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Apple has a little fun with the fine print

by Laurie A. Duncan Jan 17th 2005 at 1:27PM

ipod shuffle with gum

The product pages for the iPod shuffle and the Mac mini have their own little easter eggs, which aren’t really hidden. But how many of you actually noticed gems such as:

(2) Do not eat iPod shuffle and Keyboard, mouse, megaphone and display sold separately.

If you look really closely at the packaging of Apple products lately, you’ll also see that they all say “READ THIS BEFORE OPENING PACKAGE: According to Certain Suggested Versions of the Grand Unified Theory, the Primary Particles Constituting this Product May Decay to Nothingness Within the Next Four Hundred Million Years.” (ok, so I made that one up)

Three cheers for truth in advertising.



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Oliver

I cannot believe no-one has mentioned the 'hands sold separately' comment. Go to the bottom this page: http://www.apple.com/macmini/design.html "Keyboard, iPod mini, dock, hands, AirPort, Bluetooth and PC sold separately."

January 18 2005 at 3:53 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
717

http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/jokes/91q1/prodwarn.html That made me laugh :->

January 17 2005 at 4:52 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Laurie

And Apple Hong kong must not have a sense of humor - and they seem to prefer CinABurst over Trident: http://appleclub.com.hk/ipodshuffle/

January 17 2005 at 2:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Alex Kadis

I think the megaphone comes from the tell a friend megaphone on the right side: http://images.apple.com/macmini/images/tellafriend20050111.gif

January 17 2005 at 2:10 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
AD

Doh! What an eejit - I didn't see the post above.

January 17 2005 at 2:06 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
AD

Even stranger is that the UK page: http://www.apple.com/uk/ipodshuffle/ has, 'Do not chew iPod shuffle' instead.

January 17 2005 at 2:01 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
barb dybwad

Or, for the Brits, "Do not chew iPod shuffle". :) http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000747027056/

January 17 2005 at 1:34 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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