Every office I've worked in, that has a TV, has it on a tall wheely stand with those Universal Language Pictures on the side, of a guy pulling it from and having the TV fall on his head. So, not only are warnings like that necessary, they already exist.
But hand trucks and carts and such are designed to be moved around, and to carry heavy objects, so it's reasonable for people to think, "Whee! I can put a heavy thing on this and move it!" So I understand warning them that there's a right way and a wrong way to do that. It's not reasonable for people to think, "I'll just balance my bed on top of my dresser and slide them across the room."
Plus, if you were going to put a warning label on a dresser, you'd have to put it on the back, or underside, right? So you'll also need a second label, warning you how to read the first warning label without causing the problem that the first warning label is warning you about.
Near my parents' home is a big transformer box with a warning label that shows a frowny lightning bolt electrocuting someone
Ha! The fact that it's frowning makes my day. Electricity is grouchy!
What exactly is cat-scratch fever? Is it a virus or bacteria particular to cats? Or just a puncture/scratch that happens to get infected?
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Cat scratch disease (CSD) is a bacterial disease caused by Bartonella henselae.
Dude, I am blinvisible to tommyrot.
Dude, I am blinvisible to tommyrot.
No way, dude! There was an x-posty-poo.
No, Jesse. My friend's daughter contracted it from a relatively mild scratch, at least, she certainly wasn't attacked.
Oh, that's creepier, then. Damn cats! Why do we bring wild animals into the house, anyway?!??!
Eeek, flea -- the kind of reference case they don't tell you about in library school, I bet.
Don't make me break out the domestication conversation all afresh, when the first run hasn't quite tapered off.
so, a building collapsed on 100 & Bway? anyone know of this?
That's three blocks from me and I heard neither sirens nor booms. Dallas and I shall take a stroll over and investigate.
Ha! The fact that it's frowning makes my day. Electricity is grouchy!
I love that!
There are some weird heavy construction trucks around here that are tall enough to expose big spinny grindy axle (power take-off) bits underneath, and those have the best warning signs. Poor little silhouette guy getting twisted and chewed up by the axle.
There's now a picture of the collapsed building on the front page of the NY Times website:
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