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Re: Fan Thank You Letter
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 20 Jun 2002 16:09:37 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Larry Pieniazek writes:
> Just so people know where I am on this one, Stella did have a legitimate
> case in my view. As others have stated, McD had been repeatedly warned that
> they were serving coffee that was WAY WAY too hot, and did it for their
> convenience. • **snip**
> It's not supposed to be so hot that it weakens or melts the styrofoam. it's
> not supposed to be so hot that you can get burned by the vapors. McD coffee
> WAS too hot and they did have negligence.
Just for my info, can you clarify whether Stella was holding the cup
between her thighs (driving a car, perhaps) at the time of the spill? It
had been my impression that this was the case, and if so, then tough for
Stella; McDonald's makes no claims about it's cups' thigh-proofness. If she
was simply holding it and the cup ruptured, then that's a different matter.
> Suffice it to say, the Beast bit me. I had my hands way out and coming into
> the covered helix, I hit my finger hard (we were probably going 20-30 MPH at
> the time although it feels faster) on the edge of the shed wall. So hard
> that it made my whole arm go numb and started immediately raising a blood
> blister under the nail.
Ouch! I hate that story! It makes my finger hurt just reading it...
> > Dave!!
> Hey! You think you rate an extra bang than Dave! No way! There is only one
> Dave!
'Nuff said.
Dave!
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Message has 1 Reply:
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| (...) The ATLA site (reachable from the link to the myth debunk site that James B. provided) has a lot of info on this. She wasn't driving. That's a persistent false myth. Further, it wasn't that the cup ruptured, it was that the coffee is too hot. (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Just so people know where I am on this one, Stella did have a legitimate case in my view. As others have stated, McD had been repeatedly warned that they were serving coffee that was WAY WAY too hot, and did it for their convenience. However I (...) (22 years ago, 20-Jun-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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