Thursday, August 26, 2010

Victoria Roder-Warning! Do not attempt to stop chainsaw with your…

I’m sure you’ve noticed that merchandise companies place some mighty weird warnings on some of their products. Have you been bored enough to read any of the warning labels? Or perhaps you’re like me and just looked them up on the internet. Alright, I’m a nerdy author, that’s what some of us do for fun!

A vacuum cleaner warning label instructs the moron that purchased it to not pick up anything with the vacuum cleaner that is burning. The frightening thought; if they have to mention it on the tag, someone must have tried it.

Boot’s Children’s Cough Medicine states; Do not drive a car or run machinery. You’ve got a bigger problem than sick kids if your children 12 and under are joy riding in cars and running machinery.

A blow dryer tag comes with the warning instruction that says: Do not use while sleeping. I don’t know what kind of dreams they’re having that requiring primping, but I must be getting the wrong end of the dream world. And my all time favorite warning found on a chainsaw label; Do not attempt to stop chain with your hands or genitals! I don’t even have a comment on that label.


What’s any of this got to do with being a writer? This is a stretch…someone wrote the warnings and I write novels. I am the author of Paranormal Romance, The Dream House Visions and Nightmares from Asylett Press http://www.asylettpress.com/  where you’ll experience that the truth is more frightening than a nightmare. A secret of the past, revenge, murder, sexual tension, and a kick ass heroine, Action Thriller, Bolt Action from Champagne Books offers it all. http://www.champagnebooks.com/

Check back tomorrow for information on Dream Interpretation from my paranormal romance, The Dream House Visions and Nightmares.

Blurb: Bolt Action http://www.omnilit.com/product-boltaction-426568-152.html

With a Ruger Blackhawk .357 under her pillow, a Browning A-Bolt Stainless Stalker rifle in her broom closet, and a Saturday Night Special in her road-hog cookie jar, Detective Leslie Bolt’s sarcastic attitude and inability to trust, alienates her from most people. Forced to work a serial murder case with her ex-lover, she begins a budding romance with the department’s new medical examiner, but which man will she choose?



Detective Leslie Bolt gives Medical Examiner Jack Donington a ride on her Softtail Deluxe:

Arriving at Al Muth’s Harley Davidson shop front, several customers were mounting their cycles. We received nods and smirks. I wanted to turn and look at Jack and see if any color registered on his face or if he truly didn’t mind riding bitch.

While Jack endured the paperwork process of purchasing a black Dyna Wide Glyde complete with ape hangers I abandoned him and searched through the Harley clothes. Jack seemed to be enjoying seeing the rebellious side of my personality, so instead of my usual choice of a black T-shirt I tried on a leather halter-top. Although, not in need of more clothes I also chose a short sleeve white and orange number one Harley racing blouse. If I get uncomfortable baring the majority of my skin in the leather halter I can chicken out and cover my half nakedness with the blouse for modesty.

A virtue my usually half-naked sister should attempt.

Jack checked on my shopping progress between phone calls for a credit check, bank loan, and insurance verification. I felt confident I’d be arrested for solicitation when he suggested I model a black pair of Harley Davidson Jeans with black lace were the sides of the pants should be.

“Wow, they look great. Turn around,” Jack encouraged.

I rubbed my hands up and down my thighs. “They’re a bit snug.”

Jake made a circle with his index finger. “Don’t be shy come on, turn around.”

“I’m not gonna turn around, because my panties show through the lace on the sides.”

“I don’t think you’re supposed to wear panties with those jeans.”

Before I could retort, with one hand Jack pushed open the dressing room door and with his other hand he glided me into the mirror covered cubical. In one swift movement he pressed my back against the mirror and his body against mine, and as Jack kicked the door shut with his boot he kissed me with urgency.

Jack’s strong gentle hands began to move up and down the side lace of the Harley jeans as I heard the attendant say, “The guy was here a minute ago.”

Jack placed his face against my neck and kissed me. After a chuckle he abandoned me in the dressing room as he heard his summons over the loud speaker to the small corner office to sign the final papers for bike ownership. Emerging from our make-out room with a sheepish feeling advertised on my face I purchased the jeans.

Please feel free to visit my website at http://www.victoriaroder.com/  and learn a little bit about writing and my personal life.

7 comments:

  1. Thanks for stopping in, aren't those labels funny? I am happy to announce that Bolt Action is available in paperback!
    http://champagnebooks.com/shop/index.php?route=product/category&path=27_49

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  2. OMG!! I am not sure I have laughed this hard in a long time :) Now I am off to read warning lables in my home and see what sort of morons companies have to protect themselves against :)

    Ann

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  3. Very funny, Vicki. Thanks for the laugh.
    Stacey C.

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  4. I love reading warning labels. Found one just last week on our new toilet brush that said Do not use orally. Sigh, whatever happened to Darwin's law of survival of the fittest lol.

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  5. Got a few giggles out of those labels. You have to wonder about the person who wrote the words. Lawyers maybe.

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  6. Stacey & Allison thanks for stopping in. Eve, I may have to use the toliet brush label in the future. Thanks for sharing.

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  7. Not a warning label, just the opposite, but IMO equally odd: On a box of Arm and Hammer anti-odor powder for cat litter boxes -- "Safe for use around pets."

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