Actually.... yes. I do drive a yellow Hummer, got it new in '03. In my opinion it rides great, but then I traded in a 3/4 ton crewcab diesel. Took the boys car shopping with me and they both went nuts over the HUMMER so we drove it home. It didn't hurt that Mom just happened to be out of state at a seminar that weekend. It is a hit at every Boy Scout camporee we attend and is used in every parade to attach the kiddos. We have really enjoyed it. I only drive 2.2 miles a day, and I go home for lunch, so gas milage has not been a big issue.
H2 of course. The Alpha Humvee cost twice as much as the H2 and the H3's were not out yet when I traded. There is one or two H3's in town and they sure look small. I learned early on that in a small community, you don't go anywhere you're not supposed to be when driving a yellow H2.
Ok, since you are talking cars so much I have to confess to what I did last week to my new HHR we bought last month. Yep, I put a nice little dent in the front passenger door. I did it by running into my husbands car. To make things even better, I had just moved his car from behind mine so I absolutely knew it was there. CUSSWORD!
Did he yell at me? Did he call me names like idiot or moron? Nooooooo. He came out and looked at it and said, "Well honey it isn't too bad. It could have happened to anyone." DOUBLE CUSSWORD!! So I couldn't even take out my frustration on him and fight with him for being mean about it. I had to go ahead and go to dinner with my neice and her sons who were in my car at the time. The *&%## So and So.
I bet you will be surprised to hear that my dinner did not set too well that night.
Nope... not this little grey duck. After some 20 + years of marriage I know better than to go somewhere I shouldn't. Would it believe it, there are two other yellow H2's in this area. One belongs to a college student; so there is no telling where it will show up and the other belongs to a window washing company and is all over town.
>This is getting out of hand. Using the same >logic,the clerk in the donut shop that sells a >donut with excess sugar in the glaze to a >diabetic cop which results in the cop having an >adverse reaction could be arrested. Or for that >matter the fountain clerk who inadvertantly >fills a cup with regular Coke, instead of Diet >Coke. Please, people, what has happened to >personal responsibility? Why must someone >always be liable? Accidents happen.
Actually, those situations are not analogous to the "salty hamburger" case. First, sugar is not inherently poisonous to all people. Second, a doughnut is so full of sugar anyway that if a diabetic is ordering one, he or she will most likely be prepared for possible consequences.
As for the fountain clerk scenario, in order to be analogous, the clerk would have to *know* that she is serving regular coke, rather than diet coke, to a diabetic (like the McDonald's worker in this case knew that she was serving an excessively-salted burger). A simple honest mistake wouldn't be analogous.
Also, consider how much salt must have spilled onto this burger, if the workers were trying to "thump it off." This is almost certainly not just a matter of a few extra shakes from the salt shaker. Sure, the spilling of the salt may have been an accident, but the serving the burger anyway? Not even close to accidental. What has happened to personal responsibility of people who are serving food to the general public? If the recipient of the burger had been a young child who went into a coma because of the salt (rather than merely vomiting, as the cop did), where would the outrage be then? I can tell you where: it would be in the headlines, "McDonald's Worker Risks Child's Life to Avoid Wasting Hamburger Meat" rather than "Woman Arrested for Serving Salty Burger."
The article would read:
UNION CITY, GA - A three year old child slipped into a coma after eating a McDonald's hamburger that a McDonald's worker knew was unfit to be served, but served anyway, because, according to Wendy Worker, "Management has told us we've been wasting too much meat."
Worker, 20, admitted to police that she had spilled a container of salt onto the meat used for making the burger. Instead of discarding the meat, Wendy and her supervisor decided to use the meat anyway, even though they knew it was unfit to serve.
Holly, 3, ate one of the salt-laden burgers in a Happy Meal that her mother, Mandy Mom, had purchased for her as a treat for her star performance in her first dance recital. Shortly after, Holly became lethargic and went into convulsions.
"I knew something was wrong right away," said Mom. "Holly is usually such an active girl, so full of energy. But after eating the hamburger, she seemed so tired, kind of drowsy. Then she started twitching all over. I didn't know what was happening to my baby!"
Mom called 9-1-1, and Holly was rushed to Union General Hospital. When she arrived at the hospital, she was comatose. Holly has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and is undergoing full intensive treatment and aggressive hypotonic fluid resuscitation in order to restore the proper saline balance to Holly's body. Holly remains in critical condition and has not regained consciousness.
When asked for comment, Mom said, "I can't believe this is happening. My baby is in the hospital, all because McDonald's didn't want to throw away a ten-cent piece of meat."
The dangers of salt are well documented. Although table salt was used to induce vomiting in the 1960's and 70s, this practice was quickly abandoned when the toxic effect of excessive sodium consumption was identified. "Many people don't realize that salt is actually a poison," explained Dr. Fancy Researcher, professor at Famous University. "Salt poisoning is uncommon in adults, because they usually reject intensely salty foods due to their taste, but children don't know any better. Salt is especially dangerous to children, because their immature kidneys cannot dispose of the excess sodium, and they cannot obtain enough water to aid excretion. As little as one teaspoonful of table salt can be fatal to a six month old infant."
