RussellMc wrote:
>> I personally _despise_ the "don't try this at home" mantra, ...
>
> In most cases where that's said I hear it as saying something like
>
> "We just KNOW that you are going to rush out and try this as soon as
> this show finishes, we applaud your enthusiasm, please try to remember
> in your enthusiasm to be responsible for your own safety, please
> please keep trying to remember that this could kill you (it nearly
> killed me), please don't blame me if it does, have a nice day".

If you like being a nanny perhaps.  How about:

"Since you have to ask, you obviously don't have much of a clue.  I really
don't give a crap if you zap yourself, get your body town to shreads, get
eaten by sharks, or whatever.  In fact, you'd probably be doing the gene
pool a favor.  However, I don't want my reputation to suffer because you
went and did something stupid and somehow managed to blame me for the
outcome.  So I'm telling you that doing this may get yourself zapped, your
body torn to shreds, eaten by sharks, or worse.  Go ahead and do whatever
you want, but you can't blame me afterwards.  And please don't do it where =
I
end up having to pay in even a small part to clean up the mess."


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