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Product details

Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd (25 Jun 2004)
Language English
ISBN-10: 1843170787
ISBN-13: 978-1843170785
Product Dimensions: 17.6 x 10.6 x 1 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)

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If you have ever attempted to swallow a mattress or have forgotten to remove clothes before ironing them then this book will become a vital survival tool. For the rest of us it is a collection of the oddest, funniest and frankly most worrying instructions taken from genuine products around the world. Manufacturers from Turin to Tokyo seem truly concerned that we know their products may be hot after heating, that we should not place fireworks in our mouths or that we should really not use a hairdryer whilst showering. And please remember, your new toaster should not be used underwater.

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4.0 out of 5 stars A good laugh, 1 Mar 2009

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Bought this for my Dad for Christmas, after "The World's Stupidest Signs" went down a storm the year before. My Dad is not a "laugh out loud" kind of guy - or at least he wasn't until these books!

An ideal stocking filler.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, 25 Oct 2010

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This is a great little book, I love these short little gems. Bought it for my partner but I must confess I read it first. I didn't intent to, its just that it was so addictive that I couldn't stop. Bought it along with Simon Ashley Richmond's classic collection of humorous excuses Write Again Vol 1, they go together like bacon and eggs.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Amusing!, 1 Jan 2010

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This was an Xmas present for a friend. He was very pleased and found it really funny.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Fun but short
Good for a little giggle but didn't take long to get from cover to cover. Quite large print and small book.

Published 5 months ago by M. McCarthy

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun
Nice little stocking filler, great for people like teachers who are always giving out instructions.

Published 17 months ago by J. Farrow

5.0 out of 5 stars A book of 2 halves.
Some of the Stupid Instructions in this book are more a reflection on our society than a comment on instruction writers, and are not as funny as they might be: 'Caution... Read more

Published 21 months ago by Michael G. Mappin

4.0 out of 5 stars Instructions?
Good stocking filler for a Man! Think most of the instructions were probably written by one.

Published on 7 Jan 2010 by DE GRAHAM

5.0 out of 5 stars Darwin Contenders !
The people who write the instructions and information on the respective items must have a degree in Franco - Hungraian - Urdu translation, 'caus hardly anything these guy's have... Read more

Published on 26 Mar 2007 by A. Winsley-wisniewski

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