what is this country coming to?

**Office Boy** · December 7th, 2009, 09:28 PM

I was about to watch Match Of The Day on Saturday night and just prior to it starting, a voice over came on and said, 'The following program contains flashing images.' For a football program of all things?

WTF. I couldn't believe what I'd just heard. The flashing images turned out to be some advertising hoarding around the pitch. Nothing on the field. WTF!

**Clouddancer** · December 7th, 2009, 09:36 PM

Another case of PC gone mad unfortunately.
I bought a cup of coffee the other day with a notice telling me the contents may be hot!!!!

**risen** · December 7th, 2009, 10:02 PM

A jar of peanut butter in our pantry says 'this product is made in a factory which handles other nuts'. No sh1t Sherlock as the saying goes.

**squigg58** · December 7th, 2009, 10:30 PM

It's possible to get certain veterinary medicines from high street chemists, if you have a prescription from your vet. However, judging by the warning on the label of some feline medication I bought recently, you shouldn't let your cat drive or operate heavy machinery after it's been given the tablets.

I kid you not!

Following risen's posting, I note with some alarm that a piece of salmon I bought today "contains fish"!

**graftzig** · December 8th, 2009, 03:48 AM

The worst of all is the Superman costume telling your kid it doesn't make him fly.

**eelcat** · December 8th, 2009, 05:15 AM

Funny you should say that. Yesterday morning before heading off to work I caught a bit of Sky News UK and the news reader did warn that the following story contains flash photography. I thought that was peculiar.

Anyway here is my favourite warning. (I don't know why anybody would want to but....)

**stralis440** · December 8th, 2009, 07:20 AM

I never know whether to laugh or cry when I watch the Horror Channel and the announcer comes on and states "The following film contains scenes some may find disturbing". WTF do you think I`m watching a horror film for!!!? Unreal

**otokonomidori** · December 8th, 2009, 07:24 AM

It's not new - until recently I had a 1977 Cadillac and in the handbook that came with it was a warning that images in the mirrors were reversed.

**buttsie** · December 8th, 2009, 09:07 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by office boy

I was about to watch Match Of The Day on Saturday night and just prior to it starting, a voice over came on and said, 'The following program contains flashing images.' For a football program of all things?

WTF. I couldn't believe what I'd just heard. The flashing images turned out to be some advertising hoarding around the pitch. Nothing on the field. WTF!

WTF? = a warning to those who suffer from epilepsy -
life threatening seizures and fits set off by flashing visuals

I'd assume the warning has come about because multiple sufferers have reported suffering from such an episode while watching the football

The actual condition is wider spread throughout the community than many know
which would be why a warning has been added presumably.

Wish I had that warning on my superman kit as i jumped from a 2nd story roof
Luckily i broke my fall by catching the corrigated iron fence...5 stitches...blood pissing everywhere
sweet...something worthwile to talk about at school the next day

Aubrey · December 8th, 2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Clouddancer

Another case of PC gone mad unfortunately.
I bought a cup of coffee the other day with a notice telling me the contents may be hot!!!!

I think that's fair. MacDonald's were once done when a woman spilled coffee on herself and got burnt. You'd think it was obvious that coffee should be hot, but as far as I remember the court agreed with the woman and gave her compensation. The warning on cups now is to prevent that happening again.

But you get the ridiculous situation where pretty much every processed snack has a warning about nuts, with the result that people with a nut allergy - who the warnings were originally supposed to protect - can't eat anything out of a bag. So the warnings are all pretty much useless.

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eelcat Vintage Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Australia Posts: 660 Thanks: 2,389 Thanked 6,300 Times in 648 Posts	Funny you should say that. Yesterday morning before heading off to work I caught a bit of Sky News UK and the news reader did warn that the following story contains flash photography. I thought that was peculiar. Anyway here is my favourite warning. (I don't know why anybody would want to but....) Last edited by eelcat; December 8th, 2009 at 05:09 PM..

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risen Veteran Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Stuck in the middle Posts: 1,100 Thanks: 68,798 Thanked 15,539 Times in 1,092 Posts	A jar of peanut butter in our pantry says 'this product is made in a factory which handles other nuts'. No sh1t Sherlock as the saying goes.

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squigg58 Veteran Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: My own little world Posts: 2,476 Thanks: 14,113 Thanked 25,970 Times in 2,473 Posts	It's possible to get certain veterinary medicines from high street chemists, if you have a prescription from your vet. However, judging by the warning on the label of some feline medication I bought recently, you shouldn't let your cat drive or operate heavy machinery after it's been given the tablets. I kid you not! Following risen's posting, I note with some alarm that a piece of salmon I bought today "contains fish"!

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stralis440 Vintage Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 3,783 Thanks: 4,318 Thanked 103,289 Times in 3,893 Posts	I never know whether to laugh or cry when I watch the Horror Channel and the announcer comes on and states "The following film contains scenes some may find disturbing". WTF do you think I`m watching a horror film for!!!? Unreal

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otokonomidori 緑の男 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Jockistan, UK. Posts: 8,318 Thanks: 39,032 Thanked 122,437 Times in 8,318 Posts	It's not new - until recently I had a 1977 Cadillac and in the handbook that came with it was a warning that images in the mirrors were reversed.