It's all down to the lawyers
The signs are there not because nut manufacturers are worried about your health. They're worried you'll sue them if your health is harmed, and they figure that putting "May Contain Nuts" on their nuts (probably quite amusing as a scrotal tattoo, otherwise fucking irritating) is enough to be a workable defence in a court of law.

And the reason they're SO worried about being sued is that the no-win no-fee system allows (even forces) damages to rise much higher than they otherwise would be, to pay the lawyers for all the work they do not only on the handful of cases they win, but all the shitloads of cases they lose or never bother to bring forward because it's clear the fuckwit who's been climbing ladders on freshly-waxed floors only did it because they thought there'd be a buck in it for them if they skidded through that plate glass window.
( shinyshinyscalp less a man, more a way of life, Fri 1 Apr 2011, 14:00, 1 reply)

Exactly. Why can't these fuckers just stick to videoing it and getting their wedge of cash from wankiest home videos? Because it'd be more profitable suing the ladder manufacturer for failing to put a "don't use this ladder on waxed floors" sticker on the bloody thing.
(squirrelysquirrel, Wed 6 Apr 2011, 2:01, closed)