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Thread ID: 128421 2012-12-19 03:27:00 We think our court system is bad! Cicero (40) PC World Chat
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1319114 2012-12-19 06:27:00 Its bs
www.jerebeasleyreport.com
prefect (6291)
1319115 2012-12-19 07:12:00 License was the word. Cicero (40)
1319116 2012-12-19 10:54:00 , from MacDonalds coffee, which was being served too hot.
Come on cut the crap how the hell can you sell a coffee too hot as water only boils at one temperature at sea level.
mikebartnz (21)
1319117 2012-12-19 10:58:00 (in the USA of course) There was a case a number of years ago where this guy chose to sit outside at a restaurant and got stung by a bee. The restaurant owner got sued and had to pay a ridiculous sum which I can't remember now so I can believe each and everyone of those. mikebartnz (21)
1319118 2012-12-19 11:13:00 Even if most are fakes, lets not forget that ACC in NZ piad a prisoner handsomly for the injury he sustained while escaping prison.
Got $18,300 if I remember correctly and six months later I got a kick in the knee from a cattle beast and got the grand total of $70 for the month and a half I was off work.
mikebartnz (21)
1319119 2012-12-19 20:03:00 Come on cut the crap how the hell can you sell a coffee too hot as water only boils at one temperature at sea level.

That would be fine if they just used boiled water for coffee, a la espresso or instant. That produces coffee around 60-70C. They didn't. They drip filtered it and held it at a high temperature.

Did you read the link I posted? If you did, you would see that Macdonalds were at the time holding their coffee at 180-190F. That works out to 82-87C. At that temperature, 3rd degree burns happen much more rapidly - www.accuratebuilding.com
Zara Baxter (16260)
1319120 2012-12-19 20:10:00 (in the USA of course) There was a case a number of years ago where this guy chose to sit outside at a restaurant and got stung by a bee. The restaurant owner got sued and had to pay a ridiculous sum which I can't remember now so I can believe each and everyone of those.

It's not like it takes more than a few seconds to look up. classweb.gmu.edu

The man was made a quadriplegic from the accident, and while the lower court found for him, the appeals court overturned it. So the restaurant was *not* liable (though it might have been if there was a swarm of bees demonstrating that they had not taken due care to remove dangerous insects from their shrubbery/grounds).


I can understand that when something supports your worldview, that you would be more credulous. We all are. It really does pay to do your research though.
Zara Baxter (16260)
1319121 2012-12-19 20:56:00 Hang on there Mike... In NZ water boils at 100...in the US of A, it boils at 212

PS keep them coming Cicero. They may have the truth stretched a bit but are still good reading. And wholly believable when you know it is the whacko Yanks you are quoting. Makes the day pass with a smile.

Ken:D
kenj (9738)
1319122 2012-12-19 21:26:00 PS keep them coming Cicero. They may have the truth stretched a bit but are still good reading. And wholly believable when you know it is the whacko Yanks you are quoting. Makes the day pass with a smile.
Ken:D

Hmm. I dunno. I'd much rather have the truth than a comforting lie.
Zara Baxter (16260)
1319123 2012-12-19 21:35:00 Early one morning, late one night,
2 dead boys got up to fight,
Back to back, they faced each other,
Drew their swords and shot one another,
A deaf policeman heard the noise,
Came and got those two dead boys,
If you don't believe this lie is true,
Ask the Blind man, he saw it too!
lordnoddy (3645)
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