to be driven into a rage by this?

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Just noticed that the label on my packet of dried mixed fruit says "add a juicy sweetness to fruit cakes and puddings".

Do they think people buy them and don't know what to do with them? Or make fruit cakes and puddings without fruit and wonder what went wrong - "where's the juicy sweetness I wanted?"

When will this trend for bloody patronising stupid over-familiar labels end?

I'm not BU, am I?!

Yabu because some people are just that stupid. Those instructions probably came about because someone at some point did it wrong. There was once a thread on here where the ops adult dd didn't know how to use a mop!

slightlyeggstained Soap & Glory? I'll try your approach to thinking about it though.

didn't know how to use a mop?

what did they think you did with it?

Or do I not want to know

Vegemite used to have some cracking ones...
Delicious with warm milk.
Use as a dip for celery for a healthy snack
Spread on toast with peanut butter and jam

My sleeping medication comes with warning not to drive if it makes me sleepy. Really? Cos I was thinking of taking SLEEPING PILLS then going for a drive, just for the fuck of it.

The one that gives me the rage - on cups of coffee
Caution may contain hot liquid

On a bunch of daffodils - "do not eat" - like the previous posters fireworks, I was disappointed as I planned toasting - lightly - some brioche, and serving delicately sauteed daffodils as a rather daring starter

My own favourite is the instructions in a package of medication for sick cats which said DO NOT DRIVE OR OPERATE HEAVY MACHINERY WHILE TAKING THESE TABLETS.

Footle I saw that and liked it. Big corporation with a sense of humour. It was read out loud by a female voice with a matter-of-fact intonation and a upper-middle-class accent. A masterpiece.

How can 'dried' fruit add 'juicy' sweetness?

pipbin I believe in a town in Wiltshire there was a man who bought a few disposable bbq's and stored them in the freezer. He made (local) news when he complained to Tesco about being upset when he retrieved the bbq's from the freezer and tried to set them up. He was most put out that they didn't come with the burgers and sausages 'like the picture on the box' wazzok!

The daffodil warning really is necessary, greydog. People have actually died from mistaking daffodil bulbs for onions. In some supermarkets they keep them near the fruit / veg too.

Unless you are talking about the actual flowers, not the bulbs. Then it's just unnecessary.

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Unless you are talking about the actual flowers, not the bulbs. Then it's just unnecessary.
Except there were people who died recently from eating the unopened flowers you can buy. They look very like Chinese spring onions.

Tell that to my daffodil munching cat. She thinks its a new snacking zone.
Daffodil stalks in a vase just don't look the same. :(

Perhaps you should NC to WaldoTheSane, OP.

(the one in So Long and Thanks for All the Fish, who realised how mad the world was after reading the instructions on a pacl of toothpicks).

What Worra said - if it's "dried", then surely that means the water has been taken out, so how can it be juicy?

Do they mean partially rehydrated?

I suppose it adds more 'juice' than not adding any fruit. Oh I don't know.

Waldo

Dried fruit is quite juicy by the time it's been cooked in a cake or pudding, because it absorbs water from the mix. Whereas in a biscuit they are chewy (or burnt).

It depends. Your example is a pretty obvious one but in general I like serving suggestions on packaging, it might inspire me to try something new.

I've got a mini portable fridge (holds 2 bottles of wine) it's electric so has to be plugged into the mains.

It has a sticker on it saying 'Do not use underwater '

Open eat enjoy! said my crisps under serving suggestions

Lush always add do not consume on there packaging

In one shop it was, Smells great not for a plate!

My crisps have a "sharing suggestion" of "enjoy with cool glass of Sauvignon Blanc and you favourite people"

I'll ignore the sharing bit but will follow the vino advice.

Thanks for this thread OP if I hadn't checked i'd still be sipping a cup of tea

It's a bit like the advert in a local paper offering a dog:

Eats anything. Loves children.