“I’m not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?” is a jocular saying about safety labels that has been printed on an ecard. The saying has been cited in print since at least 2001 and is of unknown origin.
   
   
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Ditch Twicker
10/4/01
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The problem with people is stupidity. I’m not saying there should be capital punishment for stupidity, but why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself.
   
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Ditch Twicker
10/20/01
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The problem with people is stupidity. I’m not saying there should be capital punishment for stupidity, but why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself.
       
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Ms.Goodwrench
11/15/01
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I’m not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
 
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Empee
6/23/02
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‘I’m not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?’ - Firky, aghltfc.
 
The Knitting Curmudgeon
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2002
Best Quote I Heard All Day
The problem with America is stupidity. I’m not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?—Unknown
 
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The Wee Book of Weegie Wit and Wisdom
By Ian Black
Black & White Publishing
2006
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Glaswegian solution:
The problem with people today is stupidity. I’m not saying there should be capital punishment for stupidity, but why don’t we just take the safety labels off everything and let the problem solve itself?”
 
30 April 2006, Beaumont (TX) Enterprise, “I’d rather be cranky than phony any day” by Jane McBride, pg. E1:
“Why don’t we just take the safety labels off everything and let the problem solve itself?”
 
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Corey Jergensen‏
@cimdum
thinks the problem with america is stupidity. why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
8:37 PM - 10 Aug 2007
 
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Michael Lvnd ▵‏
@_lvnd
the problem with america is stupidity. why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
2:35 PM - 22 Apr 2008
 
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catalintus‏
@catalintus
The problem with people is stupidity. Why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?
1:07 AM - 1 Jul 2008
 
26 February 2009, Ocala (FL) Star-Banner, “Looking forward to it”:
FOUND WHILE SURFING: While cruising around the Internet, I came across this little gem supposedly written by the late Frank Zappa: “The problem with America is stupidity. I’m not saying there should be capital punishment for stupidity, but why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself?”
 
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Anna Markwith‏
@annamark31
why don’t we just take the safety labels off everything and let the stupidity problem solve itself?
12:23 AM - 1 Jun 2009
 
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Hellbilly‏
@hellbilly
Why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the stupidity problem solve itself? Natural selection FTW.
11:41 AM - 16 Aug 2009
 
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The problem with America is stupidity. I’m not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? (self.AskReddit)
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Bill Murray‏
@BiIIMurray
Why don’t we just take the safety labels off of everything and let this stupidity problem solve itself?
2:30 PM - 2 Mar 2017