The winners have been announced for the Wacky Warning Label competition for 2004. It all seems like harmless poking fun, and it is damned amusing.

I worry though that we’re eliminating an important Darwinian pruning mechanism within society. People should be encouraged to self-select their way out of the gene pool. No good can come from enabling the continued viability of people who insist on bathing with the same instrument they use to clean the toilet. On the other hand, if they are of hearty enough stock to survive the practice, more power to them.