Clever Hidden Messages Found On Products We Use All the Time

This is pretty inventive and we’d love to know exactly how it works, but someone discovered that their raincoat displays a floral pattern when it gets wet. It’s kind of hard to make out at first, but if you look closely you can see flowers wherever the coat has water on it. This would also be a pretty inventive idea for something like an umbrella or a waterproof bag. 

Sometimes the best Easter eggs are the simple, yet wholesome ones found on random packaging. This sweets company included this wholesome message for anyone curious enough to look at the bottom of their pouches. It reads, “you’re a curious one, I like you”. It’s not much but it’s a nice little message and it doesn’t hurt that it gives customers positive reinforcement in a marketable quote. The colors are also nice if you ask us. 

The show Top Gear was known for its clever humor, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that they included that humor in their clothing. Someone found this old shirt that assures its wearer the clothing was tested on animals but that it didn’t fit. That just leaves us wondering exactly what kind of animal they were trying to stuff into this shirt and if this guy should be wearing it after all of that. 

As if winemakers needed another reason for people to call them snarky, enter this wine box. It ever so politely tells you which side to open and which side is the bottom. It reads, “open other end Einstein” in big bold lettering. It’s not exactly the most subtle message on this list, but it’s pretty funny nonetheless. However, some fans of puns pointed out that a golden opportunity was missed. 

This one had to be found completely by accident because it’s really well hidden. The next time you have the urge to peel a label, just go ahead and do it, you might just find an adorable sloth hiding behind the packaging. This product is a bit hard to make out but the manufacturer hid away a tiny sloth behind the label with a different saying on each one. 

A driver curious driver noticed something interesting about the floormats on his jeep and decided to investigate them for himself. He ended up deciphering the code, which read, “Sand Snow River Rocks” in morse code. Hats off to whatever designer on the Jeep team thought of this because it’s honestly one of the coolest Easter eggs we’ve ever seen in a vehicle. It also totally aligns with Jeep’s branding. 

What better messaging to have on your packaging when your company’s name is “Innocent”, than this message found on the bottom of their coconut water? The message reads, “stop looking at my bottom” and it’s a fun little message referencing the brand’s name. Apparently, a lot of their packaging has little Easter eggs on them, because a lot of commenters from the U.K. said they’d go into the store just to read the bottom of the packages. 

Commenters were divided when someone posted a photo of this water bottle with a mold at the bottom shaped like the mountain on the packaging. Sure, it’s a cool little feature and all, but doesn’t it mean you get less water in the bottle? Either way, it is a neat design feature that adds to the overall look of the bottle. It also goes to show you can make just about any product look good with a bit of creativity. 

Sometimes our heads aren’t where they should be and we do things like forget the car keys, leave our phones at home, or forget to take the baby out of their clothes before throwing them in the washer. Luckily, this clothing company plans to make that a thing of the past and they even included directions on their label that say, “remove child before washing”. Thank goodness, because we were beginning to think incidents like these might become a full-fledged pandemic. 

We’re not too sure who Spencer Hart is, but from this message left on one of his items, he sounds like a pretty cool dude. It reads, “Spencer Hart sincerely hopes you get laid in this product”. All we can say to that is “awe, thanks Spencer”. We’re sure anyone lucky enough to stumble across this message was thinking something similar. If there’s a better goal for a fashion designer to have, then we haven’t seen it. 

We’re not exactly sure why these shirtmakers felt the need to tell their customers to not slap pandas, because pretty much everyone knows you should go for the knees when you go out and run into a panda. Seriously though, the only thing more adorable than these directions is the little illustration of a panda with a hand in front of it at the bottom of the label. We’re glad there’s someone out there reminding people not to slap the floofers and just let them be. 

