Most people know Tide Pods are not food and hair dryers should not be used while sleeping. At least, we really hope so. But judging by the disclaimers companies put on products, somebody out there definitely needed the reminder. So maybe it’s good they exist after all.

One Redditor asked users to share the dumbest warning labels they’ve ever seen, and the responses did not disappoint. We gathered some of the funniest and most ridiculous ones below. Scroll down to check them out.

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#1

There is a story behind every warning.

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Warning: Do not hold wrong end of a chainsaw.

Silly safety warning people. Everyone knows the only way to use a chainsaw is attached to your stump of a right hand as a weapon.

#3

I saw one for a Black & Decker cordless drill that said ‘Not to use as dental drill’.

#4

“Caution: Do not iron clothes while wearing them”.

#5

I saw a knife set a while back that had a great typo warning: “Keep out of children.”
At least I think it’s a typo. I guess it’s a pretty good warning too.

#6

I saw a diagram on a riding lawnmower showing you how to **not drive over children**.

#7

Bottom of a skateboard:

“Warning: This product moves when used.”.

#8

On a microwave: Not suitable for drying pets.

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“Warning: Cape is not a flying device.”
Bought it anyway.

#10

On a hair dryer: do not operate while asleep.

What the h**l.

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At a zoo for a lion exhibit. ” Do not pet “.

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On a stroller: “Do not fold with child inside”.

#13

For External Use Only… on my curling iron.

#14

Warning: contains peanuts

On a bag of peanuts.

#15

At the vet.

#16

I once read a warning on a can of electrical contact cleaner to the effect of *”If you are blind or cannot read English do not use this product until the warnings have been explained to you!”* If I’m blind or can’t read English, how the h**l am I reading that? And how many blind people are using aerosol contact cleaner?

#17

The Nissian commercial comes to mind.
**Fantasy. Do not attempt. Cars can’t jump on trains.**

#18

The bucket of pickles at Chick-Fil-A warns against letting toddlers drown in the pickle juice. There’s a diagram showing a kid with his head stuck in the bucket and arms flailing.

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On a book: Once opened keep refrigerated.

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On my French press coffee pot: “Boiling water and children should be kept apart.”.

#21

I worked in the kitchen of a jail once and some of the boxes of food said “not meant for human consumption”.

#22

On Ellio’s pizza: “CAUTION: Product becomes hot when cooked.”

#23

That truck commercial from a year back or so that showed the truck “skiing” down a mountain doing jumps and stuff. They had to put a warning at the bottom saying “Trucks cannot ski. Do not try this.”.

#24

Once in college i saw a box of split firewood at walmart, the box had a warning label that said something along the lines of “”this product contains carbon, a substance known to the state of California to cause cancer”

WTH? techincally we are all carbon based…

#25

On a kids plastic blow-up chair: “Do not iron”.

#26

More of a sign I guess.

#27

Disclaimer: I did not see this, but a friend of mine told me the following warning he saw.

**Tl;Dr:** Warning of “Do Not Eat” on a brick of C4.

His unit was deployed in Afghanistan and a Navy EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) team was going to dispose of captured weapons and ordinance. He had asked earlier if he could tag along the next time they were going to get rid of explosives.
As they piled the ordinance out, he and the EOD team start laying out C4 bricks. He opens the crate of C4, on the box there is a date of 1969 and the warning: Do Not Eat. Every brick contains the same warning “Do Not Eat”. I guess someone found grey play-doh appetizing at some point during Vietnam?

#28

My parents test-drove a car that had a little hutch in the center console with the label: “Do not put your hamburger in here.” Gotta love America!

#29

On a candle: “WARNING! Flammable.”.

#30

My parents had this automatic shower cleaner thing in their shower. You hang it up, and press a button to make it spray out shower cleaner. It had a label that said “not to be used as body wash.”

I was disappointed, since I was really looking forward to using shower cleaner with bleach as a nice, scrubbing body wash.

#31

On the manual for a portable projector: ‘do not put in bath tub’ with a drawing of a huge bathtub filled with water and huge X over it.

#32

On a windshield shade:

“Do not operate vehicle with shade in place.”

#33

Caution: Physical Activity Carries Inherent Risks

saw that at a playground.

#34

Not so much a warning, but the instructions on a pain relief gel I once bought read “after applying to the affected area, wash your hands. Unless the affected area is your hands.”

#35

Chemist here.

Do not pipette by mouth.

#36

Warning. This tool will cut! On a machete…

#37

Not sure if this counts but on the back of the cards in electronic monopoly it specifies that they aren’t real mastercards and you can use them at real stores…..seriously?

#38

Bottom of a store bought cake. “Do not flip upside down.” “Too late now!!”.

#39

This one is pretty dumb.

#40

On Christmas lights: for inside or outside use only!

#41

On a box of eggs: Warning! Contains egg.

#42

I once owned a water trampoline, and the warning label said “Do not use this in water.”

#43

Cookie dough – Do not consume without cooking. Just try to stop me.

#44

“WARNING: PIPE” on the pipe itself.

#45

On plastic wrapped firewood – “remove plastic before burning”.

#46

On the tsa’s website it explicitly says not to put a child in a car seat through the x ray machine.

#47

My new modem warned me that just having it wasn’t enough to give you internet, you had to have a provider…

#48

On an infant onesie: keep away from fire.

How else do you dry a baby?

#49

Warning: barbed wire may cause serious injury.

The sign was less visible than the barbed wire was…

#50

Warning label on my hairdryer: Do not use in bear feet.

Yes, that is how it was spelled.

#51

Caution: hot beverages are hot.

I saw this at a restaurant that didn’t serve hot beverages.

#52

On a faux leather belt, “Not for consumption”.

#53

I once had a stain remover, and warning label said “May cause stains”.

#54

Road is slippery when wet.

#55

On bag of nuts: “May contain traces of nuts”.

#56

Warning: poison do not eat.

#57

Seen a ‘do not turn over’ warning on the bottom of a pizza box.

ETA: Don’t worry, I’d already eaten the pizza so it was okay :).

#58

Litrerally ten seconds ago I saw a package of pre cooked chicken marked with “Don’t feed it to the fox”. This whole fox nonsense has gone way too far.

#59

On a packet of over-the-counter sleeping pills:

“Warning- may cause drowsiness”.

#60

Warning: Cruise control does not mean the RV will drive itself.

#61

I used to play Airsoft and some of the guns had a poorly translated warning label that stated “Don’t point at the creature”.

#62

On a candle wrapper: “Remove wrapper before lighting. Contents flammable.”

#63

On a milk carton. “Warning: contains milk”…

#64

“Do not eat iPod shuffle”.

#65

On an iPad cover: Do not microwave.

#66

I wouldnt call it a warning “label” but the road sign in front of my house says “do not pass when incoming traffic is present”. I see it everyday and lose just a little more of my faith in humanity…

#67

Working in a lab and seeing on every acid (hydrochloric, acidic, sulfuric, etc.): Warning, may contain acid.

#68

Do it yourself breathalyser that says “Do not use breathalyser results to assist in your decision whether to drive or not”.

It was printed on the back of a breathalyser from a company called “backtrack”. I decided not to purchase the device because of the stupidity of the warning.

#69

Dr.pepper cans used to say “warning: contents under pressure” its pop… that’s kind of a no brainer…

#70

“Handle with care” on one of these super sharp Japanese kitchen knifes.

#71

On window air conditioner:

**WARNING: BE SURE AIR CONDITIONER DOES NOT FALL OUT OF WINDOW. MAINTAIN A FIRM GRIP WHEN INSTALLING AND REMOVING AIR CONDITIONER.**.

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