Potentially cool documentary on HBO tonight

[kane]

Tonight HBO is airing a documentary called Hot Coffee. If you remember several years back a woman spilled hot coffee on herself, sued McDonald's and won 2.4 million. Overnight she became the face of frivolous lawsuits.

As it turns out it wasn't that simple. She did spill the coffee on her lap and got 3rd degree burns from it. She had to have a few different surgeries and a skin graph to fix the damage. She did sue, but she was only asking for an amount to cover her medical bills. she is elderly and on Medicare. Medicare didn't pay the whole bill so she sued to have McDonald's pay what Medicare wouldn't. The jury took it upon themselves to award her 2.4 million.

This movie tells the story of how that happened and how it changed this woman's life. Looks like it could be good.

[Vendzilla]

too many lawsuits

[uno]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

too many lawsuits

Way to gloss over the details as usual.

[DBS.US]

I'll check it out,

[2MuchMark]

I'll check it out too - I love documentaries. Except fake documentaries like those silly Loose Change films. dumb.

[Jayvis]

Nothing I love more than a good documentary... I'll have to see if it's on HBO GO later, if you don't have that service yet, you're missing out big time! It's Netflix on steroids... and well, only for HBO lol.

[alias]

Sounds decent.

[V_RocKs]

Originally Posted by Vendzilla

too many lawsuits

And they accuse me of using a bot?

[kane]

Originally Posted by Jayvis

Nothing I love more than a good documentary... I'll have to see if it's on HBO GO later, if you don't have that service yet, you're missing out big time! It's Netflix on steroids... and well, only for HBO lol.

I'm actually about to switch cable providers just so I can get this service. Right now I am with Wave Broadband which doesn't work with HBO Go. I might switch to Dish Network just so I can get this.

[martinsc]

i hate the fact that because of this - McDonalds won't serve hot coffee anymore... the coffee is only almost hot... ;)
that was the only thing i'd get when my kids wanted to eat there...

[Jayvis]

Originally Posted by kane

I'm actually about to switch cable providers just so I can get this service. Right now I am with Wave Broadband which doesn't work with HBO Go. I might switch to Dish Network just so I can get this.

I have Dish Network and was able to sign up in a jiffy, quite nice.

Although, Dish Network on the other hand... well, let's just say I'd recommend to get something non-satellite unless you're able to get flawless reception from your house.

[kane]

Originally Posted by Jayvis

I have Dish Network and was able to sign up in a jiffy, quite nice.

Although, Dish Network on the other hand... well, let's just say I'd recommend to get something non-satellite unless you're able to get flawless reception from your house.

I get really good reception where I live. I used to have DirectTv but I ended up switching to local cable a few years back because at that time Direct Tv didn't offer on demand services. I'm not sure if they do now. I wound't switch without the on demand.

Does Dish Network have on demand?

[John-ACWM]

Sure sounds interesting, I'll look for it.

[Shey]

I just can't accept people suing corporations for their own lack of common fucking sense.

[CurrentlySober]

Thanks, I like good instructional video...

[PR_Glen]

Originally Posted by martinsc

i hate the fact that because of this - McDonalds won't serve hot coffee anymore... the coffee is only almost hot... ;)
that was the only thing i'd get when my kids wanted to eat there...

how hot do you need it? anyone who can drink coffee that's 240 degrees can't taste anything anyway...

[JamesGw]

That actually does sound pretty cool. I might check it out next time it's on.

[Vendzilla]

Watched the Hot Coffee show, damn, didn't know she had to get skin graphs, I but figured as usual we didn't hear everything about it. 180 degree coffee is way too hot.

And for those that think my statement about too many lawsuits wasn't to your liking, GFY
People love a good lawsuit and I don't think it's right that every time someone feels like suing, you have to hire a lawyer to protect yourself.



http://facesoflawsuitabuse.org/
I went and visited the swimming pool where I grew up recently, they replaced the high dive with a slide, because of a law suit.

[sperbonzo]

http://www.theonion.com/articles/fun...dead-kids,290/


Fun Toy Banned Because Of Three Stupid Dead Kids
AUGUST 16, 2000 | ISSUE 36?28

WASHINGTON, DC?In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Wizco Toys of Montclair, NJ, recalled 245,000 Aqua Assault RoboFighters Monday after three dumb kids managed to kill themselves playing with the popular toy, ruining the fun for everybody else.

The Aqua Assault RoboFighter, an awesome toy children can no longer enjoy, thanks to stupid Weiller, Torres, and Krug (L to R).

