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Kevin Leslie Schaper (ksch...@darkwing.uoregon.edu) wrote:
: In article <1996Aug27.1...@nosc.mil>,  <Dennis W. Mattison> wrote:
: >I don't know about you guys, but I have seen quite a few "stupid" people in my 
: >lifetime, and wouldn't put it past the intellectually challenged to do 
: >something like this.  After all, we live in a society in which a woman who 
: >spilled hot coffee on her sued McDonalds for selling her "hot" coffee (as 
: >opposed to what, "cold" coffee?).  We gotta remember that human intelligence is 
: >given on a pretty equal curve (Einstine on the top, most of us in the middle, 
: >and the unfortunate few on the bottom).
: >
: >Dennis
: >The opinions expressed here are mine, and not that of my employer.
: You should read up a little more on the woman at McDonalds.. she was pretty 
: seriously burned, and they kept their coffee signifigantly hotter than was 
: safe for human consumption.  I did a search and found this:
: www.seamless.com/consumer/mcdonalds.html

Come on now, I have spilled several different types of coffee on me (hell, we
probably all have once upon a time) and McDonalds coffee (at the time it
spilled in the normal place, my legs and my crotch region, usually when I slam
on the breaks comming up to a just-turned-red light) was no hotter than Circle
K or 7-11 coffee.  The hottest coffee I had spill on me came from my own 
coffee maker, which gave me 1st and 2nd degree burns.  However, you didn't see
me go out and sue the coffee maker manufacturer cause I spilled coffee on me
that caused 1st and 2nd degree burns.  No, hell, I am responsible for my
actions, and it was my fault for putting a hot cup of coffee with no lid on 
the dashboard of my car while driving into work!  Now I wont discourage a
woman from suing a company for actual damages...but several million dollars
for spilling coffee on your leg...give me a break.

Touched a nerve there.  

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Dennis W. Mattison
Computer Science Undergraduate
San Diego State University
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/home/mattison/index.html