You're kidding?

[raskolnikov]

I had a bowl of microwaveable instant noodles for lunch. On the bowl was this message. *Microwave Not Included.

 

[=KaNga=]

What the.....!

 

[Leper]

OK I'll bite... HTF were you supposed to heat it up then?

 

[Monkster]

OK I'll bite... HTF were you supposed to heat it up then?

I presume one has to purchase their own microwave oven.

 

[Leper]

I presume one has to purchase their own microwave oven.

I'm glad you cleared that up.

 

[Monkster]

I'm glad you cleared that up.

I just re-read your post, I'm tired leave me alone, it was already broken when I got to it, (insert pathetic excuse for taking someones post too seriously here).

 

[masked magpie]

Hey - you might be on to something ..........

a DVD disc just about costs more than a DVD player nowadays

imagine going to Hardly Normal -

Buy This Disc (player included).​

ok - so its hot and I am bored !!!!!

 

[sydney eagle]

I assume that they put these warnings on products because people in the past have(in the case of the microwave noodles) EXPECTED there to be a microwave included with the noodles and complained when this didn't happen. Reminds me of the quoted warning on the Swedish chainsaw "Do not attempt to stop saw with hands or genitals". frankly if someone is stupid to try to stop a working chainsaw with his genitals I only hope that this is done BEFORE said person has fathered any children as the removal of such a persons genes from the pool could only be a good thing !

 

[raskolnikov]

I think it originally started when a women spilled coffee over herself at McDonalds and then sued because there was no warning that the coffee was hot. Frankly I believe such people should come with a warning *brain not included.

 

[Lance Uppercut]

hahaha I boughta bbq and a cover for my bbq the other day. BBQ cost $800, cover cost $100.

The cover had a picture of how it worked and, of course, "BBQ not included".

******** we must be terminally stupid as a species if we need to do this shyte

 

[rick James]

Reminds me of the Billy Connolly skit where he talks about Hair Dryers that had a label 'Do not use in shower'

 

[arrowman]

Hey - you might be on to something ..........

a DVD disc just about costs more than a DVD player nowadays

imagine going to Hardly Normal -

Buy This Disc (player included).​

ok - so its hot and I am bored !!!!!

A few months ago the local Sanity store was giving away a DVD player with purchase of 4x DVDs from a selected range at $20 each. And the range wasn't total crap either.

 

[footyfreak]

I'm thinking of suing Ansell for not putting "root not included" on the packet of condoms I bought. I felt very mislead which has lead to numerous mental issues including post didn't get a root traumatic syndrome as well as a number of physical aliments including RSI and severe blisters of the hands!!!!

If there's one waaanker on that Jury, I'm gonna be a rich man!!!!!!!

 

[arrowman]

I think it originally started when a women spilled coffee over herself at McDonalds and then sued because there was no warning that the coffee was hot. Frankly I believe such people should come with a warning *brain not included.

Just to correct the record on that - McDonald's were keeping their coffee at a temperature above (by 20 degrees, IIRC) the normal (used by most restaurants), because they wanted it to stay hot for longer after purchase. At the normal temperature used by most restaurants, the woman would not have suffered severe scalding when the coffee spilt. She was only scalded because the coffee was hotter than was safe. Yes, it was her fault she spilt it. But McDonald's lost because the result (scalding) was due to the temperature at which they kept their coffee.

Worth a lawsuit and major payout? Probably not. But it's not as loony a case as is popularly believed.

 

[Leper]

I'm thinking of suing Ansell for not putting "root not included" on the packet of condoms I bought.

You pr1ck. I had a mouthful of coffee when reading that, thinking it would be just another ho hum "read with your coffee before starting work" post.

Now I've just sprayed flipping coffee everywhere laughing.

 

[Monkster]

I assume that they put these warnings on products because people in the past have(in the case of the microwave noodles) EXPECTED there to be a microwave included with the noodles and complained when this didn't happen.

Courts base their decisions in such matters on what a reasonable person would expect, a reasonable person would not expect there to be a microwave included with their $3 noodles.

 

[- PC -]

I think it originally started when a women spilled coffee over herself at McDonalds and then sued because there was no warning that the coffee was hot. Frankly I believe such people should come with a warning *brain not included.

hahaha I boughta bbq and a cover for my bbq the other day. BBQ cost $800, cover cost $100.

The cover had a picture of how it worked and, of course, "BBQ not included".

******** we must be terminally stupid as a species if we need to do this shyte

A gentleman brought a new mobile home that had everything, sink, kitchen , cruise control, showers, beds, etc etc

He sued the manufacturer because he had an accident.

