This Monday’s Poem of the Week has no doubt been influenced by the interaction of our legal profession and the courts, requiring warning signs on all manner of products and activities to demonstrate that reliance on common sense is not enough in the eyes of the law. I especially remember a sign at the edge of the Grand Canyon stating that jumping off the edge can be hazardous to your health!
| Caution Caution: contents may be hot Do not stick forks in toaster slot Hammer may be very hard Refrain from swallowing debit card Paper may cause paper cuts Peanut butter may contain peanuts Glass is sometimes sharp when broken Words may likewise be if spoken Do not jam pencils into eyes Beware excessive exercise Bones may break and heart may burst Caution: everything gets worse Germs may live on toilet seats Or lurk in anything you eat There may be gluten in the wheat Carbs in the carbs and meat in the meat Avoid prolonged exposure to Time Existence is a warning sign In Physics many dangers loom Even if you never leave the room The only certainty is doom |
Copyright © 2012 by Dave Grossman
Medico Musings 
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So glad you enjoyed it! Be well.
Yes, it is really astonishing which basic things have to be pointed out. In Germany we say that we humans should use “common sense”.
A German physicist once said:
“A good means of gaining common sense is a constant striving for clear concepts, and not merely from descriptions of others, but as much as possible by looking at them yourself.”
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742 – 1799), German physicist