Bizarre Messages On Everyday Items We Buy

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I have two examples for you. Over weekend we visited Morrison's for our "big food shop" and one of the items was a bag of Large Roasted, Salted Peanuts. For those of us not sure if it was a big bag of peanuts, there is a picture of them all over the bag..so there's no mistake! On the back of this bag of Large, Roasted, Salted Peanuts is this following bizarre message: "Allergy Advice: Contains peanuts." Now, people who ARE allergic to peanuts (or anything else come to that) has my sympathy but - really, would an allergy sufferer buy a bag of peanuts if they didn't see the message on the back first? I think the manufacturers are taking the piss, but maybe it's just me.. On the back of my hot water bottle (I used it because I can't sleep..still can't) it says: "Do not use boiling water!" EXCUSE ME! Since Moses was a lad we've been filling HOT water bottles with boiling water and I'm not going to stop now. It has a fleecy cover on it so I'm highly unlikely to burn myself. Also, electric kettles are designed to boil but for not very long unlike the good old days when water was heated up on the gas. It's Health & Safety gone mad, that's what it is. Do you see silly messages like this on everyday items? If you go routing in your cupboards or fridge, believe me, you WILL find something!