Warn Me, Dammit!
Have you noticed how many different warning labels there are on things these days? There are warnings on prescription medicine, warnings on your kitchen appliances, warning stickers in your car, there are even warnings on your movies, music and video games. Pretty much everything has some form of warning label.
I don’t think these labels do anything useful for the consumer; I believe that warning labels solely benefit the manufacture. When you put a warning label on a dangerous product, all it does is provide the manufacturing company the ability to say “we told you it was dangerous, but you used it any ways.” This should be good enough. The “you were warned” defense should be an open and closed court case. Hot coffee burned you, well Duh!!! It’s HOT COFFEE!!! Not Guilty!
I think warning labels serve a distinct purpose. The label does a decent job at educating the consumer of dangerous of things, but that is where it should end. Cigarettes are harmful, but people are still going to smoke. Alcohol is bad, but people are still going to drink. Warning labels should not be used to social engineer society. Labels protect the supplier and inform the consumer.
Here are some warning labels that don’t exist, but should:
- WARNING – Bullets come out here! (pointing to a gun barrel)
CAUTION – Eating vegetables may lead to a healthy lifestyle and weight loss.
DANGER- Bachelorette Party Supplies may cause premature impregnation by someone other than intended future husband.
WARNING – Condoms may cause loss of erection.
CAUTION – Computers may cause lack of sleep and pasty skin tone. Aversion to sunlight has been known to occur in some computer users. Tanning beds may counteract skin conditions.
WARNING – Eating too many snack cakes has been known to cause “trouble walking down narrow hallway” syndrome in controlled laboratory test subjects.
DANGER – Marriage can cause a loss of appetite (and we are not talking about food!)
CAUTION – Living within a double-wide trailer may result in lower wages, lower IQ and may attract tornadoes.

ATTENTION – Food goes on tines. Improper use of forks has been known to cause eye damage. Always use ‘the cork’ when inserted into eye.
CAUTION – Trojan Horse may contain Greeks, Feta Cheese and Olives.
DANGER – Eating hot wings may cause fiery rectal fury.
Can you think of any other things that need warnings that have not been invented yet?

John Mayer – “Your Body is A Wonderland”
Lionel Ritchie & Diana Ross – “Endless Love”
Goo Goo Dolls – “Iris”
I recently learned that humans are working towards and getting close to eradicating another deadly disease from the planet. Over the course of modern man, there have been a great number of wide spread diseases and plagues that have threatened human life on on a mass scale: Black Plague, Scarlet Fever, Bird Flu and Swine Flu to name a few.




