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Fatuous disclaimers.
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Fatuous disclaimers.
Many forum members will be familiar with the various bizarre attempts at avoiding personal injury litigation eg warning stickers on products or endless warnings and disclaimers in instruction books. Here's my claim on the world record, which was a sticker on a child's scooter.
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Not quite sure whether to post this one here or on Micks "Cats" thread. but hey ho edited It is Drakes thread not Micks, appologies We're having a problem with neighbours cats coming in through our cat flap, scoffing our moggies food then scrapping at 2am in the morning. Mrs FW picked up one of those micro chip type cat flaps to day. on the back page of the instructions. The disclaimer .......
"It is not possible to fully guarantee the exclusion of all other animals in all circumstances.( Manfacturers name omitted) corporation will not accept liability for any damage or inconvenience caused by unwanted animals who may gain access to your home. In keeping with accepted standards of parental care, Children should be supervised at all times."
Perhaps it's not cats thats coming in
"It is not possible to fully guarantee the exclusion of all other animals in all circumstances.( Manfacturers name omitted) corporation will not accept liability for any damage or inconvenience caused by unwanted animals who may gain access to your home. In keeping with accepted standards of parental care, Children should be supervised at all times."
Perhaps it's not cats thats coming in
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Re: Fatuous disclaimers.
On a milk container "contains milk"
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Re: Fatuous disclaimers.
ferrit worrier wrote:We're having a problem with neighbours cats coming in through our cat flap, scoffing our moggies food then scrapping at 2am in the morning. Mrs FW picked up one of those micro chip type cat flaps to day. on the back page of the instructions. The disclaimer .......
Don't get a catflap that needs a magentic collar on the cat
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On a (rather cool) map of the Munros done in the style of the London Underground map - "This map must not be used for navigation"...
Of course it's a race...
Re: Fatuous disclaimers.
The best one is on a bag of peanuts "WARNING: May contain peanuts", may?!