The following is reprinted without permission from Consumer Reports
Magazine August 1993 in their "Selling It" section.

Easier said than done

Every now and then we stumble across a package instruction that leaves us
scratching our head -- or raising our eyebrows. Four cases in point:

Once you've read the instructions on a box of Pepperidge Farm frozen
raspberry turnovers, it's too late to obey them: "Preheat oven to 475
degrees F before taking package from the freezer."

For incorrigible narcissists, Conair offers this safety tip with its hair
dryers: "Never use while sleeping."

A New Jersey reader was surprised to read the "patient counseling"
instructions a local pharmacist typed onto a recent prescription for her
cat. "Do not mix with alcohol," it warned. "Use caution when driving or
operating machinery." Our reader noted, "We had no idea what the cat was up
to when he felt good!"

But the real eye-opener comes from Japanese manufacturer Yamaha. While
perusing the assembly instructions for his new Electric Grand keyboard, a
reader found a diagram showing assorted pieces of hardware and labeled with
a single Anglo-Saxon word of instruction. We can't repeat the instruction
in this family magazine, but we believe the company meant "screw".
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