Hot tip

SIR – The instructions accompanying my electric paint-stripping gun (Letters, August 18), which glows red hot when in use, state: “Not to be used as a hair dryer.”

John Jenkinson

Perth, Western Australia

SIR – My South Korean-built refrigerator came with the instruction: “Do not hang your children from the door.”

I confess that on occasions of great provocation I was sorely tempted.

Hew Goldingham

St Leonards-on-sea, East Sussex

SIR – Sleeping tablets that I found in my medicine cabinet listed, as one of the possible side effects, “difficulty in sleeping”.

Frank Woodhouse

Newcastle upon Tyne

SIR – When I drove into California’s Yosemite National Park in the Eighties, a park ranger handed me a 10-point guide on dealing with bears.

My admiration for the courage of regular American visitors soared when I reached point 10: “Do not attempt to retrieve food taken by a bear.”

Tim Bidwell

London SW6