3 Teenagers suing McDonalds..

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

Ironically, back in '96 I was in a graphic design class and one project I did a spoof ad for some lawyer who was shilling a Hire-me-to-sue-big-tobacco-and-i'll-throw-in-a-lawsuit-to-Hershey-for-making-you-fat suit for free.

 

At the time I was only joking around...

[Guest Your Olympic Hero]

These kids should know that Subway has several low fat subs for porkers such as themselves.

[Guest dreamer420]

This is ridiculous. I got two words for those fat fucks.......STOP EATING!

Watch it man. You might get sued by some douchebag!

[Guest Ravenbomb]

this has South Park episode written all over it.

Cartman: Moooooooooom, can we sue McDonalds for making me fat?

Mrs. Cartman: Sure, poopykins.

Cartman: Sweeeet...

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

Actually, Cartman could sue City Wok for making him fat in that AIDS episode.

 

"These kids should know that Subway has several low fat subs for porkers such as themselves."

 

Actually, they could probably sue Subway because the subs these little tubbies would eat could contain cheese and mayo. I can see the courtroom drama now.

 

"Yes your honor. Subway said if I ate two subs a day I could be like Jarrett, so I ate two MEATBALL subs a day and I gained 50 lbs..."

[Guest El Satanico]

Jeff Jarrett is the spokesperson for Subway now?

[Guest DrTom]

I hope McDonald's gets the meanest, most vindictive lawyers they possibly can, and that these worthless fucking stupid kids are made to CRY like little bitches on the stand. Few things annoy me more than imbeciles who ignore personal responsibility, then try to sue a corporation for their own poor lifestyle choices.

 

McDonald's nutritional information is available in the store, and online. They don't force their food on people, and they're far from a "terrible corporation." They give a lot of money to charity and give a lot of teens their first experiences in the workplace. If these suits catch on nationwide, McDonald's may have to cut down on the charity and close some restaurants, which means we all lose because a few greedy fuckheads couldn't tell their fat fucking kids to stop eating fast food.

 

Only in America is this farcical level of bullshit tolerated.

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

"Jeff Jarrett is the spokesperson for Subway now?"

 

No -- DALE JARRETT. Stupid...

[Guest El Satanico]

D'oh i should've known that...i am stooopid :smacks forehead:

[Guest HecateRose]

I swear this must be one of the most attrocious law suits I've ever seen. I knew fast food had very little (if any) redeeming nutritional value once I was old enough to go out and grab a meal on my own. I do believe they should make the health information a little more obvious, and not just placed on a tiny poster in the corner somewhere, but come on. My mother once told me, the faster it is to cook, the worse for you it normally is (i.e. microwavable meals, fast food, ready to eat almost anything), and primarily that is true. I do believe it's the parent's fault for not teaching there children about the potential "danger" of fast food, for not noticing the weight gain in their children sooner, and for supporting these stupid law suits. This could pave the way for so much more stupidity being thrown at the legal system. Besides, haven't any of these kids taken a health class? I know in my health classes in school we talked about calories, how restraunt have to provide you with that information, how many calories you should eat, and what portions of food labels (i.e. sugar, sat. fat, calories, serving size) you should look at to figure out if this was a good thing to be eating. I am just so stunned my the lack of responsibilty in this case. It's insane

[Guest evenflowDDT]

Only in America is this farcical level of bullshit tolerated.

But wait! There's more! Visa (the credit card company) got a court order forcing evisa.com (a travel site company that features, among other things, travel visas) to change their name because it'd make the Visa name look bad, despite the fact that evisa.com gets it name from a legitimate word in the dictionary. Damn frivilous lawsuits...

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

Perhaps Visa is taking a page from the World Wildlife Fund...

[Secret Agent 0]

So what is McDonalds supose to do? Denie service to fat people now? Yeah I can see the law suits from that one. People who make Bullshit lawsuits should be counter sued, or have to pay a huge price. That way maybe we wouldn't see so many B.S. lawsuits.

 

The Coffee incident at McDonalds resulted in all these coffee cups to go from Fast food chains to slap a lable on it that says "Caution, Hot!" or something to that effect.

 

I think someone tried to sue the makers of Ultima Online too, because their kid played it too much.

 

Another one i heard was some guy sued a lawn mower company because he tried to pick up the mower and trim his hedges, and ended up chopping off his fingers. He won too. Now we get stickers on mowers about sticking your fingers in the blades while the mower is on. because he claimed "There are dumber people than me."

[Guest kkktookmybabyaway]

"I think someone tried to sue the makers of Ultima Online too, because their kid played it too much."

 

If that's the place that features EverQuest, then you are right. Some 22-year old killed himself and his mom blamed the game...

[Guest DrTom]

The Coffee incident at McDonalds resulted in all these coffee cups to go from Fast food chains to slap a lable on it that says "Caution, Hot!" or something to that effect.

What a lot of you are overlooking about that coffee incident is that McDonald's had been getting complaints about the temperature of its coffee for years. Basically, they kept it 20-40 degrees hotter than anyone else, so it would maintain the veneer of freshness longer. The woman who sued McD's when she spilled the scalding hot coffee on herself sued ONLY for her medical expenses. She was awarded $3.2 million by the jury, which was sensibly reduced on appeal. This was NOT an example of a frivolous lawsuit, though -- the fat kids suing McDonald's is.

[Guest Blayde Starrfyre]

This is all part of the American attitude that nothing is ever anyone's fault. I'm not fat because I eat to much and never exercise, it's McD's fault! It's big tobacco's fault I never figured out smoking is bad for me! Those guys in the Middle East don't hate us because we keep fucking around over there, they hate us because they're completely nuts!

[Guest ant_7000]

What's next people suing god for not answering their prayers.

[Guest DrTom]

What's next people suing god for not answering their prayers.

Damnit! I knew I should have tried to set myself up for life before I became an atheist.

[Guest Agent of Oblivion]

You know, it's funny because it's true:

 

CNN Reports:

 

Judge rejects lawsuit against God

 

 

March 15, 1999

Web posted at: 9:24 a.m. EST (1424 GMT)

 

 

SYRACUSE, New York (AP) --

A Pennsylvania man's lawsuit

naming God as a defendant

has been thrown out by a

court in Syracuse.

 

 

Donald Drusky, 63, of East

McKeesport, Pennsylvania,

blames God for failing to bring

him justice in a 30-year battle

against his former employer,

the steelmaker now called

USX Corp.

 

 

The company fired him in 1968,

when it was called U.S. Steel.

"Defendant God is the sovereign

ruler of the universe and took

no corrective action against the

leaders of his Church and his

Nation for their extremely serious

wrongs, which ruined the life of

Donald S. Drusky," the lawsuit said.

 

 

Drusky wanted God to return his

youth and grant him the

guitar-playing skills of famous

guitarists, along with resurrecting

his mother and his pet pigeon. If

God failed to appear in court, federal

rules of civil procedure say he

must lose by default, Drusky argued.

 

 

U.S. District Judge Norman Mordue

last week found the suit -- which also

named former presidents Ronald Reagan

and George Bush, the television networks,

all 50 states, every single American, all

federal judges, and the 100th through

105th congresses as defendants -- to be

frivolous.

 

 

http://www.cnn.com/US/9903/15/fringe/god.lawsuit.ap/

 

 

 

 

Kathy Carlson

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