Classical musicians apparently have a sense of humor, too. Someone found these two faces after taking off the knobs on their keyboard. One is smiling and the other looks like he’s up to something. But, both were probably a welcome surprise since usually knobs only get taken off when they accidentally fall off or they’re broken. And here we were thinking most classical instruments were made by snobs. That’s obviously not the case, but we sure didn’t expect to see a keyboard on this list 

There are a couple of Easter eggs hidden away on circuit boards in this list, but this might just be our favorite. Someone was taking apart a device and found this little message tucked away on a board. It reads, “Don’t be seduced by the dark side, Luke”. Of course, it’s a reference to the Star Wars franchise, which is pretty much one of the most popular “nerdy” franchises in history. And we use that word with love. 

The last thing you’re probably going to pay attention to are the directions on the back of your hotel lotion, but maybe you should. Someone noticed these oddly specific directions while staying at an Aloft hotel. It advises travelers to apply the lotion anywhere their skin feels like the scales of their cousin’s pet iguana. (It’s much funnier the way they wrote it but we only have so much space). 

If you’ve ever worked in a family-owned business, then this message is probably all too familiar. The brewing company is called Sierra Nevada and they are proud to print that they’re “family owned, operated, and argued over” as any good family business is. Apparently, even if you work in one of the coolest places possible, there’s no escaping family arguments. However, something must be working for them, because they’re one of the most successful small breweries in the U.S. 

This is probably one of the coolest messages written on a clothing tag we’ve seen. We’ll let you read it for yourself, but the tag is pretty much hyping up anyone who decides to put on the piece of clothing. It also reminds us of that certain type of friend we think just about everyone needs. You know the one. The friend who’s always there to hype you up no matter what the situation is.

This next one is something right out of an action thriller. A company decided to include a friendly reminder that their cords can be used to hogtie criminals in case they break into your home. It even tells you how many you should be able to hogtie with the amount of cord included. Now, that’s pretty cool, especially if you’ve ever wanted to feel like a spy or something.  

This one isn’t really hidden, but it’s pretty cool nonetheless. On the packaging of Krusteaz pancake mix, it says, “I see pancakes in your future”. Not that anyone needed any more motivation to make some pancakes if they’ve already managed to open the bag. It’s just a neat little simple quote and we’re suckers for little messages like this one. It doesn’t hurt that Krusteaz is amazing either. 

We’re pretty sure these directions on the tag of a kid’s swim diaper made some tired parents out there laugh. They give detailed and hilarious directions on how to wash them if a child ends up going number 2 while out swimming. We’ll let you read the directions for yourself but they’re pretty funny and we’re sure some dads out there are guilty of washing as per the second option.  

What’s better than opening a cup of chilled yogurt in the morning and finding a little message that reads, “Hi”. Nothing, that’s what. Well, maybe a message like the one on a certain women’s shirt on this list. But besides that, just about nothing. A lot of commenters said that they quickly went to the trash to check their own yogurt cups, but were left disappointed when they didn’t find a message. 

Tesla made headlines a while back for sending one of its cars out into space. However, a lot of people might’ve missed this little message they included on a circuit board in the car. It reads, “made on Earth by humans”. We guess they included just in case the car ever bumps into some aliens while out there drifting away in space. However, it begs the question, how would aliens even read it?

Public urinals aren’t usually the place of laughs, but someone happened to notice that the bar code on this urinal spelled out a funny little message. It reads, “4U2PN2”, or “for you to pee into”. That’s honestly the most hilarious thing we’ve ever seen on a urinal, (and we’ve seen some pretty funny stuff on urinals). However, if you ever see this in public, be careful about laughing out loud. 

They’ve pretty much always been around in one form or another, but Easter eggs saw another surge in popularity after being used as a device in video games. So, it’s no surprise that a lot of computer hardware companies have a history of leaving little secrets deep within their hardware for anyone brave enough to take their machines apart. Someone took a device apart and found this bird on a circuit board. 

We’re pretty sure nobody out there needs directions for how to use their coffee mugs, but this company decided to include some just in case. It reads, “for best results, use other side”. That’s apt advice as doing anything else is sure to result in hot coffee being spilled everywhere. However, we’re not sure if this one gets extra points for being a batman-styled mug or not. 

