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doctor_fandangoGOLD Member
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i just returned from a trip to tesco to pick up a snack and some milk for the office. i had a chilling experience there. i was in the frozen food section and looking at the pies,debating weather to get steak and kidney or chick& mushroom, i noticed a 'tesco value pie' , 'meat flavour pie'.. Meat Flavour!!! come on, thy made a pie that tastes like something that once lived.

then i went on to the snacks dept. to get a choccie bar and a few nuts. the bar said "suitable for vegitarians". do they realy need to say that?? i thought to myself "m new meat free choccie bar!!".

then on to the peanuts. the shocking notice ever! "may contain traces of nuts".. MAY contain TRACES... AND!!! the peanuts are suitable for vegitarians!!

has anyone else ever noticed stupid warnings and scary signs like those??

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Posted:
These are everywhere. Its not just Tesco.

Its because the whole world seems to have developed a rather unpleasant sue culture.

I choose to ignore it.

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UCOFSILVER Member
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Posted:
thats not going to stand up in court though... wink

alien_oddityCarpal \'Tunnel
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Posted:
the vending machine at my old work used to have chocolate flavored flap jacks wtf???

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Posted:
Whatd'ya mean wtf?

Choclit flavoured flapjacks are yummy smile

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alien_oddityCarpal \'Tunnel
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Posted:
but it wasn't only chocolate flavored it was toffee flavored and cherry flavored wtf???


it's got bleedin chocolate on the top.....its a chocolat flapjack


nuff said

MynciBRONZE Member
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Posted:
In the co-op near me they have a small sign saying
"if you are blind or partially sighted please ask for assistance" ubblol coz of course they can read it!!!!!

A couple of balls short of a full cascade... or maybe a few cards short of a deck... we'll see how this all fans out.


doctor_fandangoGOLD Member
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RAVNHEAD , i still dont get it.
mynci , signs for the blinfd are so silly sometimes. i was in a train station and there was an emergency panic button . it had push written in brail... i know you just touch to read brail , but still at the time it was a great pictuure

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DuncGOLD Member
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Posted:
The meat flavour thing sucks but the veggie thing makes sense to everyone who is vegetarian...so I presume you're not? You might think of chocolate as just a cocoa bean but so many foods are processed with animal rennett and fats to improve the flavour so to help the veggies be sure that the food hasn't been processed with these the "Suitable for Vegetarians" label goes on and then they're safe to buy with confidence. So it helps sales and of course the people.

I use to think the same until I got with my girfriend who's been veggie by choice since she was 5 when her Mom explained where meat came from. I started checking things and was amazed what actually contained meat (and related products). Loads of cheeses contain animal fat, all the Walkers Sensations contain fat too....Lamb and Mint flavour contains "Lamb Powder" which might not be too surprising but lots of cheese flavour things like buiscits etc contain animal fats and animal rennett/powder etc too.
Even basic pastries and such might also not be suitable as they've been made with butters enhanced with animal fat. Most sweets aren't suitable for veggies either which sucks as they rarely have the right info on them.

So not all notices and messages on food are actually "stupid" if you take time to think about them, but "meat flavour" and "chocolate falvour" should be banned I reckon! Although I can't wait for chocolate flavour gammon steaks and bacon to come out biggrin

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DurbsBRONZE Member
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Posted:
The only think I'm concerned about is your choice of pie.

Chicken and Mushroom all the way
Steak and Kidney is just wrong
Kidneys? C'mon dude, it's the bodies piss factory...

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becciPancake Maker
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Posted:
I was going to say pretty much the same thing dunc, it is amazing what has animal stuff in. I was shocked to find Stella has fish in it.

I don't think there is enough labelling of vegi and vegan foods, i have to spend ages doing research and reading labels- for example, the vitamin D that is added to lots of breakfast cereals is animal derived. It is very strange what they choose to add animal too.

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"Steak and Kidney is just wrong"



The choice of kings....



...is all I have to say tongue

BirgitBRONZE Member
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Posted:
I've seen the peanuts that may contain traces of nuts before...

