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Warning: Lather, rinse, repeat is an endless loop

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  • C Chris Maunder

    It's not the warning that worries me with that; it's the uncertainty.

    cheers, Chris Maunder

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    Pete OHanlon
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    • P Pete OHanlon

      MikMit wrote:

      What other stupid instructions have you found on consumer products?

      Not so much an instruction, but Sainsbury's (a UK supermarket) sells peanuts with the warning "May contain nuts."

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      MikMit
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      That's classic!

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      • M MikMit

        After spending 12 days, 2 hours and 14 minutes in the shower washing my hair, I finally executed the "exit sub" code.

        Sub WashHair()
        Lather = True
        While Lather
        Rinse
        If Conscious then
        Exit Sub
        End If
        WashHair
        Loop
        End Sub

        Do NOT follow the directions on the bottle. It is an endless loop. What other stupid instructions have you found on consumer products?

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        Douglas Troy
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        I have a hair dryer with a warning label that says: Do not use while in the shower.


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        • P Pete OHanlon

          MikMit wrote:

          What other stupid instructions have you found on consumer products?

          Not so much an instruction, but Sainsbury's (a UK supermarket) sells peanuts with the warning "May contain nuts."

          Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

          My blog | My articles

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          peterchen
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          Which makes sense. Peanuts aren'r really nuts but legumes, and are as such not directly a problem for people with "real" nuts allergies. However, since they are often processed in the same places as nuts, transported in the same bags etc. they may contain minor traces of allergens usually not found in peanuts. Also, For nut allergics even these minor traces can be deadly. Fun thing is, if you google for the phrase, you are swamped with people repeating how silly that warning is, and the world is going down. Search for an alternate wording[^]

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          • M MikMit

            After spending 12 days, 2 hours and 14 minutes in the shower washing my hair, I finally executed the "exit sub" code.

            Sub WashHair()
            Lather = True
            While Lather
            Rinse
            If Conscious then
            Exit Sub
            End If
            WashHair
            Loop
            End Sub

            Do NOT follow the directions on the bottle. It is an endless loop. What other stupid instructions have you found on consumer products?

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            wout de zeeuw
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            Hmm, I thought you never got to WashHair... but then again, my VB is really sh1tty!

            Wout

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              Which makes sense. Peanuts aren'r really nuts but legumes, and are as such not directly a problem for people with "real" nuts allergies. However, since they are often processed in the same places as nuts, transported in the same bags etc. they may contain minor traces of allergens usually not found in peanuts. Also, For nut allergics even these minor traces can be deadly. Fun thing is, if you google for the phrase, you are swamped with people repeating how silly that warning is, and the world is going down. Search for an alternate wording[^]

              We are a big screwed up dysfunctional psychotic happy family - some more screwed up, others more happy, but everybody's psychotic joint venture definition of CP
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              MikMit
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              Did you really have to spoil our fun? Most of us were just going with peaNUTS. Of course, peas are legumes as well but we don't usually roast them, pack them in plastic and say "may contain nuts". What's really funny is that some of the most common deadly food alergies are to peanuts and walnuts. (This comment is here just in case you find deadly food allergies "funny".)

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              • W wout de zeeuw

                Hmm, I thought you never got to WashHair... but then again, my VB is really sh1tty!

                Wout

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                MikMit
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                If you were Conscious you wouldn't repeat even once. I guess the point is, I must have been unconscious for more than 12 days. Of course, some other code would need to call the 'WashHair' subroutine. It would probably be called by the ImNakedInTheShower event which was in turn triggered by the WifeThinksYouStink routine. The WifeThinksYouStink routine was called by a remote program in the 'Honey' namespace.

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                • D Douglas Troy

                  I have a hair dryer with a warning label that says: Do not use while in the shower.


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                  Graham Bradshaw
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                  Douglas Troy wrote:

                  I have a hair dryer

                  Probably not something to mention in public.

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                  • C Chris Maunder

                    It's not the warning that worries me with that; it's the uncertainty.

                    cheers, Chris Maunder

                    CodeProject.com : C++ MVP

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                    Ed Poore
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                    That's what lawyers do for you.

                    I doubt it. If it isn't intuitive then we need to fix it. - Chris Maunder

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                    • M MikMit

                      After spending 12 days, 2 hours and 14 minutes in the shower washing my hair, I finally executed the "exit sub" code.

                      Sub WashHair()
                      Lather = True
                      While Lather
                      Rinse
                      If Conscious then
                      Exit Sub
                      End If
                      WashHair
                      Loop
                      End Sub

                      Do NOT follow the directions on the bottle. It is an endless loop. What other stupid instructions have you found on consumer products?

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                      Ray Cassick
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                      How to use mouthwash. DUH


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                      • G Graham Bradshaw

                        Douglas Troy wrote:

                        I have a hair dryer

                        Probably not something to mention in public.

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                        Not to worry if she's hot. ;)


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                        • P Pete OHanlon

                          MikMit wrote:

                          What other stupid instructions have you found on consumer products?

                          Not so much an instruction, but Sainsbury's (a UK supermarket) sells peanuts with the warning "May contain nuts."

                          Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

                          My blog | My articles

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                          Lost User
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                          That is from the marketing department...

                          Visit http://www.notreadytogiveup.com/[^] and do something special today.

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                          • P Pete OHanlon

                            MikMit wrote:

                            What other stupid instructions have you found on consumer products?

                            Not so much an instruction, but Sainsbury's (a UK supermarket) sells peanuts with the warning "May contain nuts."

                            Deja View - the feeling that you've seen this post before.

                            My blog | My articles

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                            Zhat
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                            "Nuts" A classic by Anthony McAuliffe.

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                            • M MikMit

                              After spending 12 days, 2 hours and 14 minutes in the shower washing my hair, I finally executed the "exit sub" code.

                              Sub WashHair()
                              Lather = True
                              While Lather
                              Rinse
                              If Conscious then
                              Exit Sub
                              End If
                              WashHair
                              Loop
                              End Sub

                              Do NOT follow the directions on the bottle. It is an endless loop. What other stupid instructions have you found on consumer products?

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                              Richard Jones
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                              On clothing: Remove before washing.

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