Meanderings of a Monkey Juggler

Well we're doomed for many reasons but the latest to come to my attention was the marvels of food packaging!  I have just bought a packet of salted peanuts to scoff at work between patients and writing irate whinges on this site.  The peanuts are not only advertised on the label as "peanuts" and the packet is see-through so you can see there are peanuts inside.  No that's not enough.  There's a small warning on the back.  You can guess what it says.  Alongside the normal warning about children may choke on nuts there's a completely seperate warning that reads "Allergy Warning: This product contains peanuts".  No really? You ask.  Yes really I reply.  Who really needs that warning?

Having said that, this isn't the best comment I've ever read on a food packet.  Once I bought a pack of 2 sausage rolls from Safeway.  I know that there were 2 sausage rolls because the packet read "2 sausage rolls" and it was see-through as well so you could see 2 sausage rolls inside.  On the back a label read "This pack contains approximately 2 servings".  Approximately?

Sigh.  What have we become?

Have fun.