Meaningless product descriptions

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ChrisHB Sep 2012 8:52am, 5 Sep 2012 7,867 posts	0 ChrisHB From Tesco olives: Caution: Product contains inedible components which may pose a choking hazard. BTW, a stone is not a "component" of an olive. It is a part of an olive. Also, components are not "contained" in any product.
Doctor K Sep 2012 8:53am, 5 Sep 2012 2,645 posts	0 Doctor K Did they mean the jar/packaging?!
McGoohan Sep 2012 9:20am, 5 Sep 2012 6,303 posts	0 McGoohan Fingernails? Packaging worker's elastoplast?
GregP Sep 2012 12:24pm, 5 Sep 2012 62,320 posts	0 GregP Sorry, Chris - a stone is a component of an olive, in the same way that my ulna is a component of my arm. component kəmˈpəʊnənt noun a part or element of a larger whole
ChrisHB Sep 2012 12:41pm, 5 Sep 2012 7,869 posts	0 ChrisHB I'm sure components are elements in a manufacturing process. com·po·nent (km-pnnt) n. 1. A constituent element, as of a system. See Synonyms at element. 2. A part of a mechanical or electrical complex. 3. Mathematics One of a set of two or more vectors having a sum equal to a given vector. 4. Any of the minimum number of substances required to specify completely the composition of all phases of a chemical system.
Spleen Sep 2012 12:49pm, 5 Sep 2012 336 posts	0 Spleen Rule 1 of linguistics debate: first person to bring out a dictionary loses. Component is from the Latin 'componere' meaning 'assemble' or 'put together'. Olives are grown, not assembled. Tesco's olive jar is stupid.
McGoohan Sep 2012 12:49pm, 5 Sep 2012 6,304 posts	0 McGoohan They're components in olives in God's manufacturing process. He puts in each and every one Himself.
GregP Sep 2012 12:52pm, 5 Sep 2012 62,323 posts	0 GregP Crikey. Good work Spleeno & McG.
ChrisHB Sep 2012 1:01pm, 5 Sep 2012 7,870 posts	0 ChrisHB And there was I, manfully resisting the temptation to go back to Latin. But Spleen is 110% correct. IMNVHO.
Pestomum Sep 2012 1:03pm, 5 Sep 2012 959 posts	0 Pestomum +1 for IMNVHO