Excessive caution?

[unixronin]

New Scientist reports that a shopper in New Zealand bought a small mailing box from the New Zealand Post to send a gift.  The box was 140mm x 130mm x 25mm (inside dimensions), and bore a weight-limit warning on the outside, "Maximum weight 20kg."

. . . Which, by the way, is slightly less than twice the weight of a billet of solid osmium sized to completely fill the box.  One has to wonder exactly what they're trying to warn people against shipping.

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[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

If only Teh Stupid were restricted to politicians. Alas, the two most common elements in the 'verse are hydrogen and stupidity.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

It was once said that Senator William Proxmire is so dense he absorbs neutrinos....