Stickers adhered to boxes of old chemistry equipment.
“For Laboratory Use Only / Not for use by children 12 and under”
Seems somewhat arbitrary, but then again, teenagers are known for their maturity and wisdom.
Sticker
Tag: warning label
Warning Signs
Pretty sure we can decipher these:
- Use appropriate safety precautions around ziggurat.
- Empty and unlucky horseshoes vibrate with displeasure.
- Caution: microbes present.
- Exercise care when using hot tea to warm hands.
- Pancakes are hot when ready.
- Tiny aircraft beware giant hands.
All set!
Caution: Magnet
Remember those days? Floppy disks and cassette tapes and VHS and all those different storage media using magnetic materials, which could be corrupted or unwritten with inadvertent exposure to strong magnetic fields.
For fun, see how many modern applications still use a stylized version of the 3.5″ floppy as a “save” icon. (As of scribbling this, Microsoft Excel does.)
Warning
All respect to warnings which don’t mince words.
“GLUE WILL BURN FLESH”
Noted.
Do Not Touch
There are times when you want your warnings to be relatively subtle. Visible, readily noted by anyone paying attention. And then there are the ones demanding you take notice.
Do you know what’s in here? (Not specifically.) Do you think you should open and check. (Not particularly.) Are you curious? (Yes, very much so.)
When there’s an obnoxiously bright orange label warning that fingers will destroy the contents, it’s easy to recall that there are loads of other toys around here which are a wee bit less delicate.
Yo-yos also come in bright orange.