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cranioscopical:
Taste buds assaulted

Some English local councils have decided that people who put salt on their fish and chips need to be protected from themselves.

These councils carried out careful (and tax-payer-funded) research to discover that people were using salt shakers with 17 (gasp!) holes in the top. They concluded that fewer holes in the shakers would mean less salt and, in a tour de force of mathematical skill, concluded that only 5 holes would reduce the flow of salt 'by more than 60%'. So, these councils ordered batches of five-hole shakers and distributed them free to local food outlets, again at tax-payers' expense.

Presumably, if this doesn't appease the local bureaucrats they'll order yet more replacement salt shakers with no holes at all.

link article here

40hz:
Dinged By A G-String?-Cpilot (June 20, 2008, 11:03 PM)
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If you're too big to wear a, oh say.......a size 3 thong, and put it on anyway then how is any injury anyone elses fault?
I mean damn, you could put someones eye out or something.  ::)

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Didn't know stuff like that came in sizes! Hmmmm.... learn something new everyday. ;)

Cpilot:
Dinged By A G-String?-Cpilot (June 20, 2008, 11:03 PM)
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If you're too big to wear a, oh say.......a size 3 thong, and put it on anyway then how is any injury anyone elses fault?
I mean damn, you could put someones eye out or something.  ::)

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Didn't know stuff like that came in sizes! Hmmmm.... learn something new everyday. ;)
-40hz (June 29, 2008, 11:55 AM)
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Get married a few times, it's amazing the stuff you learn.  :mrgreen:

J-Mac:
Poor Stella Liebeck.  Still getting kicked for that case!

Fact is, McDonalds was serving coffee hot enough to give third degree burns.  Though people argue that is the ideal temp for coffee, McDonalds at the time was the only one selling it at drive-thru windows in cups w/caps designed - and advertised - for "drinking on the go".

As for Stella, she was not driving and did not attempt to open or drink the coffee while the car was moving. Her grandson was driving and had pulled over to allow her to add cream & sugar to the coffee.  Also, McDonalds had at the time been sued over 700 times for scalds from their coffee.  And Stella only asked for $20,000 from McDonalds - her medical expenses for skin grafts were about $12,000 and ongoing at the time of the suit.  When McDonalds refused to settle - actually refused to settle for more than $600 - she got a lawyer and sued.  Initially for $300,000.  The court-appointed mediator recommended that McDonalds should pay $225,000. They refused.  The jury claimed later that they had followed the closing argument of Stella's attorney and ordered a punitive damage amount equal to 2 days of the revenue McDonalds claimed it was making from coffee sales. They also declared Stella liable for 20% of the accident, and McDonalds 80%.  They were making a statement against McDonalds rather than in support of Stella.

But poor Stella is still vilified and will be forever.

Jim

wreckedcarzz:
Wouldn't it be more effective to just put a generic sticker on all the crap that currently has 3+ on it stating something along the lines of...
We are not responsible for your idiotic actions, regardless of how idiotic you look (or are)

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Gets the point across, and less lawsuits and finger-pointing. And the guy down the street won't try to spray-paint himself a tan anymore! ;D

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