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Subject:Note, caution, warning From:Ad absurdum per aspera <JTCHEW -at- LBL -dot- GOV> Date:Mon, 30 Aug 1993 17:21:24 GMT
Borrowed shamelessly from alt.folklore.urban, where it
appeared in a thread on "Unusual Product Warnings."
Veracity unknown, as the newsgroup's name implies. Enjoy!
Joe
"Just another personal opinion from the People's Republic of Berkeley"
>Reminds me of an owner's manual to a British Mini-Austin. For
>checking the fuel, it read, " Check petrol tank with a torch*.
> * In American, Torch means flashlight."
>yannb -at- yang -dot- earlham -dot- edu (Yann Bandy)
