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72. WRONG! It waS CTHULHU!

Reply to Jim Lane (Reply #71)

Sun Mar 8, 2015, 03:57 AM

Mar 2015

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Court: Man Burned By Fajitas While Praying Can�t Sue Applebee�s [View all] Panich52 Mar 2015 OP

If god hates the guy that much, there must be a reason. immoderate Mar 2015 #1

he works in mysterious ways... awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #62

Ah jeez, he'll be on Hannity next week claiming louis-t Mar 2015 #2

Apparently, God has added fajitas to the don't eat list. Tierra_y_Libertad Mar 2015 #3

11. Thou shalt not pray to the Lord our God by leaning thy head over hot fajitas (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #4

Commandment #11 leftofcool Mar 2015 #10

Wish you could go to court if the food is not hot fadedrose Mar 2015 #5

Another assault on religious liberty! joeybee12 Mar 2015 #6

Another frivolous lawsuit by some scum bag lawyer that end up hurting legit ones. nt Logical Mar 2015 #7

I'm thinking God has a hell of a good sense of humor Autumn Mar 2015 #8

Matthew 7:3 awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #63

If he were not praying, you all would be against this ruling; hot grease in the eye means Wella Mar 2015 #9

Ummm...... fajitas are supposed to be hot and sizzling. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #11

But not dangerously so. Wella Mar 2015 #12

I give up (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #13

And you could expect the same results from such a lawsuit. eom. GGJohn Mar 2015 #17

I think the decision was wrong Wella Mar 2015 #30

One problem with your conclusion. GGJohn Mar 2015 #36

That's not a problem: that's an assumption on your part. Wella Mar 2015 #37

The only assumption is you thinking that this idiot had a legitimate lawsuit GGJohn Mar 2015 #40

The lawsuit was legitimate and you have not countered my argument--just gotten mad. Wella Mar 2015 #42

The lawsuit was not legitimate, as evidenced by GGJohn Mar 2015 #45

Except when an injury is caused by disregarding COLGATE4 Mar 2015 #81

How about doing liberalhistorian Mar 2015 #22

How about the restaurant warning the customer that boiling grease is shooting from the plate and Wella Mar 2015 #23

Do we really need restaurants protecting us from ourselves? Quackers Mar 2015 #28

Do we really need corporations protecting us from their negligence? Wella Mar 2015 #31

Problem is that there was no negligence on Applebee's part, GGJohn Mar 2015 #38

That's where you and I disagree Wella Mar 2015 #41

Your the only one here who thinks Applebee's was in the wrong, GGJohn Mar 2015 #44

Actually, if the server didn't issue an appropriate warning, then I have to agree with Wella. nt tblue37 Mar 2015 #90

Every Applebees I've ever been too does issue a warning about their fajitas GGJohn Mar 2015 #91

As I mention in my looonnnggg post, I can imagine that the judgment might have tblue37 Mar 2015 #93

It would be interesting to read the court transcripts to see GGJohn Mar 2015 #95

The servers also warn when Duckhunter935 Mar 2015 #52

If you're afraid of sizzling fajitas, then don't order them, 6000eliot Mar 2015 #70

If he had ordered soup, stuck his face in it and drowned.... Oktober Mar 2015 #102

From Wikipedia (yes, I know--but for something like this, it will do): tblue37 Mar 2015 #85

When I waited tables many years (decades!) ago, we always did warn if the plate or the tblue37 Mar 2015 #88

If boiling grease were really LiberalElite Mar 2015 #100

You and the kid would learn an important lesson Renew Deal Mar 2015 #86

Then you're phil89 Mar 2015 #89

If you let your child stick his shnozz that close to a SIZZLING PLATE, YOU should be the one sued. WinkyDink Mar 2015 #99

Uhhhh, every time I've ordered the Fajitas, GGJohn Mar 2015 #15

How was the food "inappropriately prepared"? uppityperson Mar 2015 #18

It sounds like it was far too greasy Wella Mar 2015 #32

That does not make it a violation of any 'duty to COLGATE4 Mar 2015 #83

The praying part is the funny part. Iggo Mar 2015 #19

To me, the funny part is Applebee's+Fajitas+Praying tishaLA Mar 2015 #26

I'll give ya that. Iggo Mar 2015 #34

Nope. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Mar 2015 #27

No fajitas always sizzle, any dumbs knows that. we can do it Mar 2015 #29

It is common knowledge that Fajitas are served on a sizzle plate and come out still cooking Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #55

In my long response above I mention that I did not know that, never having had fajitas. tblue37 Mar 2015 #92

