[Gllug] ``Confidential`` .sigs

[Christopher Hunter]

On Monday 06 Dec 2004 14:17, David Damerell wrote:
> On Monday, 6 Dec 2004, t.clarke wrote:
> >It is a well known fact that Coffee needs to be ideally brewed at
> > sub-boiling temperature, but still well above scald-temperature.
>
> Yes (although brew temperature != serving temperature), but;
>
> The highest temperature at which you can safely take baths in the
> stuff is lower than the highest temperature at which you could drink
> the coffee; but _that_ is lower than a temperature at which it will
> easily inflict hideous burns.
>
> Of course people should recognise that hot coffee is dangerous, but
> there's an expectation of _how_ dangerous it is. This case is
> generally portrayed as being like that of someone who bought a knife
> and cut themselves; but in fact it is more like buying an object
> represented to you as a breadknife which turns out to be razor-sharp
> and poisoned, demanding more caution than is reasonable for a
> breadknife.

It has been suggested that stupidity should be a capital offence - perhaps 
warning signs and labels should be made illegal, and nature should be just 
allow to take its' course.  This might significantly improve the gene pool!

Chris
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