Obesity Cited In Fast Food Suit .c The Associated Press
NEW YORK (July 26) - A man sued four leading fast food chains, claiming he became obese and suffered from other serious health problems from eating their fatty cuisine.
Caesar Barber, 56, filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Bronx Supreme Court, naming McDonald's, Wendy's, Burger King and Kentucky Fried Chicken.
``They said `100 percent beef.' I thought that meant it was good for you,'' Barber told Newsday. ``I thought the food was OK.''
``Those people in the advertisements don't really tell you what's in the food,'' he said. ``It's all fat, fat and more fat. Now I'm obese.''
Barber, a 5-foot-10 maintenance worker who weighs 272 pounds, had heart attacks in 1996 and 1999 and has diabetes, high blood pressure and high cholesterol. He said he ate fast food for decades, believing it was good for him until his doctor cautioned him otherwise.
``The fast food industry has wrecked my life,'' Barber told the New York Post.
Barber said there is no history of heart disease or diabetes in his family. He said he started eating fast food in the 1950s because it was cheap and efficient.
His lawyer, Samuel Hirsch, said the restaurants should list ingredients on their menus.
``There is direct deception when someone omits telling people food digested is detrimental to their health,'' Hirsch said.
The four chains have been providing nutritional information, including carlorie and fat content, of their meals for many years.
Steven Anderson, chief executive and president of the National Restaurant Association, called Barbers claim ``senseless and baseless.''
``Obviously the lawsuit is a blatant attempt to capitalize on the recent publicity and news stories on the growing rates of obesity,'' he said.
07/26/02 12:11 EDT
Copyright 2002 The Associated Press. The information contained in the AP news report may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or otherwise distributed without the prior written authority of The Associated Press. All active hyperlinks have been inserted by AOL. Posted by BWC (Member # 818) on :
No comment, this is so insulting to my intelligence.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
``There is direct deception when someone omits telling people food digested is detrimental to their health,'' Hirsch said.
AND
''The four chains have been providing nutritional information, including carlorie and fat content, of their meals for many years.''
Seems to me to imply that they won't win anyway.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
Thats odd, I can't quite place my finger on it...but I thought an online review said something like this was a bad Fat Bastard gag from the new Austin Powers movie.
Odd that.
Posted by Colorless Cartman (Member # 256) on :
You Americans always manage to put a big smile on my face.
Personal responsibility. Contributory negligence. Deductive reasoning. Concepts this fellow seems to be unfamiliar with. Or he's possibly less intelligent than a pig's rear end.
It's madness I tell ya.
Posted by Prismatic EdipisReks (Member # 510) on :
if internment camps do crop up in this country, they shouldn't be for those of arab descent. they should be for dipshits like Caesar "i'm too stupid not to stuff my fucking cornhole with shit day in and day out" Barber.
Posted by Red Ultra Mega Psy Snay God Shinzon (Member # 16) on :
I just want to say that I told everybody that something like this would eventually happen.
I can't find the thread it was in, but I know I did.
Posted by Red Snay (Member # 411) on :
Eaaaaaaaagh!
Posted by BWC (Member # 818) on :
the "fuck"?
Posted by Springfield Armory Snay (Member # 411) on :
Hey, BWC, don't use that. It's not coming funny from you. It makes me want to beat you senseless with a plastic spoon.
Posted by BWC (Member # 818) on :
Ever consider its not supposed to be funny?
Now plastic spoons, I got some during the drought of 86, and I tell ya what, they are a peice of crap. Noe sporks, on the other hand, will be the eating utensil, along with the cleaver and tenderizing mallet, of the next century after this one...
Posted by Springfield Armory Snay (Member # 411) on :
I consider that you're not now, nor have you even been, funny.
Fine, fine. I'll beat you to death with a plastic spork. Happy now?
Posted by BWC (Member # 818) on :
No, no, you have it all wrong !!!
Posted by Wraith (Member # 779) on :
Obviously fast food outlets in the US need large signs outside with "It is not obligatory to eat this food" on them.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Years ago, some brain-deficient jury awarded $2 million to a woman who spilled coffee that she "didn't know was hot." Years later, every fast-food joint in the country has big warnings on their cups that say "WARNING! Contents may be hot!" Unfortunately, I think that history is going to repeat itself here somehow.
For as long as I can remember, every fast food restaurant that I've gone to has had a big poster with nutritional (ha!) information posted right next to the counter. After a customer receives his or her order, they have to walk right past that poster in order to go sit down or walk out the door. It's literally impossible to miss it. (Unless you're a complete fucking moron, of course...)
I really wish there was a law against stupidity, or something. Then we could lock morons like these up where they can't bother the rest of us.
Posted by Mucus (Member # 24) on :
There are, or rather there were: the law of natural selection, the theory of evolution, etc.
Its a pity that modern society has all but effectively repealed them.
Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on :
We haven't repealed them, we're just not allowed to deselect them anymore. Instead, we're supposed to pity them and give them large sums of money to make up for their stupidity.
I always wanted, as a psychological experiment, to put a door somewhere with a sign "If You Open This Door You Will DIE" and count how many people open it.
Then kill them. Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I find it interesting that so many people came around to understanding the original coffee situation, but now they've gone right back to believing the urban legend version.
It could be different people though, I suppose. I'm not quite bored enough to see what names pop up on this and that thread.
Is this a good time to mention I'm getting compensation for being in a car accident?
Posted by Colorful Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Just out of curiousity though, how did the accident occur? More importantly: who caused it? Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
quote:Originally posted by Mucus: There are, or rather there were: the law of natural selection, the theory of evolution, etc.
Ah, yes. I forgot about that wonderful site out there called the Darwin Awards.
I guess I was never paying enough attention to the news after the court case was first finalized, but I never had heard about the reduction in damages to be paid. I'm glad to hear (even if it's years after the fact) that the jury didn't go completely overboard.
I'm more skeptical about the nature of the woman's injuries. Sure, the coffee was spilled on a "sensitive" part of the body -- but I presume she was wearing clothes at the time? That surely should have protected her in some way -- which is one of the reasons for clothing in the first place.
And then there's the fact of placing a cup of scalding coffee between your legs anyway. I might've done that with my sodas for a short time (I don't drink coffee), but I've never driven for any period of time with my drink between my legs -- that's a silly place to keep your beverage while you're in a moving vehicle.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
quote:Originally posted by PsyLiam: Is this a good time to mention I'm getting compensation for being in a car accident?
A perfect time. My car was unceremoniously & rather surprisingly repossessed this afternoon. Loan me �607.42, would you?
[ July 30, 2002, 12:46: Message edited by: Shik ]
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
*sigh*
quote: The woman recieved such severe burns because: A.) The coffee was quite hot.
B.) It quickly soaked into the polyester sort of pantsuit thing she was wearing, and was held close to the flesh.
C.) She was 78 (or 79), and couldn't get away from it.
quote: we'd also have to forget that she was sitting in the passenger seat of an unmoving car
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
As impressed as I am that you went to the trouble of finding the pound sign Shik, I'll have to say no. Mainly because, after a year and a half, I still haven't gotten any money.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Finding the pound sign AND converting the necessary American fundage requirements into that funny odd little system you people call money over there.
But it was worth a shot.
Posted by MinutiaeMan (Member # 444) on :
Thank you, Sol. I'm sorry I didn't have time to read the entire multi-page thread before...
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
And it's exactly that sort of thing that leads to the urban legend version of stuff like this being passed around as fact, which was the point of the original thread, Mr Man.
Posted by Sol System (Member # 30) on :
I don't want to make this into my personal hot-button issue, though. Let's all just relax with a large order of mcnuggets and sodas. Mmm. Sort of.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
None for Tim though. He needs to lose weight.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Shik: You should have asked for �607/8s/5d. Maybe then he'd've been fully impressed.
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
The only snag is that 42 pence is approximately equal to an even 5 shillings.
I out-Nixpick TEH M4ST0R!!!
Posted by Magnus Pym Eye (Member # 239) on :
His fat has made him sloppy.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
A shilling is one twentieth of a pound. Forty-two one-hundredths of a pound would be eight-point-four twentieths of a pound. Hence, 8.4 shillings. And, in that system, a penny is one twelfth of a shilling. So, point-four shillings would be four-point-eight twelfths of a shilling. That's 4.8 pence, which I rounded to 5.
Posted by ThoughtPyminal (Member # 480) on :
You learn something new every day.
Posted by Prismatic EdipisReks (Member # 510) on :
quote:Originally posted by ThoughtPyminal: You learn something new every day.
I certainly try not to. i didn't read the post that you are referring to. i skimmed it. therefore, i learned nothing. ha. Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
quote:Originally posted by TSN: Shik: You should have asked for �607/8s/5d. Maybe then he'd've been fully impressed.
By using a monetary system that hasn't existed in my lifetime? Oh yes, impressive. *cough* Why don't you convert it into goats and eggs?
Tom is (shockingly) wrong though. As Tim pointed out, a shilling is either 12d (old money), or 5p (new money). Not that anyone says "shilling" anymore anyway.
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
Somehow I crunched Tim's math and figured he'd set a shilling at 12 new pence, which is wrong, and then, through barely-logical means, I attempted to correct him. I'm, uh, not worthy and all that.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Ha! Once again, I reign supreme! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA*cough*cough* Ow.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Calm down now.
Posted by ThoughtPyminal (Member # 480) on :
Told ya you learn something new every day.
Posted by The_Tom (Member # 38) on :
Yeah. But in my case, at the expense of three months of built-up self-esteem.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Tim is more of a man than you'll ever be.
