I know it seems a little silly, John, but a warning like that can be literally lifesaving. More than a few people have died because they ate something whose label didn't mention peanuts but actually contained a tiny amount -- enough to cause a severe allergic reaction and anaphylactic shock. Of course, there's also the package of peanuts that says: Warning: Contains peanuts. Go figure.

Regarding the NO TRESPASSING signs, I'm always amused by the signs that say, POSTED. As best I can figure, the law says your land must be "posted" in order to enforce any action for trespass. That is, you have to post signs that say "Private Property" or "No Trespassing". But somebody figured that if the law says your property must be posted, they should put up a sign saying it's posted! As P.T. Barnum is supposed to have said (or was it Bill Gates?), nobody ever went broke by underestimating the intelligence of the public.

Liland, I never thought of "cheese food" as being food for cheese....that's wonderful! I always refer to that stuff as "Artificially colored chemically processed cheese-flavored food-like substance." (Not to be confused with the candy-like substance my med school rommate used to call "orange peanut banana bad stuff"...but I digress.)

Aloha,
Mark