My favourite warning was on my stereo - "don't clean with benzene as that may destroy the plastic." Apart from giving you cancer, I suppose it may rolleyes

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IgirisujinSILVER Member
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Posted:
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Lamb and Mint flavour contains "Lamb Powder"






lol I had an image of fluffy sheep going up a conveyor belt and coming out the other end as powder ubblol



You know they do wash the kidneys first, if you dont like kidneys you can soak them in milk if you make your own pie, it takes alot of the kidney edge off, course I think kidneys are yummy anyway in pies. I'll eat allmost anything me

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DurbsBRONZE Member
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Posted:
My sisters hair dryer has "Do not use in the bath"

My BB gun has "Do not point at the peculiar creature"

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UCOFSILVER Member
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Posted:
Is there not already a dumb warnings thread somewhere?



*throws caution to the wind in an extremely over-acted and exuberant motion, with his cape billowing majestically in the aforementioned wind*



Irons say "Do not iron clothes on body".

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JayKittyGOLD Member
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Posted:
They have a sign ON THE BOTTOM of some frozen dinners. "Do Not Turn Upside Down"

Don't mind me, just passing through.


SethisBRONZE Member
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Posted:
Braille signs on toilet doors.

I'm confused as to how the person would arrive at the door in the first place, if they weren't looking for them? And surely if they ask someone where the toilets are, the person will say "Take the left hand one"?

But hey, paraffin containers say "keep away from mouth"... guess who ignores *that* on a regular basis... rolleyes

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Posted:
i think the best one was on the bottom of a box of celebrations: "Do not read while box is open" tongue

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Fine_Rabid_DogInternet Hate Machine
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Posted:
there was one for a microwave: Do not use the "other" way.

biggrin

And there was "Instructiuons: Do not open box before reading this". Problem was, you had to open the box to get them smile

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PyroWillGOLD Member
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Posted:
Stupid warning:

On Pritt sticks: - 'Push Up Bottom' ubblol

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TheBovrilMonkeySILVER Member
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Posted:
I'm sure most of the funny ones are deliberately written by bored people at work.



I know that I'd do something similar if I had a job that involved nothing more exciting than writing 'may contain nuts' warning labels on peanut packets.



Also, the chances are that peanut packets don't contain any nuts at all - peanuts aren't actually nuts tongue
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dani_babybooSILVER Member
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Posted:
i only found out last summer that jelly was made from gelatine which was from boiling bones or something


they have to by law put warnings on everything to protect the manafactuars as if they dont and someone is allergic or does something to harm themselves they can still sue if there was no warning on the product
i work in a food industry we have to tell everyone that the white chocolate and macadonian nut cookies contain nuts

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dizzybintmember
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Posted:
i think argos is wierder sorry i know its a bit off the topic but it is.

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Suibomaddict
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Location: Oregon, USA


Posted:
In this factory robot/machine processed world, you'd be amazed at some of the things that go (not as specific ingredients, but as incindentals) into the foods available. The peanuts one is a basic and classic example and was explained by dani_babyboo. The machines that make the products that have that warning, also manufacture other products that contain nuts, and nuts can be a large allergy issue to many.

The more we process things, the more we get away from "natural" foods and breathe generally toxic airs.. the more allergies will become an issue. I'm sure if you'd ask around, you'd be well surprised how many folks are allergic to wheat (many more so than even really know it)..

So, yeah, some warnings are necessary...

I'm still waiting for foods to contain the warning: "May contain trace to chunky amounts of insect content. But don't worry, it's a good source of protein".

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linden rathenGOLD Member
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Posted:
my favorite warning is on a toaster "do not use in shower"


whats fun is when you get the international lables

US will have about 3 pages

UK will have about 3 lines

Aus 3 words tongue

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ChickpeaSILVER Member
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Posted:
ok - stella has fish in?
i love stella.i hate fish...but i love stella eek
I'm conflicted!!!
B x

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Posted:
Regarding Tesco - my clubcard came today. Yay.


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DuncGOLD Member
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Posted:
Written by: Chickpea


ok - stella has fish in?
i love stella.i hate fish...but i love stella eek
I'm conflicted!!!
B x




It's not so much that it has fish in it, but nearly all mass produced beers are filtered through fish bones to clean up the sludge and enhance the flavour and there's something about using checmicals from fish bladders aswell. Why fish I don't know but there you go....

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LemonkeyStalking amidst the desert, carrying an oversized scalpel...
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Posted:
I read in the paper t'other day, that the Guiness for one never comes into contact with the fishy-bits used...

Willy - is bad for your health...


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Posted:
Funniest warning i ever saw was on a childs superman dressing up outfit
warning this outfit will not help you fly

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