Actually, he's more of a man than most of us will ever be. Quite literally.
Apart from Frank, maybe.
Posted by Colorful Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Surely Sol's much discussed, erh, attribute makes HIM more of a man than any of us could ever be?
[ August 01, 2002, 03:19: Message edited by: Colorful Cartman ]
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Only in one area. Tim's more of an all-round sort of fellow.
Posted by Colorful Cartman (Member # 256) on :
But! The area in question is generally regarded as the ultimate yardstick for determining the measure of a man, no? Therefore, Sol wins by a narrow margin. Nyah-nyah, and all that.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Which is true. Although to Tim, everything is narrow.
Posted by Captain... Mike (Member # 709) on :
This is how i define unwarranted, Admiral!
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
LARGE PERSON WHO != ME:
SKINNY PERSON WHO == ME:
[ August 03, 2002, 11:12: Message edited by: TSN ]
Posted by Colorful Cartman (Member # 256) on :
You do not look healthy in that second picture.
Posted by Shik (Member # 343) on :
Um...first off, isn't that 1st picture similar in nature to what got MIB kicked the first time? And secondly, why havez-vous?
Posted by Magnus Pym Eye (Member # 239) on :
LINKING TO SA IMAGES == A THOUSAND TIMES NO!!! DANGER!
Aside, he is like a large Jake Lloyd!
Posted by Colorful Cartman (Member # 256) on :
Yes. Quite a dickhead, isn't he?
Posted by Magnus Pym Eye (Member # 239) on :
I'm bubbling over with amusement at your mighty pun. But still, ew.
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Jesus Christ. I did not need to see that.
And the first picture's pretty gross too. 8)
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
My picture was taken by someone at work who needed to finish off a roll of film. I can't speak for the quality of the camera/film/photographer.
And I don't know if it's necessarily the picture that makes me look unhealthy...
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
But that photo was taken before Timmy started to have butter in his coffee. So it doesn't count.
Posted by Magnus Pym Eye (Member # 239) on :
THE FIRST PICTURE IS A LARGE EJACULATING PENIS!
It is yucky.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
I don't drink coffee.
Posted by Harry (Member # 265) on :
I have no idea what this thread is about and I DON'T WANT TO KNOW!
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
You couldn't have smiled?
How tall are you anyway?
Posted by Colorful Cartman (Member # 256) on :
In erection or in flaccidity?
Posted by Vogon Poet (Member # 393) on :
Aw, heck, if we can work out the length of the Defiant when it's a certain distance above the Excelsior-class USS Lakota, then we can work out Tim's height when he's a certain distance in front of an average-sized paperback book!
*calculates*
I make it somewhere between 120cm and 170cm. 8)
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Does this count as a drinking situation? I'm confused and frightened.
And are those paperback-refits, or the original version?
Posted by Magnus Pym Eye (Member # 239) on :
The penis is still there. I'm having trouble believing that it is a wholly appropriate image.
Posted by Prismatic EdipisReks (Member # 510) on :
i was gonna type something funny (or at least something i think is funny), but then i said "fuck it, not worth the effort". you can all thank me later.
Posted by Magnus Pym Eye (Member # 239) on :
Hooray.
Posted by Prismatic EdipisReks (Member # 510) on :
i'm a jolly good fellow.
Posted by Magnus Pym Eye (Member # 239) on :
Like Saint Nick?
Posted by Prismatic EdipisReks (Member # 510) on :
yes.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Lee: I'm afraid your estimate falls a bit short.
Liam: I was smiling. Sort of. A little.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
You're less than 120cm tall?
You are a tiny person.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
No, I'm taller than 170cm. Thus, the reason that Lee's estimate was too short.
Posted by PsyLiam (Member # 73) on :
Then that merely makes you even fatter!
Posted by Magnus Pym Eye (Member # 239) on :
Is that even possible?
Posted by Prismatic EdipisReks (Member # 510) on :
when science combines with magic, anything is possible.
Posted by Nim Pim Pim (Member # 205) on :
Tim, I didn't imagine you were THAT much of a prick. :-)
Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on :
If anyone ever posts anything from SA again, I will be the first to send a request to Lotax that he publicly roast the poster over an open pit.
If you need to post an image, there is Flareupload. Use it.
Bandwidth theft is one of the lowest, most idiotic things you can do as a netizen, and while I have no sympathy for those that are shut down in this manner, I can not have it happen here.
If someone was to report this topic and that image to my web hosting provider, they would view it as a violation of the terms of service and threaten me with account termination.
Obviously, that will not be happening here, now will it?
That is all I have to say about this.
Topic closed.
Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on :
Erm... I just thought I should point out that I did use the Flare upload. Granted, I had linked to the image originally, but that was because I was just posting on the fly and didn't really think about it. But I went back and fixed it yesterday.
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