Its not their fault they're idiots!
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
If First of Two were the judge...
Obviously the plaintiffs are too stupid to be allowed to own any personal property. Off to the asylum for them.
And their lawyer is unethical enough to be disbarred. It is so ordered.
Both plaintiffs and lawyer will pay the defendant's legal fees, along with the sum for which the plaintiffs were suing.
Case dismissed with great scorn.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
EVERYthing bursts into flames when subjected to enough heat for enough time.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Does it? I thought certain things (like rocks), would just melt, if subjected to enough heat.
Posted by Michael_T (Member # 144) on :
I think the woman didn't know that leaving things unattended, especially if things are being cooked or heated, could lead to a burning kitchen. Looks like she didn't take any cooking lessons.
Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :
We could put Omega's head into an oven to find out ...
Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :
We could put Omega's head into an oven to find out ...
Posted by Commander Paris (Member # 119) on :
I just left burgers on the barbeque, a roast in the over, soup on the stove, popcorn in the microwave... If I'm stupid enough to leave all this stuff and go out, I DESERVE for my house to burn to the ground! Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :
My microwave caught on fire once ... (well, what I was heating in it, at any rate) ...
Luckily, I was in the kitchen. Doused it with a glass of milk. I've still got the microwave.
Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :
Among the rules I follow in life are (partial list):
Always keeps your eye on the ball while sitting in great seats at a ball game...
Never stare at the sun...
Never leave a toaster unattended...
You won't get a direct answer from Sol no matter how hard you try...but you have to try...
Never vote Republican...
Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :
Amen.
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
Always keeps your eye on the ball while sitting in great seats at a ball game...
And the bat, for that matter. I got nicked in the arm once. And I didn't even get the bat...
Never vote Republican...
Not gonna touch it. Not gonna...
Posted by Jay the Obscure (Member # 19) on :
Was it at a major league game that you got nicked?
[ July 30, 2001: Message edited by: Jay the Obscure ]
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Erm... If the toaster didn't stop heating when it was supposed to, shouldn't they be suing the toaster company, if anyone?
Posted by targetemployee (Member # 217) on :
I am an idiot. How does leaving two food items in a toaster cause a house to catch fire? My experience with toasters is that the items use heat when cooking bread. When the bread is done cooking, the toaster ceases to heat the food. I don't see the danger involved with either. I did a few times cause a localized, small fire. This came when I didn't pay attention to butter that was being cooked. I can understand how butter can cause fire-the butter has oils. Does a pop-tart have oil or other flammable materials?
[ July 30, 2001: Message edited by: targetemployee ]
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
I dunno. I haven't tried the Keroseneoberry ones yet.
Posted by Nimrod (Member # 205) on :
I'm baffled you guys haven't had a visit from the "don't-run-with-scissors" badger. He has a lot to teach you.
Posted by Tahna Los (Member # 33) on :
I believe the article said that the couple was also suing the toaster company for the fire. Now while I would understand a defective electrical item burning down a house, I would not understand WHY they are suing Kelloggs in the first place!!!
Posted by Omega (Member # 91) on :
More money, of course.
Was it at a major league game that you got nicked?
Nope, minor league. Nashville Sounds, as I recall, around eight years back. The jerk behind me grabbed the bat after it landed. He also got a ball and won the little number sweepstakes. Crap.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
I'm amazed. All these replies yet not one Geri Halliwell arson gag.
Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :
So make one.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
I didn't know Geri liked to set fire to things. The stuff you learn onthe internet.
Posted by Jeff The Card (Member # 411) on :
I like to set fire to my cats.
Just kidding ...
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
"I'm amazed. All these replies yet not one Geri Halliwell arson gag."
And no jokes about the pope being eaten by a giant frog, either. It's incredible the number of unrelated things that don't get mentioned in a thread...
Posted by MeGotBeer (Member # 411) on :
The pope was eaten by a giant frog?
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Unfortunately, no.
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
While raining frogs is a documented phenomenon, I'm not as sure about raining men.
Posted by Wes1701E (Member # 212) on :
"Pop-Tarts, which are filled with fruit preserves, carry a warning on the box advising customers not to leave the toaster unattended due to a possible risk of fire."
That should end the case nice and fast
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Well, no. It's the legal definition of "unattended" in this instance that counts. Should you stand right by and watch the toaster like a hawk? Or it it OK to just be in the kitchen? How about in the next room? How long does a Pop Tart take anyway? Do they require a specific setting (or range of settings, given the differences in design between manufacturers)?
That said, popping out in the car for 20 minutes to run an errand isn't going to cut much ice with a judge.
Posted by Da_bang80 (Member # 528) on :
The court should throw the case out the window. reason #1 the po tart was UN-attended. reason #2 she was STUPID enough to leave the house while it was in the toaster. she's is too stupid to own property.
"I never thought a Pop-Tart could turn into a blowtorch," Hurff's attorney, Mauro Casci, told the newspaper. "Did it pop? Did it not pop? Who knows?"
I never thought a human being could be so stupid. that's what i say. events like this really make me wonder if the human race is meant to be the highest form of life in the world. cause some people sure don't act like it.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Regardless of how poorly-defined "unattended" may have been, it doesn't matter here. In this particular case, leaving the house empty while the thing is cooking is, even by every stretch of the imagination, leaving it "unattended".
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Which is actually what I said. Is there an echo in here?
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
No.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Charles has definetly installed a "bitchiness upgrade".
Hug each other.
Posted by Siegfried (Member # 29) on :
Okay.
**hugs Liam**
Damn. I still feel like bitching about something.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Maybe he simply loaded in a copy of Jubes' personality in "angry mode" to keep us in line. Or to "thin the herd."
