There’s a good chance that some of you reading this post served in one of the conflicts of the last 15 years. Those of you who have, and even those of you who haven’t, what does it tell you that both the claymore mine, and the M-72 LAW, need to have “this way towards enemy” (or similar) written on the device? Clearly, if you need to be told to heat your MRE with “A rock or something,” it means that most people have a hard time interpreting even the simplest of instructions.
Bored Panda has compiled this list of instruction-fails to pay tribute to those who just didn’t understand, and who followed instructions all too literally. Which one do you find the most absurd? Vote on your favorite, or if you have a photo of someone that took a set of instructions too far, submit it below!
#1 Second Grader’s Homework
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#2 Just Following Instructions
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#3 My Friend’s Daughter Taking The Instructions Literally
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#4 Signs Can Be Confusing
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#5 Directions Unclear
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#6 Literally
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#7 Found Some Amazing Indian Writing
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#8 Plant Sign
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#9 Future Lawyer? Was Told He Couldn’t Go Outside
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#10 Draw Bridge
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#11 Well, If You Say So
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#12 You Had One Job, Baker
#13 It’s Not Working
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#14 Under Watch
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#15 Smoker With Good Climbing Skills
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#16 My 8-Year-Old Son Takes His Homework Directions Literally
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#17 I Told My 2 Year Old To Put Her Shoes By The Front Door. She Takes Me Very Literally Sometimes
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#18 I’m On It!
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#19 Please Fall In Line
#20 Job Well Done
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#21 Men’s Hats
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#22 Is This How I’m Supposed To Do It?
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#23 Instruction Unclear, Followed Them Anyway
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#24 Twins
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#25 Conformity At Its Finest
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#26 Sure, No Problem!
#27 3 Hours Later
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#28 Literally
#29 Unicyclist Gets It
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#30 I Don’t Think This Is What That Had In Mind When They Added The Drive-Thru Sign
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#31 Some Say She Is Still Drinking To This Day
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#32 Stumbled Upon This Legendary Park. Much Chilling Was Had
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#33 Sorry About That
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#34 Directions Were To ‘draw Hands On The Clocks’
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#35 As Simple As I Want
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#36 I Did Say To Put These In The Bathroom. There Is Nothing Like Having A Literal 2nd Grader Living In Your House
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#37 This Guy Gets It
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#38 Oh The Irony
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#39 If You Insist
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#40 Eat Me
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#41 I Think I Read The Instructions Too Literally
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#42 Nice To See A Sign That Follows Its Own Rules
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#43 Sure Will Do!
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#44 Following The Law
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#45 Ok, But I Don’t Think It’ll Work
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#46 Okay, Heads Up!
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#47 Pick Up Chicks Here
#48 Literal Advertising
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#49 Gingerbread House
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#50 I’m Not Very Good At Drawing, But I Hope This Suffices
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#51 It’s Been Five Days Since I Last Ate. Please Send Help
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#52 Taking A Sign Too Literally
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#53 I Don’t See Why They Stopped Traffic For Us To Do This
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#54 It’s Not Very Healthy For Me But I Guess I Don’t Have A Choice
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#55 One Of Us
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#56 Conformist
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#57 Tell My Wife I Loved Her
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#58 I’ve Been Stuck In This Burger King For Twelve Hours
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#59 Well, If You Say So
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#60 I’m Not 100% Sure But I Think That I Misread The Directions
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#61 Here You Are
#62 A Standee In The Movie Theater Said To Take A Pic In Deadpool’s Lap. I Took It A Different Direction
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#63 It’s Not A Knife
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#64 What Should I Do Then?
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#65 Whatever You Say
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#66 Pizza Delivery
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#67 So That’s How You Should Hitchhike!
#68 I Think Someone Took The Sign A Little Too Literally
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#69 Ecuador – Keep Traffic Rules
#70 Ok… If I Have To
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#71 If You Insist
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#72 The Sign Gets It
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#73 Rules Are Strict
#74 Thank You Sir For Doing As You Are Told
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#75 Ooops, I Did It Again!
#76 Well, I Should Leave
#77 Guess I Wasn’t Careful Enough !!!
#78 Okay
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