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OVERDOSING ON COKE:
SODA MACHINE FALLS ON DRUNKEN IDIOT

By: Shelley McKinney

We've all heard a lot about kids on coke...but what about Coke on kids?
Strictly speaking, 21-year-old Kevin Mackle (some news articles say he was 19), a student at Bishop's University in Quebec, wasn't really a kid when he came home drunk from a night of "binge drinking" and -- in a misguided attempt to steal a can of soda pop -- rocked a 920-pound Coke machine and sent it tipping over upon himself. Mackle, in layman's terms, was squished to death.

By the way, Coke machines DO NOT FALL OVER on people who are using them the way they were meant to be used.



Read the rest here. (http://www.etherzone.com/mcki072601.shtml)

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Now Coca-Cola will have to put warning labels on their vending machines. "Hey Stupid! If you rock this machine it WILL kill you!". Ever wonder how some of the warning labels on products came to be? Some idiot actually did what the warning label said not to. Validation for selective breeding.

[Maggie_T]

How come they didn't sue whoever sold drinks to whatshisname, or the alcohol manufacturers? A legal "oversight" perhaps? images/icons/rolleyes.gif

[DesertFox]

Give 'em time. Some greedy fool will think of it.

[ThomasMore]

Per Solange: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>Now Coca-Cola will have to put warning labels on their vending machines. "Hey Stupid! If you rock this machine it WILL kill you!".<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

I have seen those labels on Coke/Pepsi machines for years.

Per Maggie: <BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><HR>How come they didn't sue whoever sold drinks to whatshisname, or the alcohol manufacturers? A legal "oversight" perhaps?<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

Probably his lawyer's oversight. At least in Illinois, the "Dram Shop" law make it very easy to sue bars for almost everything a drunk does after he imbibes. -- Again, deflecting responsibility away from the actor to someone with a bigger pocket. Making a nation of thieves and victims.

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If the machines are to have labels, how many languages will have to be used to cover all the bases??

Anyone stupid enough to tilt the machine far enough to get squished, deserved to get squished.

But we all know that the loonies will want something done to 'prevent' this from happening again. Bolt the machines to the floor or chain them to the walls, and increase the price of the pop to pay for the added precautions. Simple thing like responsibility never enters into their thought process.

[The_RANDy_Corporation]

I can top that. In the infamous Lee case in Chicago a drunken Korean staggered onto the L tracks, answered nature's call and pissed on the 3rd rail with fatal consequences. His family was awarded millions because there were no warning signs in Korean.

[DesertFox]

Seems to me the idiot selected hizself outta the gene pool. Shoulda been ruled suicide by stupidity.