SparkFun's Funny Take on Obligatory Product Safety Warnings

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By Sean Michael Ragan
Posted 2011/02/16 @ 9:10 am
Category Computers & Mobile, Electronics, Tools

The clever copy some bright marketeer wrote for SparkFun’s Heaterizer XL-3000 is turning into a pretty awesome viral advertisement for the product, and for SparkFun itself. [via Boing Boing]

BY Sean Michael Ragan

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7 Responses to SparkFun's Funny Take on Obligatory Product Safety Warnings

Kent Durvin on February 16th, 2011 at 6:31 pm said:

I would love to see a change in tort law to not allow damages in any case where a product was not used for its intended purpose. That would save money on goofy lawsuits, lawyers writing disclaimers to avoid those lawsuits, and even paper to print long disclaimers written by the lawyers trying to avoid those lawsuits.

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- Ann Kermode on February 16th, 2011 at 6:55 pm said:
  
  CandleSand has a similarly hilarious safety insert. eg ” It gets hot (only after it has been lit)” – I hope I can find it and type it out here !
  
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- drwho8 on February 16th, 2011 at 8:10 pm said:
  
  Personally I am of the opinion that one of the Henrys gave. “First lets kill all the lawyers.”.
  
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drwho8 on February 16th, 2011 at 8:09 pm said:

That’s not extreme enough.

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Anonymous on February 16th, 2011 at 8:56 pm said:

aww you didnt post the part about the primal scream!

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Doug Pichler on February 16th, 2011 at 9:20 pm said:

why can’t I heat food with it?

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Anonymous on February 16th, 2011 at 10:29 pm said:

you forgot to say not to use it while sleeping. That’s important.

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