Salt poisoning has received media attention lately due to the murder trials of Hannah Overton and Ian and Angela Gay. Overton, a Texas woman, was accused of killing her 4 year old foster son by forcing him to drink a mixture of water and cajun spices as punishment, which caused fatal sodium levels in the boy. British couple Ian and Angela Gay had been convicted of killing their son by force-feeding him salt as punishment for his misbehavior. Ian and Angela Gay received a new trial and were acquitted earlier this year.
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I learned early on that in a small community, you don't go anywhere you're not supposed to be when driving a yellow H2.
Dutch, did you get caught going somewhere you weren't supposed to?
Did he yell at me? Did he call me names like idiot or moron? Nooooooo. He came out and looked at it and said, "Well honey it isn't too bad. It could have happened to anyone." DOUBLE CUSSWORD!! So I couldn't even take out my frustration on him and fight with him for being mean about it. I had to go ahead and go to dinner with my neice and her sons who were in my car at the time. The *&%## So and So.
I bet you will be surprised to hear that my dinner did not set too well that night.
Nae
>logic,the clerk in the donut shop that sells a
>donut with excess sugar in the glaze to a
>diabetic cop which results in the cop having an
>adverse reaction could be arrested. Or for that
>matter the fountain clerk who inadvertantly
>fills a cup with regular Coke, instead of Diet
>Coke. Please, people, what has happened to
>personal responsibility? Why must someone
>always be liable? Accidents happen.
Actually, those situations are not analogous to the "salty hamburger" case. First, sugar is not inherently poisonous to all people. Second, a doughnut is so full of sugar anyway that if a diabetic is ordering one, he or she will most likely be prepared for possible consequences.
As for the fountain clerk scenario, in order to be analogous, the clerk would have to *know* that she is serving regular coke, rather than diet coke, to a diabetic (like the McDonald's worker in this case knew that she was serving an excessively-salted burger). A simple honest mistake wouldn't be analogous.
Also, consider how much salt must have spilled onto this burger, if the workers were trying to "thump it off." This is almost certainly not just a matter of a few extra shakes from the salt shaker. Sure, the spilling of the salt may have been an accident, but the serving the burger anyway? Not even close to accidental. What has happened to personal responsibility of people who are serving food to the general public? If the recipient of the burger had been a young child who went into a coma because of the salt (rather than merely vomiting, as the cop did), where would the outrage be then? I can tell you where: it would be in the headlines, "McDonald's Worker Risks Child's Life to Avoid Wasting Hamburger Meat" rather than "Woman Arrested for Serving Salty Burger."
The article would read:
UNION CITY, GA - A three year old child slipped into a coma after eating a McDonald's hamburger that a McDonald's worker knew was unfit to be served, but served anyway, because, according to Wendy Worker, "Management has told us we've been wasting too much meat."
Worker, 20, admitted to police that she had spilled a container of salt onto the meat used for making the burger. Instead of discarding the meat, Wendy and her supervisor decided to use the meat anyway, even though they knew it was unfit to serve.
Holly, 3, ate one of the salt-laden burgers in a Happy Meal that her mother, Mandy Mom, had purchased for her as a treat for her star performance in her first dance recital. Shortly after, Holly became lethargic and went into convulsions.
"I knew something was wrong right away," said Mom. "Holly is usually such an active girl, so full of energy. But after eating the hamburger, she seemed so tired, kind of drowsy. Then she started twitching all over. I didn't know what was happening to my baby!"
Mom called 9-1-1, and Holly was rushed to Union General Hospital. When she arrived at the hospital, she was comatose. Holly has been admitted to the Intensive Care Unit and is undergoing full intensive treatment and aggressive hypotonic fluid resuscitation in order to restore the proper saline balance to Holly's body. Holly remains in critical condition and has not regained consciousness.
When asked for comment, Mom said, "I can't believe this is happening. My baby is in the hospital, all because McDonald's didn't want to throw away a ten-cent piece of meat."
The dangers of salt are well documented. Although table salt was used to induce vomiting in the 1960's and 70s, this practice was quickly abandoned when the toxic effect of excessive sodium consumption was identified. "Many people don't realize that salt is actually a poison," explained Dr. Fancy Researcher, professor at Famous University. "Salt poisoning is uncommon in adults, because they usually reject intensely salty foods due to their taste, but children don't know any better. Salt is especially dangerous to children, because their immature kidneys cannot dispose of the excess sodium, and they cannot obtain enough water to aid excretion. As little as one teaspoonful of table salt can be fatal to a six month old infant."
Salt poisoning has received media attention lately due to the murder trials of Hannah Overton and Ian and Angela Gay. Overton, a Texas woman, was accused of killing her 4 year old foster son by forcing him to drink a mixture of water and cajun spices as punishment, which caused fatal sodium levels in the boy. British couple Ian and Angela Gay had been convicted of killing their son by force-feeding him salt as punishment for his misbehavior. Ian and Angela Gay received a new trial and were acquitted earlier this year.