He put cruise control on and went into the back half to make himself a coffee. He thought ''cruise control'' would drive the MH . He sued because the manual did not point this out.

link with ''coffee'' story as well

7. And the winner is: Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma
City. In November 2000 Mr. Grazinski purchased a
brand new 32 foot Winnebago motor home. On his
first trip home, having joined the freeway, he set the
cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's
seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of
coffee. Not surprisingly the Winnie left the freeway,
crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago
for not advising him in the handbook that he couldn't
actually do this. He was awarded $1,750,000 plus a
new Winnie. (Winniebago actually changed their owners
manuals because of this court case, just in case
there are any other complete morons buying their
vehicles.)

 

[Monkster]

A gentleman brought a new mobile home that had everything, sink, kitchen , cruise control, showers, beds, etc etc

He sued the manufacturer because he had an accident.

He put cruise control on and went into the back half to make himself a coffee. He thought ''cruise control'' would drive the MH . He sued because the manual did not point this out.

link with ''coffee'' story as well

7. And the winner is: Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma
City. In November 2000 Mr. Grazinski purchased a
brand new 32 foot Winnebago motor home. On his
first trip home, having joined the freeway, he set the
cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's
seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of
coffee. Not surprisingly the Winnie left the freeway,
crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago
for not advising him in the handbook that he couldn't
actually do this. He was awarded $1,750,000 plus a
new Winnie. (Winniebago actually changed their owners
manuals because of this court case, just in case
there are any other complete morons buying their
vehicles.)

Evidently you missed the disclaimer

"Note: Stella award lawsuits cannot be verified and might
not exist but are published for entertainment purposes. "

Also...

"But in fact the Stella’s are non-existent awards for non-existent cases as revealed by Overlawyered.com an outfit dedicated to exposing the real excesses of the American legal system.

"All these incidents ...appear completely fictitious and unrelated to any actual persons with these names."

— Media Watch, ABC TV, 10 June 2002"

Yeah I'm a party pooper

 

[RoosterLad]

i was a HUGE fan of the ABC show The Micallef Pogram, i remember one episode when he was on his 'high horse' he read a warning on a pack of almonds which said "May contain traces of nut"

 

[raskolnikov]

Just to correct the record on that - McDonald's were keeping their coffee at a temperature above (by 20 degrees, IIRC) the normal (used by most restaurants), because they wanted it to stay hot for longer after purchase. At the normal temperature used by most restaurants, the woman would not have suffered severe scalding when the coffee spilt. She was only scalded because the coffee was hotter than was safe. Yes, it was her fault she spilt it. But McDonald's lost because the result (scalding) was due to the temperature at which they kept their coffee.

Worth a lawsuit and major payout? Probably not. But it's not as loony a case as is popularly believed.

To me that is still ridiculous. How can you blame somebody else for spilling your coffee? That's like me crashing my car then going then sueing the car dealers where I bought my car(unless of course there was some defect in the car that led to the crash).

 

[Monkster]

To me that is still ridiculous. How can you blame somebody else for spilling your coffee? That's like me crashing my car then going then sueing the car dealers where I bought my car(unless of course there was some defect in the car that led to the crash).

No it's like you getting into a crash and the airbag not deploying so you sue the manufacturer.

She didn't win because she spilt her coffee, she won because the coffee was hotter than a safe temperature, and if the coffee had have been at a regular temperature for coffee than she wouldn't have been burnt.

 

[guess_who]

Another law suit in the states was when some bimbo put her cat into the microwave to dry after she gave it a bath. No warning about not putting animals into a microwave, as a result warnings of such nature now exist.

 

[Brittany]

Another law suit in the states was when some bimbo put her cat into the microwave to dry after she gave it a bath. No warning about not putting animals into a microwave, as a result warnings of such nature now exist.

WTF! Some people are so bloody dumb...

 

[Kingpin]

I've heard of that Winnebago one around the place.
I read over on Bowl-Tech once, in the UK, a social tenpin bowler sued AMF and won the case, after he fell and broke his elbow and wrist as a result of slipping over whilst trying to bowl a ball down the lane.
Trouble was, on his previous shots, he'd run past the foul-line (the black line which seperates the approach from the lane) and had gotten oil (which all bowling lanes are required to be conditioned with) on his rental shoes and come a-gutser.
He sued AMF and was awarded quite a generous compensation payout because the centre did not have signs everywhere saying "Do Not Walk Past The Foul Line As The Lanes Are Oiled And Slippery"
Awarded for his own stupidity.

I noticed not long after that, that even down here, we had to erect similar signs to warn "Average Joe D*ckhead" that treading in the oil could be dangerous!!
We even have to have signs prominantly displayed ball returns warning social bowlers to keep their hands out of the hole (where the ball comes back) because it might break fingers if they put their hands in it.
I'm sure if I spent more time over on Bowl-Tech I could find some absolute doozy's.

Anyone remember former Federal Parliamentary Speaker Leo McKay being granted a pretty sizeable payout some years back, after hopping on a pushbike and it collapsed under his weight - basically because he was fat c***?
Caused quite a furore at the time.

 

[nicho_magic]

i got a microwave with a bowl of noodles once,

didn't taste good tho