Stupid 2
. I had a "Stupid Directions" encounter the other Day.
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They were on sale for two dollars, so I sprung for a Hungryman Frozen Dinner, Microwave, Chicken Strip Meal I've never tried before. As a rule, I rarely eat microwave food.
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The directions stated:
"Cook 5 minutes
Carefully remove the brownie
Continue cooking ... Let sit..."
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After trying to follow the directions, I suggest changing them to:
"Carefully mangle the brownie,
(which sticks to the container.)
Eat desert first... Cook the rest longer..."
(At least the chicken was edible)
Ever run into totally impossible directions to follow?
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posted by Snaggle Tooth @ 4:26 AM
12 comments
12 Comments:
Just the other day I was doing a rebate from Staples, and the directions they gave left me so confused that I had to go online for clarification.
To whit it said the following (almost verbatim):
"To mail in rebate: Send ONLY the completed ORIGINAL rebate redemption form printed from the cash register the ORIGINAL submission form printed from www.stapleseasyrebates.com, or the ORIGINAL PDF submission form provided by a Staples store."
Clear as mud.
I wound up applying for my rebate online instead of snail mail.
there's nothing as funny as the directions on a microwave meal. They can cause confusion AND starvation! :)
BTW you couldn't pay me to eat those brownies. Mind, you'd have to have a jack-hammer available it you wanted to give it a try.
lol! I can't recall silly directions, but I've seen some strange warning labels. Recently replaced a toilet brush and it had a warning label - "not to be used orally"
I like that "eat desert first cook rest later"
Directions made easy for people with Harvard degrees.
Frequently. If we were meant to cook food in a microwave that would have been invented before fire!
G, Hmmm, "Only" used to mean one thing, not a choice of things! Thanks for relaying that instruction fiasco.
ElizabethR, Welcome to ESR comments! I agree, n I don't like throwing out food with the prices lately! Luckily I have a lower wattage model, so mine was soupy n cooked longer- n totally shredded trying to lift it out-
Talon, lol! Ewwww- "Look Mommy, a new, big, tooth brush!" Thanks for the laught!
Ellis, In that case it wasn't a choice...
I'm a person who wrote very specific directions for making a Peanut Butter n Jelly sandwich as a college assignment, n it was 500 words! I got an "A"
Some folks can be rocket scientists, but still do dumb things!
Tabor, I've had too many bad experiences with that do-hicky! I believe it's just not too good for you, n baked always tastes better.
So funny - I get so impatient with frozen dinner instructions. :) Always with the crazy instructions to stop and stir, etc. I never do and consequently eat a lot frozen dinners with cold spots.
What no Warnings about how it's gonna be hot after you heat it up?
TY
I can usually follow directions on those things fine but SEEING them is sometimes almost impossible to the teeny fonts. When did they start making the words so small!?!
So... I always buy the same dinners, and I've memorized how to cook 'em by now.
xoxo
Lynn, Yep, I really tried to lift out the stupid brownie- Guess I shouldn't bother with those instructions either!
Paige, Maybe that's why it was on sale?! 2fer NP
JanF, really? luckily I have a few handy magnifying glasses, plus reading glasses. Well, ya gotta find the good ones by trying a few once in awhile- quite a gamble!
Thanks so much for being a guest at my Stupid Blod Party you WON the 2nd place prize!
and BTW your commenter Lynn won a consolation prize
thanks again
Paige, I won second! Yay! Lynn won too- YAy-! Thanks it WAS fun.
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