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labeled17 Jun 2009 09:00 am

Butter rich syrup.
Natural butter flavor
with other natural flavors.
Delicious buttery taste.
Contains no butter.

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Written by Anonymous
Aunt Jemima Syrup Bottle

Found by Joseph Dorazio
Wayne, Pennsylvania

labeled05 Jun 2009 09:00 am

Find the red and yellow flags
and swim between them.

Look at the safety signs.
Ask a lifeguard for advice.

Get a friend to swim with you.

Stick your hand up and shout
for help if in difficulty.
Stay with your board.

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Written by Anonymous
RNLI Safety Notice
Torcross Beach in Devon, England

Found by Rose Cook
Location Unknown

labeled09 Mar 2009 09:00 am

INDICATION:
SLIMING: THIS HERB IS
GOOD FOR THE OVER-
WEIGHTED PERSON
WHO DO NOT WANT TO
CONTROL FOOD CON-
SUMING AND SHOULD
BE TAKEN BOTH MALE
AND FEMALE

Directions:
DO NOT use BOILING or
HOT water and DO NOT
boiling SLIMING simply pour
a cup of COLD water over a
teabag of SLIMING and let
steep for about 30 minutes.
Then sip the clear tea. One
dose two times daily to be
taken in the morning and before
sleeping.

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Written by anonymous translator
Label on a box of tea at Fubon Supermarket in Portland, Oregon

Found by Tricina Elliker and John Mealy
Portland, Oregon

Tricina: “My submission is one John and I memorized a couple of years ago after we found this “sliming” tea in our local asian supermarket. It’s in a green box with a silhouette of a person on the cover. The person has a woman’s body, but a very manly face with Superman’s jaw. There’s a really good chance that this isn’t profound for anyone else, and simply the fact that we taped all our remote controls to it (in order to create a giant universal remote to all devices in our apartment) meant that we read it too many times and found too much meaning in it. But I swear one of us will start with with, “Indication.” And the other person will immediately chime in with, “Sliming.” It’s like that old show on Nickelodeon with the green slime.”


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