"No muscle shirts, no colors" (as seen in finer dives and holes-in-the-wall)
jl - was recently in such a dive where a very intoxicated young lady thought the "no colors" portion of the sign was referring to race and was terribly offended!

EL: Multimedia Editor Emeritus?

JL: no apologies necessary. It's pretty standard here, so you get used to it. The three things we fear most:

1. A winter with no snow

2. Ideas that originate in that ten square miles completely encircled by reality called "Boulder"

3. Bovine spongiform encephalopathy

There's a blueberry muffin mix on the market that boasts as being "More Blueberrier than Real Blueberries."

I think it was either Jiffy or Ragga Muffins.

I just bought candles for the table and have been pondering the label, which says CAUTION: Remove all packaging and labels before use. WARNING, to prevent fire: Keep burning candle within sight--Keep out of reach of children and pets--Never burn a candle on or near anything that can catch fire---Burn in vertical position in appropriate holder only--Trim wick ... before lighting--Non-edible.

Gee whiz, I remember when candles came without any instructions at all, and we could be trusted not to nibble them.

Donny B, were they more blueberrier?

jl--

I don't know, I've never been bold enough to try them.

Dahlink, the "instructions" are there because someone did what they warn about, started a fire, sued the candle company, and won because there were no warnings. Ditto for all the other "obvious" warnings you see everywhere. No, "we"cannot be trusted not to nibble on them.

Beeswax candles are edible. Not that I generally snack on them. That's why I keep crayons around.

"No colors" = gang colors? Yikes, John, where do you hang out!?

My favorite glad label reads: "Organic & fairly traded Very Dark Chocolate" and "71% cacao content." Mmmm, chocolate!

Just curious, Lissa...are the crayons flavored, or do you imagine a flavor for each color? :-)

"Non-fat" and "low fat" are also sad labels. Especially on items that already, naturally are. Like apples (yes, I've seen "low fat" stickers on apples).

Dottie, one has to imagine the flavours in so many foods these days...

"Natural Flavors," especially when used with any kind of emphasis is a Sad Label. With my hazy Fast Food Nation memory, I think of this as basically guaranteeing they were able to make the flavor with some combination of the periodic table of elements.

Bucky -- Boulder, as in CO? There's a lot of good brewin' ideas in them thar' hills.

"More Blueberrier than Real Blueberries:" There's an ingredient list that would be fun to put out there!

MD Canon: "brewin' ideas" as in beer? Or ideas brewin' as in "chickens coming home to roost?"

Bucky: Brewing as in beer. My baby brother is the Director of the Brewer's Association, headquartered in Boulder.

MD - if he's the Director, couldn't he move the headquarters anywhere he wants?