Comments on: CyberNotes: Thank You Captain Obvious

By: natasha

natasha — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:01:04 +0000

dus any one know were i could find any catch slogans or picture about fire saftey ?????please help :!

By: KevinH

KevinH — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 19:37:47 +0000

It is no doubt all to do with culture of litigation you have in the US. Remember the stories of the woman who sued McDonalds because she spilt hot coffee on herself, she sued because the cup had no warning on it. People aren’t willing to take responsibility for their own stupidity these days. And now we in the UK are following suit, everywhere you see and hear adverts for the “ambulance chaser” companies. I have even seen these company reps waiting outside accident and emergency departments trying to get people coming out to sign up for their services and sue someone, anyone.

KP Peanuts here in the UK had a warning on the back, yes, it said “WARNING: This product contains nuts”.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 23:27:28 +0000

Dargo wrote:

Microwave oven: do not use for drying pets Happened to an old lady in US, who sued the company, and won the cause. Law suite too

You know, I actually heard about something like this happening in another instance too which is absolutely crazy.

By: Dargo

Dargo — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 09:25:21 +0000

Microwave oven: do not use for drying pets

Happened to an old lady in US, who sued the company, and won the cause.

Law suite too

By: Faeldray

Faeldray — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 22:57:17 +0000

Oh, these sort of things maybe obvious to us, but the scary thing is that these wouldn’t be around if people hadn’t actually tried them. It’s humorous, sure, but it makes me afraid for the future of mankind.

By: DKong

DKong — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 22:51:05 +0000

“Old Spice Red Zone Deodorant – Use only on underarms”

Regarding that one, that’s not captain obvious, IMO. I’ve seen (and hell, even tried it myself) people putting it on their hands or forehead to see what happens.

Basically, if you run water over your hands, it’s like your hands have rainx on them. It’s quite funny, but I don’t really recommend it. .

As for everything else, especially the “containing nuts” thing, if the warning isn’t on the label, people will sue the company over it and will likely win.

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:34:52 +0000

epiac1216 wrote:

“Children’s Superman Costume – wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly.”

@Ashley:

I really don’t know if children read these warning labels, but I know of a sad case in Panama where a small boy of five years old died because he tried to fly like Superman with a Superman costume.

He jumped from a three story apartment, believing he could fly like Superman. Maybe events like this, made the manufacturer include this warning label to prevent potential legal problems.

Regards,

Omar.-

I’m sure they’re all there to prevent legal issues which tells us the kind of society that we are. Still humorous though…

Anonymous wrote:

LOL Btw, I’d really not heard of the phrase “Captain Obvious” so I googled it and came to know but surprisingly the wikipedia article seems to have been deleted!!

I hadn’t thought about the fact that not everybody would be familiar with the term “Captain Obvious.” It’s odd that the Wikipedia article was deleted, but from the cached version: “Captain Obvious is a fictional character whose main characteristic is that he makes statements of fact that are painfully obvious to other observers. The term Captain Obvious is usually used sarcastically in reference to people who state the self-evident. [1] Primarily an Internet phenomenon, the term is often used in sentences such as “Captain Obvious to the rescue!”[2] or “Thank you, Captain Obvious!”

By: CoryC

CoryC — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 15:07:35 +0000

Those warning labels are all about law suites and nothing else.

By: epiac1216

epiac1216 — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:48:57 +0000

“Children’s Superman Costume – wearing of this garment does not enable you to fly.”

@Ashley:

I really don’t know if children read these warning labels, but I know of a sad case in Panama where a small boy of five years old died because he tried to fly like Superman with a Superman costume.

He jumped from a three story apartment, believing he could fly like Superman. Maybe events like this, made the manufacturer include this warning label to prevent potential legal problems.

Regards,

Omar.-

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 13:25:21 +0000

LOL Btw, I’d really not heard of the phrase “Captain Obvious” so I googled it and came to know but surprisingly the wikipedia article seems to have been deleted!!