"The tragedy is inconceivable," Wizco president Alvin Cassidy said. "For years, countless children played with the Aqua Assault RoboFighter without incident. But then these three retards come along and somehow find a way to get themselves killed. So now we have to do a full recall and halt production on what was a really awesome toy. What a waste."

"My mom won't let me play with my RoboFighter because of those dumb kids who died," said 10-year-old Jeremy Daigle of Somerville, MA. "I used to set up army guys around the RoboFighter and have it run over them and conquer Earth for the Zardaxians. But now I'll never see it again, all because three stupid idiots had to go and wreck everything."

Each of the deaths was determined to be the result of gross misuse of the toy, an incredibly cool device that could shoot both plastic missiles and long jets of water, as well as maneuver over the ground on retractable wheels.

The first death occurred June 22, when 7-year-old Isaac Weiller of Grand Junction, CO, died after deliberately firing one of the spring-loaded plastic missiles into his left nostril. The missile shot into his sinuses, shattering the roof of his nasal cavity and causing a massive brain hemorrhage.

Shortly before dying, Weiller told emergency medical personnel at St. Luke's Medical Center that he had shot the missile into his nose in the belief that it would travel through his body and out his belly button.

"I've heard some pretty stupid shit in my time, but that has to take the cake," said Dr. Anderson Hunt, the attending physician. "Why would any kid think he could fire plastic missiles up his nose and expect them to come out his belly button? There's no point in feeling bad about this child's demise, because the deck was obviously stacked against him from the start. What we should feel bad about is the fact that because of him, millions of other children will no longer get to fire the RoboFighter's super-cool Devastator Missiles or soak their friends with its FunFoam WaterBlasters."


Joshua Schatzeder of Grand Rapids, MI, is forced to play with a boring little fire truck as a result of the recall.

Less than one month after Weiller's death, 5-year-old Danielle Krug fatally suffocated on fragments of the toy after repeatedly smashing it with a claw hammer in the garage of her parents' La Porte, IN, home.

"I'm not kidding," said Dianne Ensor, an emergency-room nurse at Our Lady Of Peace Hospital in La Porte, where Krug was pronounced dead. "She thought the broken shards were candy. That's what you'd assume after breaking a plastic, inedible toy, right? Absolutely un-fucking-believable."

The third and arguably stupidest death occurred August 12, when 11-year-old dumbass Michael Torres held the RoboFighter above his head and jumped off the balcony of his family's third-story Torrance, CA, apartment, thinking he would be able to fly like Superman.

"A couple of my fellow emergency workers thought we should cut the kid some slack, because at least he wasn't trying to eat the toy or shove it up his nose," said paramedic Debra Lindfors, who tried in vain to revive Torres. "I considered this for a while, but then I decided no. No way. If you're 11 years old, you should know that it's impossible to fly. And poor Wizco's probably going to go bankrupt because of this shit."

As a result of the extreme idiocy of the three children, the CPSC was forced to order Wizco to stop making the toy and remove it from store shelves, as well as recommend that parents remove it from their homes.

"I know the overwhelming majority of American kids who owned an Aqua Assault RoboFighter derived many hours of safe, responsible fun from it," CPSC commissioner Mary Sheila Gall said. "But, statistically speaking, three deaths stemming from contact with a particular toy constitutes an 'unreasonable risk.' Look, I'm really sorry about this. Honestly. But our agency's job is to protect the public from hazardous products, even if those who die are morons who deserved what they got."

[martinsc]

Originally Posted by PR_Glen

how hot do you need it? anyone who can drink coffee that's 240 degrees can't taste anything anyway...

it should be boiling hot when prepared... when coffee is been prepared with almost hot water - it sucks...

[Chosen]

I'll probably watch it...

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by sperbonzo

http://www.theonion.com/articles/fun...dead-kids,290/


Fun Toy Banned Because Of Three Stupid Dead Kids
AUGUST 16, 2000 | ISSUE 36?28

WASHINGTON, DC?In cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Wizco Toys of Montclair, NJ, recalled 245,000 Aqua Assault RoboFighters Monday after three dumb kids managed to kill themselves playing with the popular toy, ruining the fun for everybody else.

The Aqua Assault RoboFighter, an awesome toy children can no longer enjoy, thanks to stupid Weiller, Torres, and Krug (L to R).

"The tragedy is inconceivable," Wizco president Alvin Cassidy said. "For years, countless children played with the Aqua Assault RoboFighter without incident. But then these three retards come along and somehow find a way to get themselves killed. So now we have to do a full recall and halt production on what was a really awesome toy. What a waste."

