Toy plastic shield bears Gorey-esque warning from the future

Jamin sez, "This is the safety message stamped on a plastic shield we bought at Target. I have to admit that I'm a little freaked out by it. It appears to be a warning FROM THE FUTURE! It reads in part, "The simulated protective device was not safety device and offered no protection." It's also sort of reminiscent of an Edward Gorey caption." Link

[#1 posted by shockbeton , March 26, 2008 10:09 AM]

This looks very Photoshopped. I'm hoping this is an XKCD moment of erroneously mistaking life for fakery.

http://xkcd.com/331/

[#2 posted by Jamin Hoyle , March 26, 2008 11:01 AM]

That's funny. No, the inscription exists exactly as it looks here. I just pumped up the contrast to make it easier to read.

Jamin

[#3 posted by aeon , March 26, 2008 1:42 PM]

Give them a break - it's hard to translate from a tense-less language into one that inflects all the verbs. And it's not as egregious as "dried food" rendered as "Fuck Goods"... ;-)

[#4 posted by powellb , March 26, 2008 2:34 PM]

So, like, uh, what is the Edward Gorey caption?

[#5 posted by Beanolini , March 27, 2008 2:31 AM]

Or maybe it refers to a test result, and is (almost) completely correct.

It does say "This is not a toy. Does not provide protection." in the present tense, at the very top of the image.

Despite having listened to The Tiger Lillies interpretation of some Gorey writings on my way to work this morning, I can't say I find this particularly reminiscent of Gorey.

[#6 posted by edenlunch , March 27, 2008 7:51 AM]

what is this, a happy fun ball?

[#7 posted by horsepj , March 28, 2008 1:38 AM]

Don't taunt it.