Apparently, there was an incident in 1998 where someone found a condom in a McDonald’s hamburger. Here’s David Letterman’s comments:

The Top Ten List "McDonald's Excuses for the Condom in a Big Mac":

#10. We were test-marketing the new "McTrojan"..
#9. Condom … condiment-what's the damn difference?
#8. It still tastes better than the "Arch Deluxe"..
#7. It was either there or in the vanilla shake..
#6 It Turns out the rumors about Grimace and Mayor McCheese are true..
#5. We're experimenting with a new, even happier "Happy Meal"..
#4. So what-a regular Big Mac is 60% latex anyway..
#3. Employees too embarrassed to say, "Would you like condoms with that?"
#2 Drive-thru speaker broken-"Coke with lots of ice" sounded like "prophylactic device"..

And the #1 McDonald's Excuse for the Condom in a Big Mac:
#1 When you're "servicing" billions and billions, you can't be too careful.

By the way, the pickle thing was settled out of court in 2001:
Woman settles hot pickle lawsuit against McDonald's

> rdc said, 'wifely duties' ..........
>

...and I'm putting on my asbestos suit now. LOL

And many apologies in advance. It's what the lawsuit was all about and I couldn't think of anything other than that except crude language to describe what it was about.

[edit] Here's the link to the story. The language is different but says the same. Should have looked it up first before describing the wording... [/edit]

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rdc said, 'wifely duties' ..........

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> It's like suing an Italian restaurant for ruining a white silk shirt
> with spagetti sauce. Go figure...
>
>

Give it some time, I'm sure someone out there will try. Remember the court case regarding the hot pickle where some guy sued McDonald's because his wife burned her lip on a pickle that was on the hamburger and couldn't "perform her wifely duties" for him for a day or so. If I recall, he won. That was after the coffee lawsuit and the case received a good bit of media coverage as well.

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To truly explore, one must keep an open mind...

It's like suing an Italian restaurant for ruining a white silk shirt
with spagetti sauce. Go figure...

McDonald's paid the beyach off rather than go to court, which is
something they should have done. They should have claimed state
conservatorship on her since someone that stupid/braindead shouldn't be
allowed out in public unescorted. [b]IMHO

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I've been fairly lucky where electricity is concerned. Been bit many times by 110V but never trapped where I couldn't pull away.

Worst bite I got was when I was checking the 36kV on a radar console CRT. I had the anode cable in six inch fiberglass fuse pullers, which usually was sufficient insulation. I reached down and flicked on the power and felt FIRE up and down my left leg. Turns out I was leaning on a metal filing cabinet and somehow that was just enough path to allow current to flow.

The best, though was the guy who originally taught me high voltage alignments on a 16kV monitor power supply (these are military monitors with true DC power supplies in lieu of a flyback transformer setup). He didn't have a firm grip on the procedure himself, so instead he had a firm grip on the anode cable when he told me to turn it on. BZZZZT! Soon as I heard the sound I turned it back off and he jumped back. He inspected the cable, which looked fine, and inspected the high voltage probe, which looked fine, then put them back together and told me, "Okay, turn it on again." BZZZZZT! Then my boss came in and pointed out that he should not be holding onto the anode cable directly.

nope, but in the dark once, I did get my finger between the posts while trying to connect an extension plug......

zizizzzizizzzizzizzzizzzizzzzizguguguuguguuguguuguuguguugug (after what seemed an eternity) ...snap went the breaker.

I also got across the poles on a Tesla coil I was building once... was lying on the floor and I'm told it appeared that I levitated..... mega voltage, no amperage behind it.

Neither of those instances have spurred any inclination to try it again.

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> and in case you wondered..... the next time I saw a chicken pot pie.... I had
> no qualms about venturing another taste.... got right back in that saddle and
> rode.
>
> mmmmmmmm, ......I've made myself hungry again.

Hope that isn't like a "pitbull shock". You know, a dog bites into a power cord and gets shocked, so it gets mad and bites into the cord again.

