Made in America? Sort of.

Hello my dear friends. The other day the captor purchased a pair of Sony headphones to use at work. Upon opening the package she was surprised to see a AA battery included. Since headphones don't require batteries she was a bit perplexed. Was there, perhaps, something special about these headphones that required a battery? Is this something new? Well, after much research, these questions were never answered and the mystery of the AA battery remains just that, a mystery. I tell you this because I believe the reason the battery was included was because the young Taiwanese boy who most likely manufactured the headphones didn't know what they were and threw in a battery just in case. Did you know that 90% of the materials used in a product can come from other countries but, according to current U.S. laws, as long as a minimum percentage is assembled or "substantially transformed" in the U.S. it qualifies for the "Made in America" label. Yup. It's true. You've heard the expression that "it gets lost in the translation"? Well, that is why, I believe, we now get labels like this on a washing machine.

Good thing too, because I was just about to toss the kid in! It is the reason that Peanut M&M's actually have a warning on the label that says "This product may contain nuts". Nytol's warning says "may cause drowsiness". Well, it damn well better! I used to believe these things happened because manufactures just assumed that anyone who would buy their product must be a moron. Now I believe it is because the warnings are "losing something in the translation". Anyway, yesterday we talked about dog treats made in China that were killing dogs. Today, I just wanted to let you know that, just because it SAYS "Made in America" doesn't mean it didn't come from Beijing.
Po
p.s. This is way funny! Unrelated, but way funny.