To laugh at this advert warning?

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Aptamil. Baby swimming towards mother, underwater, in swimming pool.

Warning: "Never leave baby alone in water."

Am just imagining the mum dropping an 8 month old off at the pool. "I'll be back to pick you up at four, poppet!"

Now I understand that is very important people don't ever leave a baby alone in the bath, but come on

My favourite type of warnings are those like "May contain nuts" on a packet of mixed nuts. Well yes, I hope so! I understand the allergen principle, but still - it's a packet of nuts!!

And I've seen preparation suggestions on a bag of spuds before now. As in peel, boil etc.

But I've also known people who might just need these instructions - one friend tried to make tuna pasta bake once, but didn't realise that he needed to boil the pasta before putting it in (You don't always have to but for what he was doing, you did) - it was very crunchy!!

This topic is on right now on the wright stuff, blatent lifting from mumsnet.

Car adverts are just awful. There have only been a handful of good ones over the years. They get awards.
Perfume adverts too are OTT. Gawd the list is endless.

Don't know if anyone has seen similar but I picked up a generic box of antihistamines in the summer. ''Consult your doctor before use if you have a history of allergies' er yeah sure.

dh gets overly upset about perfume adds!

One thing more before I get dressed go out...

What is it with items labelled, 'This is not a toy'
When, yes blow me down, they are right.... the stainless steel pizza wheel clearly isn't

we love watching the kids toy ads.

It will show (for example) Barbie roller skating and twirling all on her own, with no hand propping her up.

Disclaimer says : animation used but not part of product.
What - so Barbie does not dance on her own like a mini human?.

Some people DO leave babies alone in water though. And some babies have died.

Hell, even on this forum people are arguing that it is ok to leave a 5 year old alone in the house.

So yes, it pays to make it clear

We once got some fancy fairy lights which said "for indoor or outdoor use only." Erm

I have just bought a large chocolate cake. On the front is a picture of a slice of cake, saying "serving suggestion". I am struggling to think of any other way of serving a cake apart from just shoving my face into the whole cake and truffling it like a pig.

A few years ago I bought the DDs M&S pyjamas. Label read:

"KEEP YOUR CHILDREN AWAY FROM FIRE"

If any parent needs an advert to tell them not to leave a baby in water unattended then well I don't even know what to say.

I brought a new iPad case in the week and the online advert had a iPad in the case and the words underneath "IPad not included" No shit Sherlock I though I was getting an iPad and case for £12.99

Or the herbal essence advert that says "do not shampoo your eyes" like who has ever looked at a bottle of shampoo and though ooh must shampoo my eyes

Here in the US we have adverts for particular drugs on the TV. The disclaimers can be so funny - I particularly like the one that warns that X should not be taken if you are pregnant, trying to be pregnant, have a history of high blood pressure or "are allergic to X or any of its ingredients"

Sometimes the adverts list one of the side effects of a drug as death . And the viagra ones tell men to call a doctor if they have an erection lasting more than four hours

In contrast, I enjoyed that in the Citroen C4 ad with the dancing robot it used to say "Model shown: [whatever it was]" at the end (when shown on TV; it doesn't do it on the YouTube version). I imagined going into the Citroen dealer: "No, I want that model, the one that they said on the telly turns into a dancing robot..."

I too love the manic voiceovers at the end of US ads for prescription drugs or the side effects scrolling along the bottom of the screen (whilst we watch a 65 year old woman playing happily tennis with her arthritic hands) ...'may cause intestinal bleeding/ throat swelling which may be fatal etc'

The ones for loans which say something like "missing a payment will cause serious financial hardship"

I also find this flaming child hilarious. they shouldn't have made a picture of a flaming child so hilarious.

I knew someone who watered his gro-bag religiously but no tomatoes appeared. He was shocked when somebody pointed out that you have to buy the plants yourself. He thought the seeds were already in the compost.

On my hot-air paint stripper it says "not to be used as a hair dryer ".

I haven't (admittedly) listened to the new Boots No 7. advert properly but is seems to suggest that the woman speaking only felt 'real' when she is wearing make-up and felt 'fake' when she didn't. Which sounds a little annoying to say the least. I get they are trying to sell make-up, and I wear make-up for work and going out, but please don't patronise the audience.

Ellen - I feel there might be a little more reason to that one though - I've never owned a hot air paint stripper, so I did use my high-wattage hairdryer as a paint stripper when I needed one. So some people might see them as interchangeable? (Not me, I hasten to add!!)

I went to see Dr Strange last night, and we stayed all the way to the very end of the very long credits to catch the post-credits teaser scene.

Right at the bottom in tiny print it said "Driving while distracted can cause accidents".

Frankly if the way the film depicted the [SPOILER ALERT] appalling consequences of texting while you drive in graphic detail hadn't put you off then I don't think a tiny memo in the small print when 90% of the audience have left the cinema will make much difference.

Olennas I had to research sexual dysfunction a few years ago (MSc project) and the longest recorded erection was 69 hours.
You never see that in the Guinness book of records.

69 hours!!!