Is everybody an idiot these days? ;-)

I come here and find the forum populated with reasonably intelligent people. Then I pick up a packaged victoria sponge and find the following instructions on the packet:
Quote:

HOW TO PREPARE Ready to eat. Place cake onto a flat surface and with a serrated knife, cut using a sawing action.

I almost expected it to add that you have to open your mouth before you can put any cake into it. Is LQ the last sane and normal place on earth?