Starrfall on 23/11/2007 at 21:10
No, but if the trampoline broke and I fell through onto a spike in the lawn and was injured I might. I might be partially to blame, but the product shouldn't have done that.
And the grey area is exactly why these things are usually handled on a case by case basis in negligence suits and is why, despite Papy's fears, you can still buy hot coffee from a shop. (It was hot wasn't it ¬¬)
@ Chimpy/Subjective Effect: I was envisioning a bizarre cartoony type thing where the parts of the bed snapped up like a trap and broke the person's back or something. (So Subjective Effect is pretty much there.)
Kolya on 23/11/2007 at 21:11
Posting in potentially legendary thread.
Current mood: Ballroom Blitz
SubJeff on 23/11/2007 at 21:14
Don't you mean Ze Blitz ist Koming!!!
Ha ha. I see what you mean Star but if I were the company lawyer I'd be asking you what kind of sick spike-roulette you were playing in the first place!
Starrfall on 23/11/2007 at 21:26
I'M CRAZY YOU CAN'T STOP ME
Actually I would expect to be found at least partially to blame (Just like whatshername) because even if the trampoline shouldn't have broken it is pretty dumb to put it over a spike.
SubJeff on 23/11/2007 at 21:39
What? We do it all the time here in Blighty. AND we have sandwiches with JUST CUCUMBER in them. Oh yeah, for real I tell you, what.
25% of all fractures to children's arms/legs at my old job were caused by trampoline accident. Guess what the head of orthopaedic surgery bought his kids? People will do ANYTHING even when they know the risks.
Starrfall on 23/11/2007 at 22:12
I think society as a whole can agree that giant trampolines are awesome enough to be worth it. How could a jury cast blame on something so fabulous?
Papy on 24/11/2007 at 09:38
Quote Posted by Starrfall
Or, to fix Papy's broken analogy, a restaurant shouldn't give people steak knives if the knives they use have a tendency to break suddenly when in use, fly up, and stab the user in the eye.
Broken analogy? So you think the coffee was defective and jumped out of the cup by itself?
Gingerbread Man on 24/11/2007 at 14:54
ah sweet irony
Starrfall on 24/11/2007 at 15:03
Quote Posted by Papy
Broken analogy? So you think the coffee was defective and jumped out of the cup by itself?
No, because as you would know if you'd been paying attention, the woman was found to be at fault for that part.
