Ever go...WAIT! WHAT?

[Poboy kartman]

Just popped a chicken pot pie in the nukker for lunch. The directions say put a slit in the top crust to vent. Now...they turn out these things in the millions from raw ingredients to ready to ship with virtually no touch of human hands. Why can't they slit the top crust?

Any other things like this y'all can think of?

 

[Hellion]

I didn't think someone of your vintage would be so lazy. Fancy that.

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[Poboy kartman]

I'm not lazy....Just weird...I don't have a problem with stabbing stuff with a knife. I just write Hellion on the crust first...then stab the beggabbers outta it!

 

[Hellion]

Apparently you do have a problem with extra effort. But whatever works for you the best. Remember, I'm here to help the lowly, the destitute and the clinically insane.

Too much time on your hands is never a good thing...

 

[Poboy kartman]

I'm just asking for you to use logic....DUH....WHAT WAS I THINKING?

Maybe just refocus....DUH!...WHAT WAS I THINKING?

Anyway...for the rest of you with a few working brain cells....

This was a Banquet pot pie.....now...Banquet practically invented the "TV" dinner and these pies have been around for 50 years....so..the question remains..is there a reason they don't slit the crust? Why? Logic says it's not for any other reason other than Banquet was too lazy to do it...and saw no profit advantage to do so.

Am I complaining it's some kind of imposition or great hardship for the consumer to do? Absolutely NOT! And that is not the point of this thread....it's just to look at silly things and go....hmmmmm....wonder why?

 

[Hellion]

Maybe after all this time making these pies the same way, ad infinitum, they just didn't think of it? I'm thinking a letter written by you to Banquet Inc. is in order here.

Well, get on with it. You might get something out of it.

Wait. What am I thinking? That's just too much effort!

 

[ironbutt]

Alot of these frozen foods have steps to prepare them that I think are designed to keep you busy while it's nuking or make you think that it is higher quality because you need to "uncover the dessert" or "stir the gravy".

Honestly, you could take all the covers off and mangle the components in a pile on the plate and they would probably cook perfectly.

 

[Hellion]

My favorite is the pudding that magically transforms into a fluffy brownie that you then fork out and set aside halfway through the "nuke" cycle. Keeps you involved, er enslaved, to the magic box with the rotating thingamabob.

 

[Poboy kartman]

Now....I give you another one: you get something that's wrapped around the top with plastic.....you gotta get a knife to get off....it has a childproof cap....then....after you take IT off....the dadgum bottle is sealed with a peel-off cardboard thingy. Why?

I mean REALLY....why....???? I'm just a logical guy who wants things to make sense.

I'm also a guy old enough to have been alive long enough to witness the first cowardly terrorist act that started all this by some idiot poisoning a Tylenol bottle.

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Really...I'm just a grumpy old man with a short fuse....."GET YOUR DAN ELBOWS OFF THE TABLE, BOY!"

Where was I? Oh yeah, another thing....what the heck is up with plastic bags?

REALLY? These clear plastic bags.....you know what I'm talking about......

You can't tear them open....but...if you do...they rip apart like water going downhill....YOU CAN'T KEEP THEM FROM DISINTEGRATING! WTF? One time use packaging....(should this be here....or in 'Disposable America' ?)

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

The Banquet Corporation begs your pardon: Rule of marketing #38) engage the consumer in the preparation of food as much as possible so Mom can say she "cooked" supper.

How about this: the drive through ATM has provisions for the blind.

 

[Poboy kartman]

I KNOW! And escalators: "Watch your step." How the heck am I supposed to
know which one is mine?

If that doesn't make you giggle....have another drink....and you'll never get this thread.

EDIT: And yet again.....just shows the dumbing down of America....in the good old days.....mom just threw the take-out bag in the one place she knew Dad would never go.....the trash!

 

[ezcome-ezgo]

The TV attorney who says "If you or a loved one has died taking this medication..." Yeah that stuff killed me.

 

[Hellion]

Warnings on hair dryers that mention not to utilize them whilst sitting in the bathtub.

It is healthy and normal for the weak to be naturally weeded out of the gene pool by their own blunders. And yet we think we know better in all of our wisdom...

 

[ironbutt]

I make fiber networking equipment for a living.

I have to place two "DANGER!" labels at the front and back of each rack mount unit to warn against cutting the fiber cable and pointing it at your naked eye.

 

[Poboy kartman]

The TV attorney who says "If you or a loved one has died taking this medication..." Yeah that stuff killed me.

I thought the same thing! If YOU or a loved one has died......good to know there is TV and infomercials in the afterworld!

 

[Jfive]

I'm kinda addicted to banquet turkey pot pies. I get some for work sometimes. My method is nuke till the crust rises up like a tent stop nuke once more till it's a tent. Then stick in the already preheated toaster oven and finish till golden brown. Always cooked prefer and crispy crust.

 

[chancer]

79cent banquet pies are terrible! get the Marie Callendars worth the 2.50.

Wait what... Tortillas and Hot dogs come in thin plastic resealable "Zip" Bags, but you have to pull so hard to open the Zip that the plastic tears! Dumb!

I always wanted to call the Attorney and say "I have experienced Death"

There are 7 or 8 different warning stickers on a new Predator 212.

All of this crap is enough to make a "Grumpy old man" want to use a Hair Dryer in the Shower.

 

[OzFab]

Warnings on hair dryers that mention not to utilize them whilst sitting in the bathtub.

It is healthy and normal for the weak to be naturally weeded out of the gene pool by their own blunders. And yet we think we know better in all of our wisdom...

I make fiber networking equipment for a living.

I have to place two "DANGER!" labels at the front and back of each rack mount unit to warn against cutting the fiber cable and pointing it at your naked eye.

These exist to protect the manufacturer against law suits; common sense tells most of us to avoid doing so but, "common sense" is not so "common"...

Once upon a time, elevators carried the warning "In case of fire, do not use elevator"; to some, this was interpreted as "using the elevator may cause a fire" These warnings have now been changed to "Do not use elevator if there is a fire"...

 

[Poboy kartman]

Soooo...im in the elevator having a cold pop....and I thought someone was barbequing....I said :" Oh lord Jesus....it's a FIRE! i rannnnnnbb out didn't get no parking validations or nuttin sweet Jesus."

Then the Poboy joke caught me....I laughed so hard ....I got BRONCHITIS! AIN'T NOBODY GOT TIME FO DAT!

 

[chancer]

Wait what? Is this your Kart
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