>
> > Did you drop one in your lap Paul?
>
> Nope, deliciously home-made and a slight miscalculation on my part,
>
> (er, .....I should say, ........all of my mouth 'parts'......)
>
> I'm over it......
>
> and in case you wondered..... the next time I saw a chicken pot pie.... I had
> no qualms about venturing another taste.... got right back in that saddle and
> rode.
>
> mmmmmmmm, ......I've made myself hungry again.
>

Hmmmm wonder if I could make a low-carb chicken pot pie :)

But this is off-topic :)

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I'd rather speak my mind because it hurts too much to bite my tongue.

American Spirit BBQ Proudly Serving those that courageously defend freedom.

> Did you drop one in your lap Paul?

Nope, deliciously home-made and a slight miscalculation on my part,

(er, .....I should say, ........all of my mouth 'parts'......)

I'm over it......

and in case you wondered..... the next time I saw a chicken pot pie.... I had no qualms about venturing another taste.... got right back in that saddle and rode.

mmmmmmmm, ......I've made myself hungry again.

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> The dumbest injury has got to be that woman who squeezed a hot cup of
> McDonald's coffee between her fat thunder theighs and sued them to boot.
> Call if a java douche.
>
Heh, if I was the judge, I woulda said: b**ch please!

> A chicken pot pie is the hottest substance in the universe..... I know that
> only too well.
>


Did you drop one in your lap Paul?

Sue Swanson's for not marking the package "Pie may be hot after baking in the oven for 40 minutes"..

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I'd rather speak my mind because it hurts too much to bite my tongue.

American Spirit BBQ Proudly Serving those that courageously defend freedom.

A chicken pot pie is the hottest substance in the universe..... I know that only too well.

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> > Yeah, but didn't she get a fortune in the lawsuit??? I don't remember?
> >
>
> yes she did and Mikey D's and all other fast food restuarants get to print on
> the coffee cup.. WARNING: Contents are HOT!!!!
>

Then it wasn't a dumb injure! It was a smart injure!

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"I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me

> > The dumbest injury has got to be that woman who squeezed a hot cup of
> > McDonald's coffee between her fat thunder theighs and sued them to boot.
> > Call if a java douche.
> >
> >
>
> Yeah, but didn't she get a fortune in the lawsuit??? I don't remember?
>

yes she did and Mikey D's and all other fast food restuarants get to print on the coffee cup.. WARNING: Contents are HOT!!!!

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I'd rather speak my mind because it hurts too much to bite my tongue.

American Spirit BBQ Proudly Serving those that courageously defend freedom.

> The dumbest injury has got to be that woman who squeezed a hot cup of
> McDonald's coffee between her fat thunder theighs and sued them to boot.
> Call if a java douche.
>
>

Yeah, but didn't she get a fortune in the lawsuit??? I don't remember?

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"I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me

The dumbest injury has got to be that woman who squeezed a hot cup of McDonald's coffee between her fat thunder theighs and sued them to boot.
Call if a java douche.

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This is a newer thread also.

This happened to a co-worker when I was working construction. No real injury. His boots had come apart at the toe, so he asked one of the carpenters if he could borrow the nail gun for a minute. The carpenter was cutting some braces, so said OK, but I need it back in 2 minutes. The guy with the boots then took the nail gun and used it to nail the toe of the boots together. Fortunately, he missed his toes, unfortunately, he nailed his boots to the subfloor. He looked so silly while he was falling over.

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> Share your story of personal injury and embarrassment here. What's the
> dumbest way you or someone around you got injured?
>
Friend of mine was building a deck using his brand new air nailer...he tripped over the hose and nailed his foot to the deck! His partner, not me, cut the deck board off and they both went to the hospital with his foot still attached to the board.

Me, I was swinging a dead blow hammer as hard as I could, I was a firefighter for 24 years and I was using a "Rabbit Tool" a kind of hydraulic jack you force into a door jam and pump to open the door, and hit my hand full force. Made a round bone smooshed. Didn't really hurt until about 5 minutes afterwards. I now have a huge calcium lump in my left hand between the thumb and first finger.

I had one while in the USNavy years ago, was cutting some old metal brackets off the side of the ship, using an oxy-acetylene torch, sitting in a Bosun's Chair, and some slag fell into my boot! No place to go and nothing I could do! Hurt ALOT, I HATE the smell of burning flesh, ESPECIALLY MINE, and the scar is STILL there some 25 years later!!

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