• Mark, Now that you mention it, they DO say "servicing," instead of "serving!" (Well, many times we're calling them because they've 'screwed' us!)

• Liland, you ROGUE, you! Do you still have that pilfered sign? LOL

• How about those tags on mattresses and pillows that, until comedians started making so many jokes about them, read "DO NOT REMOVE UNDER PENALTY OF LAW." (Now they've added "before purchase" or words to that effect.)

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• Re: Lawsuits:
Lamarca, thanks for posting that info about the superheated beverages at MacDonald's. Capri, I'm with you: MacDonald's warning should read "CONTENTS MAY BE MUCH TOO HOT TO DRINK! There was a news report on TV recently about how microwaving can raise the liquid's temperature well beyond 212 degrees, such that sticking a spoon into the cup can cause the liquid to explode, burning someone severely (even on their face and arms, not just tender areas like the crotch.) Had the woman whose crotch was burned simply taken a huge gulp of that coffee, her esophagus probably would have been scalded. On the other hand, when I make coffee in my drip coffeemaker, it's plenty hot for drinking, if I dumped it in my lap I wouldn't even get 1st degree burns. (Sorry, 'Spaw.)

As for it being stupid to drink hot liquids while riding in a car, why do you think the fast food places dispense coffee in containers with lids via their DRIVE-THROUGH windows?

I do agree about our society (the USA) being overly litigious, Peg, ozmacca, etc. But would you folks who keep talking about the MacDonald's case as an example PLEASE READ LAMARCA'S POST? And Jim Dixon's last one, too.

Blues=Life,
What you said about lawsuits!

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Back to Ridiculous Warnings:

• How about this common one:
"EAT HERE"
GET GAS"

• DMcG, Your toothpaste says "use a pea-sized amount," eh? Funny how the TV ads always picture folks squirting an inch-long glob onto the brush!

• Other redundant signs:
Rio Grande River
Sierra Nevada Mountains
Shrimp Scampi (Yeah, I know it's a particular dish, but it means "shrimp shrimp.")

• Liland, some of those product warnings are so SCARY that I can't imagine why anyone would use product. Remember "Olestra" (the fat substitute)? When the warning said "..may cause abdominal cramping, frequent bowel movements and the inability to control them..." I immediately gave up any thought of even TRYING the product--no matter how much weight I might lose!!

• Deda, I've seen those sun-shades warnings, too--"Please Remove Before Driving!") LOL!

• Jim Dixon, Your point about "No Trespassing" applies to my landlord's letter about "having to take appropriate action." One would hope that ALL actions they took were "appropriate;" if you could assume that, all they would need say is, "if you [do X], we're gonna do something about it." ;- )

Genie