In my short response, I've suggested activities one might avoid until acquiring such knowledge Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #106

I am 64. I waited tables in the 1960s & 1970s in PA. tblue37 Mar 2015 #107

I first started seeing them in the 80s Algernon Moncrieff Mar 2015 #108

Please ask the server to bring yours out lukewarm Ilsa Mar 2015 #78

Fried Fajitas???? S_B_Jackson Mar 2015 #105

Religiously defensive, aren't you? It's not the praying, it's that he got his face too close to a Panich52 Mar 2015 #109

THIS IS THE MOST 'MURICAN HEADLINE EVAH!!! JaneyVee Mar 2015 #14

Lame joke TexasProgresive Mar 2015 #16

Perhaps this gentleman... sendero Mar 2015 #20

Shoulda prayed in a closet. Iggo Mar 2015 #21

Or alternatively.. Feron Mar 2015 #79

noting that the risk from a plate of hot fajitas was �self-evident, Liberal_in_LA Mar 2015 #24

Apparently there's an untapped market for a Fajitas for Jesus chain... devils chaplain Mar 2015 #25

Perhaps he should have ordered the Holy Mole' instead. ;-) n/t GreatGazoo Mar 2015 #33

The reasonable man standard was applied. Manifestor_of_Light Mar 2015 #35

If restaurants were forced to start serving their fajitas at "slightly warmed up" temperatures Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #39

God's punishment for one of his creations eating that shit at Applebees titaniumsalute Mar 2015 #43

LOL. A vengeful God indeed. Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #47

LOL...I didn't know there was an OG in Times Square titaniumsalute Mar 2015 #49

That actually sparked one of the most all-time epic DU flamewars Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #51

Wow that is hysterical! titaniumsalute Mar 2015 #54

Ollie's is gone Danmel Mar 2015 #82

Yeah that's sad. Great place. titaniumsalute Mar 2015 #98

Did he bumped his head on the salad bar sneeze guard too? underpants Mar 2015 #46

so when does Pat Robertson start calling Applebees agents of muntrv Mar 2015 #48

He should sue God lame54 Mar 2015 #50

One time I leaned very close to a plate of very hot shrimp stir fry guillaumeb Mar 2015 #53

Good. bigwillq Mar 2015 #56

How many people here feel the same way about the lady who suffered third degree burns from Sheldon Cooper Mar 2015 #57

Exactly. Dr. Strange Mar 2015 #58

What a stupid question Orrex Mar 2015 #66

Fine. Dr. Strange Mar 2015 #67

Happy as a meal. Orrex Mar 2015 #75

The McDonald's case is totally different, you can't see GGJohn Mar 2015 #61

Except in the McDonalds' case: COLGATE4 Mar 2015 #84

Thanks for posting this Cal Carpenter Mar 2015 #96

I mention her case in my long post above. I think the cases are similar. If the man was tblue37 Mar 2015 #94

See post #84 Cal Carpenter Mar 2015 #97

But the truth behind that one is that the coffee was much hotter than one would expect Panich52 Mar 2015 #110

You deliberately disobeyed God and were punished Kelvin Mace Mar 2015 #59

And sticketh not thy face into sizzling hot fajitas (nt) Nye Bevan Mar 2015 #64

Clearly fajitas are the devil's work Blue Owl Mar 2015 #60

Only the shrimp fajitas. nt awoke_in_2003 Mar 2015 #65

*snicker* n/t krispos42 Mar 2015 #76

I was just burned by a tray of hot sake at a Teppan establishment recently, glad I wasnt praying. lies and propaganda Mar 2015 #68

Guess God didn't give him common sense romanic Mar 2015 #69

The FSM punished him for not ordering the pasta. Jim Lane Mar 2015 #71

WRONG! It waS CTHULHU! pinboy3niner Mar 2015 #72

Infidel. Cthulhu hath no power in restaurants. Jim Lane Mar 2015 #74

Saying grease before meals can be dangerous. betsuni Mar 2015 #73

lol, I laughed... Inkfreak Mar 2015 #104

Imagine if there were super hot chili peppers in it as well yuiyoshida Mar 2015 #77

Clearly, "The plate from hell!" RKP5637 Mar 2015 #80

It was God's way of saying "Hey!! Dumbass!! PAY ATTENTION!!!" hatrack Mar 2015 #87

"... and Lord, protect us from delicious plates of sizzling vegetables, in Jesus name ..." BlueStreak Mar 2015 #101

Fucking idiot. truebrit71 Mar 2015 #103