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Old 18-02-2004, 12:06 PM
martin
 
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Default Packaging Stupidity. Was: Lidl's seeds

On Wed, 18 Feb 2004 07:49:52 +0000, Sacha
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Amos E Wolfe18/2/04 4:47
$r46$1@spart a.btinternet.com

"..........Pre heat the oven to 200c, 400f Gas Mark 6 ...........cook near
the top of the oven for 50 - 55 minutes.
Caution filling may be HOT..."

If not get a new oven


On a chinese steak knife: "Warning: Keep out of children"

On the bottom of a Tesco dessert: "Do not turn upside-down"

On a bottle of *childrens'* medicine: "Do not drive or operate machinery"

and finally:

On a packet of peanuts: "Warning: May contain nuts"

The last one is a valid warning. Some people are allergic to "nuts" in
general, some people are alergic to "peanuts". Technically Peanuts are a
tuber and not a nut, but if they are packaged in a factory which handles
"nuts" the warning is required. Strange but True.


My Godson swears he travelled on an airline which had packets of peanuts
with instructions "Open packet. Eat peanuts".


KLM offered packets of peanuts labeled

PEANUTS
CONTENTS: MIXED NUTS

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Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad