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Label to Die for: 'Danger— Avoid Death'

Bizarre caution nails wacky warning contest

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(Newser) – Turns out creators of the bizarrely macabre warning posted on a tractor—"Danger: Avoid Death"—didn't make such a grave mistake after all. The warning was so peculiar that it won the 11th annual Wacky Warning Label Contest, an event run by a lawsuit abuse group.  Second place went to the warning on an iron-on decal that : "Do not iron while wearing shirt." Duh.

Third was a warning on a stroller with a storage pouch reminding parents: "Do not put child in bag." Oh, and owners of a Vanishing Fabric Marker were told not to use it to sign legal documents. M-LAW is an advocacy group pushing for an end to "ridiculous" lawsuits, such as those that inspire these labels.

In an undated photo provided by the Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, radio personality, Dick Purtan, displays how to safely open an envelope according to one of the labels in the Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch's 11th annual Wacky Warning Label Contest, in Detroit. The contest is conducted as part of an...
In an undated photo provided by the Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, radio personality, Dick Purtan, displays how to safely open an envelope according to one of the labels in the Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch's...   (Associated Press)
In an undated photo provided by the Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, a warning on a compact tractor that reads
In an undated photo provided by the Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, a warning on a compact tractor that reads "Danger: Avoid Death."   (Associated Press)
In an undated photo provided by the Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, shows the cover of the anti-lawsuit group's book of examples of silly warning labels.
In an undated photo provided by the Michigan Lawsuit Abuse Watch, shows the cover of the anti-lawsuit group's book of examples of silly warning labels. "The Wacky Warning Label Contest," now in its 11th...   (Associated Press)
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