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[bubosquared]

So I just bought a Thermos flask, and figured I'd actually read the instructions for once in my life, and um. Under "Use and Care": Do not look directly into flask when filling. o_O Note also that this sentence does not appear in either the Dutch or French versions of the instructions, and as far as I can see it's not in the German one, either. Is there something in Thermos flasks that could be lethal to English-speakers?

Comments

[birdsflying]

O.o

I gather that the warning is in case of the steam coming back but still.

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Probably, yeah, cause then it says "Fill at arm's length," but all the other languages just say to fill at arm's length. o_O

[perhael.livejournal.com]

omg lethal thermos flask of DOOM!

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

That's right, baby! (If you gaze into the thermos, the thermos also gazes into you?)

[lokifin.livejournal.com]

Do not taunt Happy Fun Flask

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

*nearly chokes on apple* Damn you!

[slytherat.livejournal.com]

The rest of the world doesn't need instructions like that. That's because we're smarter, hon ^_-

[bubosquared.livejournal.com]

Ha! Okay, maybe that's it. :D

[travelingcarrot.livejournal.com]

Dare I suggest the extra warning in English might be for the benefit of that very large English-speaking nation where they are notoriously liable to sue for anything and everything?

[atpolittlebit.livejournal.com]

As a member of said nation who, when removing the sunshield from the front windshield of my car noticed the warning, "Do not drive with shield in place" and wondered aloud,"who is this warning for and can I please be notified when he gets in his car to drive?" I can only say that yours is probably all too accurate a suggestion.

[yonmei.livejournal.com]

Is there something in Thermos flasks that could be lethal to English-speakers?

Yes. But there is a Secret Curse on all native-English speakers forbidding us from telling you what it is.