down escalator, it should be a Decendalator". I heard a good one on T.V. the other day, in the orientation brochure for the Paranal observatory in Chile it states, "If at any time during your visit you see stars, please report to a Paramedic."

Cheers,
Shawn
 
Chris,

The answer to that is to just say no to McD.  There are other sources for coffee.  (this is all tongue in cheek)

Shawn,

You gotta love whoever writes those translations.
 
This one eludes to the true root of the need to have all of these absurd warnings:

Why does Preparation H suppositories have to include the warning, "Do Not Take Orally?"

Basically, so many lack any semblance of rational/logical thought and the ability to problem solve that they may actually confuse which orifice is to be the recipient of the suppository. Kind of along the lines of "there are more horses asses in the world than there are horses." Then there are those who roam the streets with their heads up... Well, you see where this is going and the results could be problematic.

 
I just can't imagine going to court and admitting that for hemorrhoids I swallowed a suppository.  I can hear the cross examination in my head, "Where was your problem?  And you didn't read the directions?  So you swallowed it, foil and all?"
 
I remember a salesman at Sears telling me that Sears made a settlement with a guy who cut off his fingers when he picked up a running lawn mower by grabbing the housing, in order to trim a hedge with it. Darwin Award? I guess that goes in the "at risk survivors" category.

Sitting here in this 36th floor ribbon window condo I am also reminded of the Darwin Award given to the Toronto lawyer who in 1996 demonstrated to law students that windows in a high rise were perfectly safe. He ran at the window full speed, broke through it and fell 24 floors to his Darwinian demise. I had to climb up and balance on the air conditioner that sits right under the condo windows today, in order to reach up to fix a stuck window shade. Grisly picture - pot bellied gray haired balding old fart with one metal reinforced leg that only works in two dimensions, straining to reach up and turn a puny little dowel with tinted Mylar wrapped around it, next to a 400 foot drop protected by a half inch of glass. And of course I decided to do this when everyone else was out touristing. You can bet I didn't even touch the glass.
 
Grainger49 said:
I think Firesign Theater said, "Bailiff, Whack his Pee Pee."  So you are a Firesign Theater fan too.
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Its funny Granger - I'm not real sure where that came from! It could be Firesign Theater or possibly Cheech and Chong. Just some kind of random memory neuron waking up. Half dead.... You know I think it also could have been from Alice's Restaurant! - 'And everybody started yellin "kill, kill"!
 
Funny post Grainger!
I live in the  Bay Area of Northern California, in the Evergreen area of San Jose. Nice area but there are so many people in a big rush. It's not about getting a ticket, it's about getting away with it. Police have an impossible task, you could triple the force for CHP only and still only get a very small fraction of the "IDIOT'S" off the road. In my residential area all the "ladies/wife's" routinely blow through stop signs as if they weren't there. I drive an 88 M3. It's in great shape but does attract some attention cuz the teens seem to like it. I drive it like an ole man, especially around the neighborhood. The last thing I'd ever want to do is hurt a child, adults on the other hand not so much. I'm by know means the best driver but at least I realize that going slower isn't always the answer, especially when merging onto the freeway. There are so many folks that are just flat intimidated by traffic that they freeze up and make things worse. I could go on for days as I'm sure you folks could as well.
I'll just say be safe on the roads as best you can and remember driving too slow can actually make things worse. Try and explain that to Johnny Law.
Not what were we talking about? ;D
Oh yeah, when are all those new Bottlehead products coming out?? Hello Doc, how's the vacation going?
By best to the group,
John

Couple pix of the 88 and my crazy, drives way to fast nephew Trevor
 

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firesign theater--can't remember which album-the plot as i recall it-- someone is in court for being shall we say inappropriate
with women-after a list of charges is read-he is asked how do you plea-his response-i am just crazy about that stuff-bailiff whack his peepee--that is the gist of it

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Firesign_Theatre

 
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