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# CAUTION!
contents may actually taste like coffee.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 9:55, archived)
# DANGER!
WET WATER!
(I helped save b3ta! the_fabulous_dancing_yak You like game? You come see 5punk.co.uk. You like!, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 9:56, archived)
# rolf
i like that one :)
(JBoom, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 9:57, archived)
# Peanuts!
I believe it was tesco's products, that the packet contained the warning:

"This product may contain nuts"

I fukking hope it does, or ive just paid for a bag of nothing!
(Dr.Dolittle, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 10:17, archived)
# May cause drowning.
(I helped save b3ta! F5 F5 F5 Can't be arsed., Wed 24 Sep 2003, 10:12, archived)
# CAUTION!
May contain ground beans
(I helped save b3ta! Kris Fucking Kristofferson, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 9:56, archived)
# No
I don't think that one is applicable ;)
(I helped save b3ta! Mornington Crescent Come the Envolution ..., Wed 24 Sep 2003, 9:56, archived)
# yeah....
Although, I suppose its one of those things they have to do, because you should never ever underestimate the intense stupidity of the general public. No doubt someone, somewhere has been sued because someone burnt their lips on a piping hot cup of coffee....
(I helped save b3ta! PMGT -Bacon., Wed 24 Sep 2003, 9:57, archived)
# when making things foolproof
never underestimate the inginuity of fools.

shit spelling, sorry.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 9:59, archived)
# "Make something foolproof and someone will make a better fool."
- G. Layton
(I helped save b3ta! Red wine and cheese., Wed 24 Sep 2003, 10:08, archived)
# like the famous case of the woman in the states
who won something like $13 million from macdonalds because she spilled hot coffee on her lap after getting it from their drive-thru
(Hobbes, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 10:00, archived)
# which did
in fact cause severe burns to her lips.

which is pretty normal, considering a good cup of coffee is served at about 85-90 degrees, and made at a nice 95 degrees.
(radja, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 10:02, archived)
# Although,
Macdonalds had been warned that their cups were unsafe and had chosen to ignore it, several other people had already been badly burned, the coffee was actually considerably hotter than any cup you might make yourself because the design of the cup kept all the heat in - and basically, she had every right to sue. There are more than enough genuinely frivolous lawsuits around without building up urban legends around ones were there was a good reason for it. Oh, and she got nowhere near 13 million.
(I helped save b3ta! ALargeElk, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 10:27, archived)
# you could sue macdonalds or starbucks under the trades description act
(there needs to be a ' in there somewhere)
(I helped save b3ta! new_matt, Wed 24 Sep 2003, 9:58, archived)