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City: SEATTLE
Country: US
November 8, 2009 - Sunday 

Yesterday lunchtime I was sitting idly at the kitchen table waiting for the vegetables to finish steaming (carrots and cabbage, to go with the leftover braised steak and sausage with onion from the night before, if you must know) when I was struck by the label of this nasal spray:

I tried to imagine being an alien who had to interpret this message for her people:

You, sir, are an asshole!
Thank you.  Here is a friendly grenade.
Now I will slam this spray into your eye by the most efficient route.

Who do they get to design these things?


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~*Donna*~
Donna Adams

 
Lol! Oh I would love to know that as well, who ever it is has given my friends and I a ton of fun. That and the translations of signs in different laugages. I swear my friend bought a pocket knife in Japan and on it is literally said "BLADE EXTREMELY SHARP! KEEP OUT OF CHILDREN."
 
Posted by ~*Donna*~ on November 9, 2009 - Monday - 00:23
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Nicola Griffith
Nicola Griffith

 
:)

 
Posted by Nicola Griffith on November 9, 2009 - Monday - 00:36
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~*Donna*~
Donna Adams

 
We read the darnest things :P and other products:

On a Swedish chain saw: Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals.
On a Japanese food processor: Not to be used for the other use.
On a bottle of rum: Open bottle before drinking.
On a 500-piece jigsaw puzzle: Some assembly required.
On a blowtorch: Not used for drying hair.
On a mattress: Do not attempt to swallow.
On a box of fireworks: Do not put in mouth.
On a bottle of hair dye: Do not use as Ice Cream topping.
On a steering wheel lock: Warning -- remove lock before driving.

There were others but I don't want to take up too much space here.
 
Posted by ~*Donna*~ on November 9, 2009 - Monday - 02:14
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Jo
Jo B.

 
It's bad when "nasal" and "spray" don't do the trick.  Although, after some of the co-workers I encountered in direct care, I do understand why the explanation is necessary.  I knew one gal who kept her three kids home from school because her computer had a virus and she didn't want the kids to spread it to school.  And no, unfortunately, I am not kidding . . .
 
Posted by Jo on November 9, 2009 - Monday - 02:18
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Nicola Griffith
Nicola Griffith

 
I wonder what the world looks like to people like that.  Interesting, probably.

 
Posted by Nicola Griffith on November 9, 2009 - Monday - 22:23
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Jo
Jo B.

 
It's bad news for the clients any way you look at it.  Staff at the day program I worked at insisted on giving a man who has phenylketonuria nutrasweet even though doing so will increase his brain damage.  Their argument was that it never made him sick.  At the group home I supervised, staff argued with me that saliva was not a body fluid, so they didn't have to wear gloves when feeding the clients (all of whom had hepatitis in one form or another).  I miss the clients, but I don't miss the ignorance. 

I'm thrilled out of my mind, though, right now because a new company took over my friends Ralph and Jean's group home and is doing an excellent job.  Staff are trying to get Ralph a dog - something he has been asking for since he was a child (he's in his forties).  Jean is vice-chairperson for the local ADA compliance committee and staff have helped her set up an office in her room.  We just finished doing title searches on properties who are out of ADA parking requirement compliance.  I love CRR . . . they take their clients seriously.
 
Posted by Jo on November 9, 2009 - Monday - 22:39
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Nicola Griffith
Nicola Griffith

 
That's excellent news.

 
Posted by Nicola Griffith on November 9, 2009 - Monday - 23:25
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S. Zack Thomas
Samuel Zacharias

 
Nasal spray is for the nose?  Wow, no wonder what I was doing wasn't working . . .

 
Posted by S. Zack Thomas on November 9, 2009 - Monday - 02:42
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Nicola Griffith
Nicola Griffith

 
That doesn't bear thinking about...

 
Posted by Nicola Griffith on November 9, 2009 - Monday - 22:22
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S. Zack Thomas
Samuel Zacharias

 
I've been putting it in my ears.  Why, what were you thinking? :P
 
Posted by S. Zack Thomas on November 10, 2009 - Tuesday - 01:38
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Jo
Jo B.

 
On the tube of lip balm I got for my birthday: "Do not apply around eyes".
 
Posted by Jo on December 8, 2009 - Tuesday - 22:53
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