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Crocker Award for Best Incomprehensible Instructions on a Product by a Native English Speaker
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2009/04/06 - 2:00pm
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This one's a clay pigeon if you include the foreign products and airport signs.

A friend of mine spilled his coffee down his shirt today. (OK, it was me.) And I reached for my trusty portable stain removing wipes.

And I quote:

DIRECTIONS: Remove excess stain. Apply …

Who writes this stuff?

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2009/04/07 - 12:12am
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Well . . . did it work?

Possible answer: Yes, it worked, but it worked so well that it also took the color out of my shirt. Maybe I'll use the wipes to whiten my teeth and remove my tattoos.

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