But some can be amusing. My favorite is the warning on windshield sunscreens: "Do not use while driving." I may be biased though, since I heard this exchange as we were putting ours up in a parking lot one day:

Woman1: "What's that?"
Woman2: "It's to block the sun so the car doesn't overheat."
Woman1: "But how do you see?"

I suppose that since she was smart enough to ask the question, she wouldn't actually earn a Darwin Award ( http://www.darwinawards.com/ ) using one, but it's still funny.

This isn't catering to the idiots of the world at all - It's recognizing that those words will avoid lawsuits. Modern packaging is done by lawyers to avoid the predation of other lawyers.

So now what? Here we have a case where the lawyers included the correct wording, but some dirtbag lawyer found a way to sue anyway. Is there anyway we could all get together and sue the dirtbag lawyer? I'd toss a few dollars into that suit.

I've run out of juice on this topic... hopefully here is a graceful way to exit.

http://www.joyoftech.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/760.html

I don't get it. Is this suit actually happening or is it only being talked about? I can't possibly imagine what kind of judge would let apple lose. I can't even fathom what the prosecutor's case is. As stated, there is already a warning saying it may damage your hearing.

For reference, out of the ipod manual, safety and cleaning chapter.

They don't define "safe" I guess. But ipod does have a volume bar, so if it's max or near max it's probably unsafe.