I ordered some baby-proofing stuff. I mean, sure Scarlette hasn't even mastered rolling over yet, but I'm nothing if not prepared. I like to be ready for every eventuality, hence my tornado safety room. It doesn't always work out in my favor (see: safety clippers) but for the most part I've got this safety thing down.
I was blowing my hair dry when I noticed the warning tag on the hairdryer. I've had the hair dryer for a few years and never noticed it before. It probably only caught my eye now because I'm on high alert when it comes to safety stuff. Like, that small tear in the rug? One day she could catch her toe on it and go hurling across the room INTO THE FIREPLACE. I recognize and acknowledge my neurosis.
Anyhow, meet my hairdryer:
It would like you to please UMPLUG IT.
I found this hysterical because I have a warped sense of humor and thus I immediately went looking at all of the other warning tags in our house because I had nothing better to do than take pictures of the tags on our appliances. I probably should take up scrapbooking again, no?
I quite enjoy this one. First of all, they are mistaken. Straightening irons are totally meant for household use, as is evidenced by the amount of times I have quickly rid my shirt of of a wrinkle or seven because I'm too lazy to walk downstairs to grab the real iron.
But I am confused about why the warning pertains only to Canadians. Just because I don't use cute money or have an affinity for using the short vowel sound of the letter O, it's okay for me to stick a hot iron in my eye? Did some Canuck attempt to straighten their eyelashes? What prompted this warning? These are the things that keep me up at night. That and a 7 month old speaking in foreign tongues.
It gets better. A bottle of Listerine warned me not to drink it. I can't even complete the 30 seconds I'm supposed to swish the stuff around for, so I assure you I'm not throwing it back like a glass of sweet tea. That's what you say when you know nothing about vodka, by the way.
A bag of plastic packaging warned me not to place it over my head. And I'm really glad because I was just thinking to myself "Self, what should I do with this piece of trash? I could throw it out OR I could put it over my head. Decisions, decisions."
Ironically, I took all of the above photos of the (unplugged)appliances sitting on the side of the bathtub. It has the best light.
