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February 2, 2005 12:15 AM
Broken: (For fun) Halsteel nail warning
Peter Provost writes, "This photo is from the back of a box of Halsteel nails."
[Hint: Read the Supplemental Warning, which begins, "Do not shoot nails through any part of your body."]
That's funny. OXO (Good Grips not bullion cubes) used to have a really good Terms of Use for their website, but a recent perusal shows that they've taken it down.
This can't be real, but I may point out that they could be sued for not telling us we shouldn't jump off the roof for fun.
Why did the phrase "yeah, yeah, wahtever mom..." run through my head as I was reading those warnings?
Halsteel nails also have a very masculine and buffed-out "mascot" that is unlike any construction worker i have ever seen.
Did anyone read about the guy who accidently shot himself with a nail gun? It went into the roof of his mouth and lodged in his brain. He didn't notice until a dentist appointment, when he complained about a "tooth ache". I think the story was in this week's Time. That's pretty intense.
"This could... cause you to use language unbecoming of a professional." That's not broken, it's priceless. Would that more manufacturers would replace dry, convoluted, unreadable instructions with a bit of humour.
no, it is correct in using "to" not too.
(dictionary definitions)
TO- used as a function word to indicate relative position
(or in this case, don't sit to close to the TV)
TOO-BESIDES, ALSO
Nope, the "to" should be "too".
"To - function work, relative position" >> This would mean something like, "I moved closer TO the TV".
"Too" does mean "also" - AND excessively (as in "too close, too much, too loud, too tall"
Check your dictionary again ;-) The online one I use has the second definition of "too" as:
2 a : to an excessive degree : EXCESSIVELY b : to such a degree as to be regrettable c : VERY
Errr... as clarification (since there are two "to"s) - obviously I meant that the FIRST "to" should be changed, as follows:
"... or sit TOO close to the TV. ..."
No gripes with the second ;-)
WOW! I don't believe it!!! Nails actually have one pointy end and one flat end!!!
What did they need that for???
:-)
May be this warning if for retared people who are holding a nail gun.
My nail gun has a safety that it has to be pressed up against something HARD to fire
I never grasped the concept of blow-drying your hair in the bathtub; common sense says that it is useless to dry something before wetting it again. I mean, chances are that you are going to get your hair wet again!! ;)
And why do people call a driveway a driveway and a parkway a parkway? Why would you park in a driveway and drive on a parkway??? Oops... Im getting a tad off-topic.
if you need a dictionary to figure out if you need to use "to" or "too," you need your head examined. maybe you have a nail in it.
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It's nice to see a company with a bit of humor :)
Posted by: Jon at February 2, 2005 07:28 AM