Re: Warning labels out of hand?

Subject: Re: Warning labels out of hand?
From: Keith Hood <klhra -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com, Robert Courtney <bobsc1 -at- earthlink -dot- net>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 14:58:49 -0800 (PST)

Being both a technical writer and a sufferer of others' lack of parenting skill, I think it would be better to properly qualify the word "child." I think the phrase "well-mannered" should be inserted in front of "children."


> On 2/4/2010 10:35 AM, Brian -dot- Henderson -at- mitchell1 -dot- com
> wrote:
> > Buried somewhere, in a box I haven't looked into in
> twenty years, is a
> > small scrap of paper that came with a set of cheap
> giveaway steak
> > knives, that said, "Caution: Do not leave knives in
> children."
> >
> > Surprisingly good advice, I thought.
> >
> > -BrianH.
> >
> > -----Original Message----- From: Traci Pearson
> >
> > I found this example of 15 laughable warning
> > labels this morning. Not only does it touch on
> > the type of communication some of us do from time
> > to time, but it makes me seriously wonder about
> > the mental capacity and potential for personal
> > responsibility of the human race:
> >
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