The sign is an existential one. The heater may be hot, but it also may not. How do we knot it is hot? How can we be sure it’s not just our own perception of heat? Are hot or cold the only choices? Does the notion of “hot” even exist? Does the heater truly exist? Does anything exist? Do you exist? WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!
The sad thing is, signs like this need to exist for all the litigious A-holes out there. When I worked at a deli, we had a woman actually try to climb into our warmer to reach for a rotisserie chicken (instead of, you know, asking one of us to grab it for her…) and burn herself in the process.
She started yelling at us about it (the “warmer” keeps the chickens above 140*F, so it’s actually quite hot) and threatening to sue. All we could do was to point to the “CAUTION: HOT” signs.
Seriously, the warmer was about 4 feet long and had, like, eight of ’em.
This reminds me of the manual for our camping stove top. More than half of it was stuff like “Warning,” “Caution,” “Burn Hazard,” Etc. I am not kidding, there were at least 3 warnings per page. It’s a STOVE TOP! Of COURSE there’s a possibility of burning yourself!
Oh, that’s always a problem with those Caution Heaters.
and this just in…water…may be wet
not to forget, sugar may be sweet
circles may be round
**wonder how long we can keep this going, everybody join in!**
Ice may be cold.
Jet engine may be loud.
Real cherries may contain pits.
(That one’s real, found on Yoplait cherry yogurt containers.)
Knife blade may be sharp (also real, came with a set of kitchen knives)
The sky may be blue.
Girlfriend may be cheating.
Well that one is not necessarily 100% redundant, my sincere condolences if it has happened to you though.
it’s not funny if you have to explain the joke.
The current girlfriend isn’t cheating very much, as far as I can tell.
You My Be Alive
And this also just in–
‘Doing it’ may cause pregnancy.
Only one way to find out!
PRESS SCROTUM HERE
This reminds me of a line from that “Horse With No Name” song, “The heat was hot.”
LOL…I thought of the same thing
Sad thing is,
People are dumb, so you’ve got to post signs for obvious things.*
*If you catch a spelling mistake, this is further proof that people are stupid
Caution: people may be stupid.
You are all missing the point.
The sign is an existential one. The heater may be hot, but it also may not. How do we knot it is hot? How can we be sure it’s not just our own perception of heat? Are hot or cold the only choices? Does the notion of “hot” even exist? Does the heater truly exist? Does anything exist? Do you exist? WHO ARE YOU PEOPLE?!
Hello. my (nick)name is Pie.
Actually we exist, but you don’t. Sorry, bro.
*vanishes in a puff of logic*
The sad thing is, signs like this need to exist for all the litigious A-holes out there. When I worked at a deli, we had a woman actually try to climb into our warmer to reach for a rotisserie chicken (instead of, you know, asking one of us to grab it for her…) and burn herself in the process.
She started yelling at us about it (the “warmer” keeps the chickens above 140*F, so it’s actually quite hot) and threatening to sue. All we could do was to point to the “CAUTION: HOT” signs.
Seriously, the warmer was about 4 feet long and had, like, eight of ’em.
In short, people are morons.
Also, water might be wet, butter might be buttery, air might be breathable, and George W. Bush might be a moron.
*Moran
*drug addict
This reminds me of the manual for our camping stove top. More than half of it was stuff like “Warning,” “Caution,” “Burn Hazard,” Etc. I am not kidding, there were at least 3 warnings per page. It’s a STOVE TOP! Of COURSE there’s a possibility of burning yourself!
if people that need such signs actually go camping they’ll die from walking off a cliff or something.
if thats the case they won’t come back to sue even if they did get burned from the stove.
if thats the case, the labels are redundant.
Play it cool, Captain Obvious.
Heater’s gonna heat.
caution red pen may be red!
o.o my vote made it 666
It keeps doing that, we’re going to get it fixed.
i once saw a sign like this once it was on a kettle
“CAUTION: Boiling water may be hot.”