Annual Wacky Labels Contest Award Recipients Named
1/4/2006 7:34:00 AM

A heat gun and paint remover that produces temperatures of 1,000 degrees and warns users, "Do not use this tool as a hair dryer" has been identified as the nation's wackiest warning label in an annual contest sponsored by Michigan Lawsuit Abuse watch (M-LAW). The winning labels were selected from a list of M-LAW's finalists by listeners of the Dick Purtan show on Detroit radio station, WOMC-FM. The $250 second place award went to Jam Sardar of Grand Rapids, Michigan for a label on a kitchen knife that warns: "Never try to catch a falling knife." Third place and $100 goes to Alice Morgan of La Junta, Colorado who found the following warning on a cocktail napkin with a map of the waterways around Hilton Head, South Carolina printed on it: "Not to be used for navigation." An honorable mention award went to Kirk Dunham of Seabrook, Texas who found a warning on a bottle of dried bobcat urine used to keep pests away from garden plants: "Not for human consumption."