"My mom won't let me play with my RoboFighter because of those dumb kids who died," said 10-year-old Jeremy Daigle of Somerville, MA. "I used to set up army guys around the RoboFighter and have it run over them and conquer Earth for the Zardaxians. But now I'll never see it again, all because three stupid idiots had to go and wreck everything."

Each of the deaths was determined to be the result of gross misuse of the toy, an incredibly cool device that could shoot both plastic missiles and long jets of water, as well as maneuver over the ground on retractable wheels.

The first death occurred June 22, when 7-year-old Isaac Weiller of Grand Junction, CO, died after deliberately firing one of the spring-loaded plastic missiles into his left nostril. The missile shot into his sinuses, shattering the roof of his nasal cavity and causing a massive brain hemorrhage.

Shortly before dying, Weiller told emergency medical personnel at St. Luke's Medical Center that he had shot the missile into his nose in the belief that it would travel through his body and out his belly button.

"I've heard some pretty stupid shit in my time, but that has to take the cake," said Dr. Anderson Hunt, the attending physician. "Why would any kid think he could fire plastic missiles up his nose and expect them to come out his belly button? There's no point in feeling bad about this child's demise, because the deck was obviously stacked against him from the start. What we should feel bad about is the fact that because of him, millions of other children will no longer get to fire the RoboFighter's super-cool Devastator Missiles or soak their friends with its FunFoam WaterBlasters."


Joshua Schatzeder of Grand Rapids, MI, is forced to play with a boring little fire truck as a result of the recall.

Less than one month after Weiller's death, 5-year-old Danielle Krug fatally suffocated on fragments of the toy after repeatedly smashing it with a claw hammer in the garage of her parents' La Porte, IN, home.

"I'm not kidding," said Dianne Ensor, an emergency-room nurse at Our Lady Of Peace Hospital in La Porte, where Krug was pronounced dead. "She thought the broken shards were candy. That's what you'd assume after breaking a plastic, inedible toy, right? Absolutely un-fucking-believable."

The third and arguably stupidest death occurred August 12, when 11-year-old dumbass Michael Torres held the RoboFighter above his head and jumped off the balcony of his family's third-story Torrance, CA, apartment, thinking he would be able to fly like Superman.

"A couple of my fellow emergency workers thought we should cut the kid some slack, because at least he wasn't trying to eat the toy or shove it up his nose," said paramedic Debra Lindfors, who tried in vain to revive Torres. "I considered this for a while, but then I decided no. No way. If you're 11 years old, you should know that it's impossible to fly. And poor Wizco's probably going to go bankrupt because of this shit."

As a result of the extreme idiocy of the three children, the CPSC was forced to order Wizco to stop making the toy and remove it from store shelves, as well as recommend that parents remove it from their homes.

"I know the overwhelming majority of American kids who owned an Aqua Assault RoboFighter derived many hours of safe, responsible fun from it," CPSC commissioner Mary Sheila Gall said. "But, statistically speaking, three deaths stemming from contact with a particular toy constitutes an 'unreasonable risk.' Look, I'm really sorry about this. Honestly. But our agency's job is to protect the public from hazardous products, even if those who die are morons who deserved what they got."

Lets baby proof the world!!! LMAO

[Honez]

Originally Posted by Jayvis

Nothing I love more than a good documentary... I'll have to see if it's on HBO GO later, if you don't have that service yet, you're missing out big time! It's Netflix on steroids... and well, only for HBO lol.

I love HBO GO! Just wish there was a way to download the movies to watch later (like on a plane)

[RebelR]

Originally Posted by PR_Glen

how hot do you need it? anyone who can drink coffee that's 240 degrees can't taste anything anyway...

in the case of coffee and tea its not about optimal drinking temp.. but rather optimal brewing temperature. My coffee maker at home brews at 196 degrees. Optimal for Black tea is 212.

[bronco67]

That was really one of the best documentaries I've ever seen. I've always been an opponent of over-litigation, but watch this movie and your mind might change. Big business has fucked us all over. I can't explain it here, but everyone should watch this great doc.

You won't be surprised to find out that Karl Rove and George W Bush are behind some pretty fucked up shit that the general public knows nothing about --and it could have a huge effect on you if you're ever injured by fault of a large corporation.

[Vendzilla]

Originally Posted by Honez

I love HBO GO! Just wish there was a way to download the movies to watch later (like on a plane)

probably can off their site, I'll look into it later and let you know