ACTOR James Dreyfus has been left speechless after buying a water jug which bizarrely came with an absurdly huge page of double-sided instructions.
The 55-year-old shared his disbelief on Sunday after purchasing the simple jug and finding the leaflet that came with it.
Spread over a page that looked to be at least half of Dreyfus’ height and at least two feet wide, the Mount Pleasant star couldn’t work out why a basic water jug warranted such an extensive manual.
In a video filmed in his garden, Dreyfus holds the clear filter jug up to the camera, saying: “Just had to re-buy one of these. Fairly simple little machine, and it came with…”
He then places it down and uses both hands to hold up the offending page of instructions.
The page obscures him from view and covers almost all of the camera lens.
Lines and lines of tiny, illegible text and images are visible on both sides of the paper, likely offering the same basic instructions in countless different languages.
Dreyfus pulls the instructions down and out of view, clearly stunned, as he says: “Double sided.
“Now I know there are different languages on it and everything, but it’s this.”
He picks up the jug again to make his point, standing still for a moment with an expression of sheer bewilderment on his face.
He says: “It’s this – you put water in the top.”
Shaking his head, he picks up the huge sheet again and slowly crumples it up before tossing it out of sight.
Dreyfus shared the clip to social media on Sunday with the caption: “State of instructions…”
It has since received over 2,800 likes and 450 comments from social media users left amused by the ridiculously long page.
One commented: “Always drives me nuts too. Imagine the person that needs the instructions though.”
A second said: “Probably safety instructions so you can’t hurt yourself with it James.”
Another joked: “Took me five years to learn to use mine. I had to learn six different languages.
“I’ve mastered it now, although I daresay there are many subtleties which have eluded me.”
A fourth wrote: “Imagine how much money was spent on lawyers for that.”
Another quipped: “Which end does the water go again?”
