A closer look at the napkin reveals this important warning: "Not to be used for navigation"
It reminds me of the therapeutic whirlpool at a clinic I used to work at. On the side of the tub it said, "WARNING: DO NOT HOLD THE PATIENT'S HEAD UNDER WATER WHILE IN WHIRLPOOL."
Of course, it's probably better to be stupid enough to try to navigate from a napkin or hold your patient's head under water than to be a PLANT KILLER! This is what I came home from vacation to:
I've been watering them hoping they bounce back. But, it doesn't look good :( (especially the middle one)
16 comments:
LOL!
SO very funny!!!
i do the same thing :)
It doesn't end there, of course. The coffee cups at McDonald's and Panera Bread say "warning: this beverage is hot", as if that wasn't the point of coffee.
And as a flyer, it's quite common for "not for navigation" to be written on an extract of a map. That's because some dolt tried to use it for navigation and got himself into trouble. Heck, half of the "cautions" in my pilot's operating handbook are there because someone did something dumb, and a goodly portion of the "warnings" are there because someone else killed themselves in the process.
Ha! A leopard doesn't change it's spots, L!
Face it, you are doomed to be a PLANT KILLER!
Never mind, you are in good company. You have Ame and me. We can all cry in our beers together ;)
Ame and Kathy,
:) I'm glad I am not the only one who cannot manage to keep a plant alive! I haven't given up yet though....
EW,
That is the really sad part. Those warnings are there because someone actually did those things!
Those moronic warnings are there for one reason: lawyer repellent.
MS,
True. Personal responsibility has taken a back seat to litigation.
I'm telling you, potatoes are the way to go. You'll need a bigger pot, and mulching a plant is a good way to keep moisture in the soil, which keeps them from looking like John Doe #2.
I've used one of those maps before for orienteering in the New Mexico wilderness. It actually wasn't bad until we hit the fire roads, but I think that's a lucky exception. I double check my maps now, just in case.
Feral,
Hmm...potatoes. I may have to try that because I am not prepared to give up just yet!
Was your New Mexico map on a napkin? ;)
I was at a party held at a private home lately wherein a bottle of champaign was being opened; I was given the honors. There was a pictogram on the paper surrounding the cork which represented a face looking at the bottle, and a line going from the cork to the eye; with a universal "circle and diagonal" symbol superimposed. I.e. don't point the bottle at your eye when you pop the cork.
That's a good one Nose in the Air!
If it is all I had, I am sure it would work perfectly well for navigation.
Oooh, Professor Hale, you like to live on the edge!
I've used worse.
Directional aides:
Wind direction.
Downhill
highway maps
Mapquest
Hey L! It's been nearly two weeks now,,, have ya managed to save the plants? ;)
Kathy,
No, they did not make it :( They have continued to receive neglect from me.
My sister's father-in-law (brother-in-law's father...you get the picture) became gravely ill and passed away Tuesday morning. My BIL is an only child and his mom passed almost 20 years ago so I have been going up to their house a good bit to help wrangle my niece.
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