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California
Well, there's no doubt about the type of place I'm in. First, everything (including public garages) carries warnings that something or else in them "is known by the State of California to cause cancer." The garages have it because CA "knows" that exhaust does it. The hotel has it because it has smoking rooms (so you're informed that *someone else* may be exposing themselves to a risk). In fact, the pack of fishing sinkers I just bought has such a warning, too, cautioning me to wash my hands after touching these deadly lead sinkers.
Oh, and a political ad on the radio for an initative to put some manner of fee on oil companies' offshore drilling, OK, and then "make sure that they can't pass the fee on to you."
Comments
Welcome to the communist state of California.
Posted by: Daniel at August 14, 2006 03:41 PM
These idiotic signs are from prop 67 a few years back, if I remember right.
The whole silly thing was, you have to put these signs up everywhere. If somebody proves you have laser printer toner on your premises (or something equally deadly) and you didn't have a sign, naughty naughty, you get sued and pay a couple thousand bucks.
I think the proposition was passed with money from the Trial Lawyers Guild and the Sign Manufacture's lobby.
Posted by: andy.s at August 14, 2006 07:21 PM
I live here in the nanny state. It do get tiresome. Moly coated cast bullets got popular because you're not touching the deadly lead.
Posted by: The Mechanic at August 15, 2006 08:26 AM
Right before our state senators convene for session they are constitutionally obligated under article 6.1 to consume as much hard liquor as humanly possible. This is to guarantee that when session is out the most obscene and pointless laws come out of Sacramento! This is to maintain our image of being the wackiest state in the union.
Posted by: Daniel at August 15, 2006 11:51 AM
A few years back, I played a joke on a CA vendor I was visiting, who I knew well.
Before entering the plant, I stopped, scrutinized the sign, and then, in mock shock, announced that I wasn't going in THERE, I might DIE!
It was a good chuckle all around.
Posted by: geekWithA.45 at August 16, 2006 07:31 AM
I've always thought it will be a high moment of irony when they finally come to the realization that worrying about everything causing cancer is known by the State of California to cause cancer.
Take two Jamba Juice with antioxidants and let us know if you make it out alive.
Posted by: JKB at August 16, 2006 09:35 PM