Winning Entry

Submitted by Stuart Rogers of Toronto, Ontario

Your kitchen will never be the same after testing your new Butchers Trolley on a stranger! That’s right; “…Test stranger and use on” is the last of several very vague steps for assembling this unit. Doesn’t that sound like something you would see in a teen horror film? Now we’ve seen some instructions lacking good guidance before, but this set takes the cake. Unless you’re a mechanical engineer by nature, plan on spending plenty of time figuring out how to put this contraption together! Here are the steps of how to assemble this product (or so they think):

Assembly Procedure:
1. Be tights part E with part I together by fitting M. Also can be installation handle part J in this side.

2. Be tights part D with part H together by fitting M. Like a step No. 1. And may be installation handle in this side too.

- Use corner fitting to be holds the Bottle rack.

3. To connects the both side legs with Back frame part G. Then ware Wire tray along the position itself and tighten each corner.

4. Assemble wood top with drawer divider. And bring part from Step No. 3 turn around to back of wood top (from picture) then tights wood top with housing and ware all casters to position.

Be CAREFUL top wood face!

When this step finished turn around it again.

5. Input the Drawers.

6. Test stranger & use on.

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Runner-Up #1

Submitted by Marc Proulx

Had his entry not been received late, it may have taken the top prize. This is a manual that accompanied a car alarm. Not only is it painful to the eyes of the reader because the entire manual “shouts” at the reader using caps throughout, it also is very serious about wanting you to read their manual. The phrase, “READ THIS FIRST BEFORE YOU INSTALL” appears a whopping 14 times throughout the manual and appears on every single page! Statements like, “There is no other way” and “Then you should be home free” are just few things that make it even that more amusing. You’ll have to read it yourself to find out just why this manual ranked so high on our top five list.

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Runner-Up #2

Submitted by Thomas Flis

Chess anyone? This game may not be for the serious chess enthusiast, especially since the number of pieces and rules of the game don’t quite add up. The Simpson characters make this game fun, but we feel sorry for the novice player that picks this set up.

Instructions for how to move the knight say, “Leaping forward, backward or right or left two squares at a time and capturing other pieces at its way. But cannot capture the opponent as his own team stands in the way.” Huh??

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Honorable Mention #1

Submitted by David Remson

Installing new computer components is easy for some, but this sound card “Menual” could make you think twice before doing it yourself if you actually need the instructions.

  

One step reads:
“Remove the PCI slot panel cover(nomatter it with screw or not,if with screw please keep the screw if not with screw please check the system parts box and find out the screw), and plug the QX-1004 on PCI slot with right position,please check the QX-1004 PCI bus(gold finger) is all plug into the PCI slot,put the screw to fix the card on the case.”

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Honorable Mention #2

Submitted by Sue Woolley of Melbourne, Australia

The instructions for the specialty baby bed aren’t all that bad considering the way the rest of the text reads. We were amused when reading how their product was useful to the consumer.

“To prevent baby dropping down on the floor; To protectbaby form bitting by mosquitoes and files; To protect baby’s eyes offending by dazzling light; To prevent baby from dust.”

We don’t know about you, but if your baby is seeing dazzling lights, you might have bigger problems!

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