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The 7 Most Violent Warning Signs

A personal story in the experience: I Love Stupid Warning Labels
S ome warning signs are funny because they're so obvious and overly careful, presuming a level of stupidity in the viewer that is unimaginable. But THEN there are the signs that are simply so violent, they are actually frightening. Namely, they say that so many people have died here from this incredibly dangerous thing that we need an incredibly obvious warning sign to prevent further deaths.

#7) Propellers!

Airport landing strips are dangerous because planes land there. You really shouldn't be walking around a landing *****, because your head may be violently sliced in half by a passing propeller. Thus, these warning signs.

#6) Wheelchair & Crocodiles Don't Mix

Oh. My. God. What horror is this? As if being in a wheelchair rapidly descending a 30 degree cliff isn't enough, there's a FRIKKING ALLIGATOR waiting for you at the bottom!

#5) Don't Fix Pumpers with Enemies Nearby

Your friend can cause you to have a horrific death, all at the touch of a button from the comfort of their own home. Found on the side of a pumper truck (courtesy: Flickr)

#4) Don't Mess with Florida

This is actually not a joke. The Orlando Sentinel reported that "13 people killed six men and wounded four others, and that all but one of those shot were unarmed. The dead include a man who shook his fist at another man in a neighborhood dispute, and the wounded include a 15-year old would be car thief shot in the back of the leg while running away."

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#3) Don't Hang Around Gigantic Buzzsaws

It all sort of makes sense on the left, but the picture on the right is either from Indiana Jones, or they're slicing sewer pipes in this particular factory.

#2) Gators and Crocs are totally cool if you have a Tiny Fence To Protect You

Crocs are dangerous, we get it. What we don't get is why 4 depictions of horrible death are shown, but it's totally OK, and in fact check-mark encouraged, to stand in front of this creature when the only thing separating you from it is a tiny, short fence.

#1) Only Buddhists Should Get Near This Tiger

Creative. The tiger even looks regal. And then you get to the biting sarcasm that makes you realize that if and when this tiger decides to maul and eventually kill someone nearby, no one will try to help, nor show sympathy.

 

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Posted Oct 1st, 2008 at 8:40PM
Oh, if only some of these things would happen to the people I hate because they are annoying me to death (a rapidly growing list)!
     
Posted Oct 1st, 2008 at 9:50PM
I was in Florida near the Kennedy Space Center and was quite impressed by a warning sign there:

WARNING! Drainage ditches are infested with venomous snakes.

I WAS planning to try to wade in past security and hitch a ride on a shuttle, but the sign talked me out of it.
     
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Posted Oct 1st, 2008 at 11:57PM
spirallingdown That was funny. Goes to show you have to read the fine print!!!! Thanks
     
Posted Oct 2nd, 2008 at 12:01AM
Ohmigod this is the best laugh I've had all day! Thanks so much for posting these! The wheelchair crocodile thing was just too much!!!
     
Posted Oct 2nd, 2008 at 12:02AM
haha, thanks for the laugh
     
Posted Oct 2nd, 2008 at 6:44AM
Florida is going down the tubes faster than the Commie bunghole 90 miles south of it...bleh.

And this post is frigging hysterical.
     
Posted Oct 2nd, 2008 at 6:46AM
Very funny, thanks for sharing. :oD
     
Posted Oct 2nd, 2008 at 8:50AM
That is tff. I like this a lot.
     
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Posted Oct 2nd, 2008 at 9:54AM
I love it!!
     
Posted Oct 2nd, 2008 at 4:05PM
Seriously.. I laughed so hard I cried. The wheelchair one was the best!!!!!
     
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