Stating the obvious

Is water wet? Is the Pope Catholic?

Actually, scratch that. Nowadays the Pope is increasingly acting like he's not Catholic, so that was probably a bad choice of introduction. However, in the olden days if someone asked a question with a really obvious answer, then 'Is water wet?' or 'Is the Pope Catholic?' were appropriate responses.

If it isn't obvious by now, that was just a long-winded way of saying that this week's blog post features amusing examples of stating the obvious...

1) Plant based mashed potato

Here's an innovative product that the scientific boffins at Asda have cleverly managed to create ... plant based mashed potato!

Plant based mashed potato.
Was the 'plant based' really necessary?

Credit: Cursed Food

Personally, I much prefer plant based mashed potato over animal based mashed potato.

2) Helpful sign

Here's a helpful sign I encountered on my travels when I climbed the 1,260 steps up to the Tiger Temple in Krabi in Thailand.

"Down this way."

On the way down I was so grateful for the sign, because if I hadn't seen it, I might have accidentally walked in the wrong direction up the 1,260 steps back to the top again!

3) Sleeveless vest

Here's a vest on sale from Primark where perhaps the full description was unnecessary...

Sleeveless vest.

I love sleeveless vests! They're so much better than sleeved vests!

4) Crunchy peanut butter

Here's an allergy warning to anyone considering buying this tub of peanut butter. Warning! The peanut butter contains peanuts!

"Peanut butter. May contain traces of nuts."

Editor's note: "Charles, photos of peanut products with warning labels stating 'Caution: May contain nuts!' have been around for years. Couldn't you have come up with something less obvious?"
Charles: "But 'stating the obvious' is the theme of the blog post!"
Editor: "Perhaps you should have called it 'Posting the obvious."

5) Bricklaying apprenticeship

In fairness, perhaps this next conversation should more accurately be classed as 'asking the obvious' rather than 'stating the obvious'.

I've censored the identities of Jason Parker and Matt Robinson from
West Burton, Yorkshire in order to avoid causing further embarrassment.

"I finally got a bricklaying apprenticeship."
"Doing what, mate?"
"Bricklaying."

6) Shredder

Finally, the warning symbols on this shredder must surely be obvious to even the most stupid person in the world...

"Caution: Don't insert hands, women, babies, perfume or ties into the shredder."

I can kind of understand how a careless person might accidentally get their hair or their tie stuck in the shredder, but babies!? Was the 'don't insert babies' symbol really necessary!? Surely that should be obvious!

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Dead men tell no tales. That's an obvious statement. It's also the title of one of my books which is available for kindle from Amazon.

I usually end each blog post with a few links to obviously related articles. However, this is my first blog post with a 'stating the obvious' theme, so instead here are a few unobvious links:
Silly bus displays
Things that unintentionally made me laugh