Warning: mountains are high!!!

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  1. Solaris

    Solaris New Member

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    Brand new report on the BBC that appears to be quite comical. I am only quoting partially this time:

    Scotland's professional mountain leaders have claimed that European rules on working at heights could make their jobs impossible.
    Their training organisation has said they could be forced to adopt measures intended for building sites.
    An MEP has suggested that, as the regulations stand, teams would have to display signs warning that mountains are high.

    ...[Roger Wild, safety officer for the Mountaineering Council of Scotland], said: ""If this legislation is implemented as it currently stands then activity centres will be legally compelled to post signs to tell people they are up high.

    "This is madness - most people know that when they climb a mountain they will be up high."


    Full report here: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/3560315.stm
     
  2. Sleek_Jeek

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  3. Canis

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    Seems more like the EU than the English, but yeah, whatever.

    Signs like that are good for when the brain shorts out, and with Europe's aging population they're probably just trying to be safe. "Mountain tall." "Oven make metal thing hot." "Car squash human."
     
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  5. Sea Dog

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    Its not the Englishs' fault and certainly ain't the Scotsmens' fault. The Scotsmen are the victims here! As they always are.
     
  6. Rosselli

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    The European Union is the new Roman Empire, and the first step towards global domination. I think I need more than just the breechloader for my trip to England...
     
  7. Sleek_Jeek

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    Aquire it there. I know its hard, but its probably easier than bringing it in your luggage, or up your ass.
     
  8. MatahChuah

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  9. Dark Elf

    Dark Elf Administrator Staff Member

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    "Warning! Coffee is HOT!"

    "Don't touch the chain while the chainsaw is going!"

    "Warning! Mountains are high!"

    The downward spiral just keeps spinning...
     
  10. Sleek_Jeek

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    HAHA, when I lived in England there was a guy who was in the newspaper suing McDonald's because he scalded his penis with a McApple Pie. This was way before the movie American Pie. It always fascinates me when someone burns themself on food, even though there is obviously steam rising off of it, I mean jeez, you can't blame anyone but yourself you know?
     
  11. rosenshyne

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    McDonald's cups do actually say Warning! Coffee is Hot! because a few years ago some dumbass lady put the cup between her legs while driving, and it spilled. she sued for several million dollars, and won. apparantly, she blamed the accident on the cup not being properly labeled...
     
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    And she put the cup between her legs to examine the labels using... what?
     
  14. Quethim

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    There's actually a law over here that says you can no longer sue McDonnalds for stupid reasons like blaming them for getting you fat and such...

    Strange people over here....just trying all they can to sue people cause they are idiots and can't find any other way to make money...
     
  15. Sleek_Jeek

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    Theres a guy who did a documentry on himself and this experiment he did where he ate mcdonald's food for every meal of the day. His cholesterol and shit were fucked after like a week and a half, his fat and stuff was all messed up too. After 3 weeks he was impotent, and had gained like 20 lbs. By the end of it he was a friggin mess and a heart attack candidate. His doctor was actually begging him to stop the experiment after weeks of it. If someone wants to look this shit up and verify it for me I'll appreciate it a lot, as it is, I'm too lazy.
     
  16. Jarinor

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    Even that's pretty stupid though - everyone KNOWS that McDonald's is full of saturated fat, which any decent nutritionist will tell you is bad for you. Also, anyone who gains a whole heap of weight while living primarily off fast food would have to be really stupid not to see what was coming to them.

    On that note, water is wet, fire is hot, and death may be permanent.
     
  17. bryant1380

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    I think that anyone dumb enough to spill a fuckload of hot coffee on their smelly bits ought to have their ass kicked, and have to pay us thousands of dollars in punitive damages, just for having to breathe the same, retarded air they exhale. Shit.

    If I burnt my pecker off with coffee, I damn sure wouldn't tell the whole world by sueing. (I might would limp-dick it back in the store and buy another fucking cup, though. Maybe get a cup holder this time, charred dick.)
     
  18. Sleek_Jeek

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    No way man, the way they make it sound on that web site McDonald's was handing out cups of searing oil and telling people it was ice water. I'd sure try to sue if I burnt my genitals, ESPECIALY if I burnt my genitals. How hot does coffee need to be?
     
  19. Rosselli

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    Fuck that, man. Everyone knows that fast-food coffee is unreasonably hot. And even if they didn't, a million fucking dollars for a skin burn? Damn.
     
  20. Sleek_Jeek

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    Its not just skin, its your genitals, and if everybody knows its unreasonably hot, then everybody also knows who should have been more reasonable about the coffee they seel. I don't think theres any real way not to blame mcdonald's.
     
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