Working for a cannabis-related company must be a dream job for marketers. There’s just so much potential to pretty much do whatever you want. For example, take the wording on this snack bar. They managed to take what’s usually a pretty boring product and make it exciting and funny. Someone found a sentence on the bottom that read, “This bar was specifically formulated for the intense hunger that hits 5 minutes after 4:20”. Of course, that’s an allusion to the international smoking time of 4:20 and munchies felt around the world. 

Sparkling Ice is another company that has a pretty clever marketing department, so it’s no surprise that instead of just going for the plain old “chill for best results”, they decided to spice things up a bit. They wrote, “as in life, chill for best results”. It’s not a big change, but it’s a simple and clever addition to an otherwise bland statement. And they’re not wrong: life is better when you take a second to just chill out and relax. 

Product labels aren’t usually the most exciting of things, which makes this warning label all the more special. The instructions advise people against using their newly bought socks in unorthodox ways. We’ll let you find the strange uses the company felt were common enough to include on their packaging, but whoever noticed the illustrations probably had quite the shock. We mean, socks have to be one of the most mundane items out there.

If you’ve never played Cards Against Humanity, then you should because it’s an absolute riot. The company that makes the game is also known for its… unconventional customer service, including some of its instructions and Easter eggs. Someone found this message on the back of their card game’s packaging. It directs all complaints and legal threats to the former U.S. vice president Dick Cheney. But that’s apparently not all they do at Cards Against Humanity. 

We’ll let our readers decide for themselves if the message on this pair of pants is referring to the zipper or… something else. However, if you’ve ever seen the movie There’s Something About Mary, this Easter egg is sure to bring a certain scene to mind. And let’s face it, most guys are constantly in a rush anyway, so a little reminder to take it slow and be careful isn’t the most useless piece of advice. 

We’re still on the fence if this message is funny or actually a little sad. Someone looked at their shirt tag and found a message that said, “don’t let anyone put a label on you”. That’s all well and good, but what about the shirt? We just can’t help but feel sorry for it now that we know it was forced to have a label on it when it clearly didn’t want one. 

When we think of nature, we often think of pristine forests and a place where everything is as it should be, but the truth is often quite the opposite. Nature is chaotic and sometimes it can get downright dirty, which makes this Easter egg of two ladybugs on a package of sunflower seeds all the more fitting. Of course, it might elicit a couple of questions from the kids, but that just gives parents a chance to explain the birds and the bees. 

This next message is either really smart advertising or just a tad bit creepy. For some reason, someone decided to look under their bed while on a cruise and found this message referring them to the ship’s gym. That’s kind of cool. However, it’s also kind of creepy because the last thing anyone wants is to find a conversational message specifically addressing them under their bed. It just gives off “I’m watching you” vibes. 

You don’t have to smoke cannabis to appreciate the message someone found on the bottom of this pouch. But, it does help to understand that sometimes when you smoke, your brain just fades out to other places, (or so we’ve heard). That’s why we’re betting at least half the people who found this clever message probably were indeed spilling their cannabis while reading it. They were probably left with a bit more paranoia after finding a hidden message, too. 

The late designer Kate Spade would often put little sayings or messages on her products, and someone decided to share this one they found on their glasses. It reads, “boys make passes at girls in glasses”. It’s a cute little saying that some commenters pointed out might’ve been a rebuttal to something said by Dorothy Parker, which was, “men seldom make passes at women in glasses”. We’re not sure, but either way, we really like this one. 

We’re not entirely sure if this one just happens to be a coincidence, if someone wrote it themselves, or if the manufacturer actually added this to their camera, but it’s pretty cool. Someone snapped a photo of this CCTV camera with the year 1984 written on it, which is an allusion to the novel, 1984. The novel deals with ideas about surveillance states and propaganda, so to see this on a public camera is pretty fitting.