Originally Posted by
dougmc
The term
shooting the messenger is much more popular.
The repo man is a lot more involved than the mailman. He knows what he's doing, is an integral part of it (if the mailmain doesn't deliver your letter -- your wife has still left you) and
in fact if you shoot him it'll actually change things ... for a while.
...which brings into mind another old saying, "Out of the frying pan and into the fire". As you said, shooting someone will change things. In this case, the wife gets everything ( including the sympathy vote,
even if she was the one that was at fault for cheating on you ) and you get life behind bars ( or a needle ).
Originally Posted by
dougmc
...Your conflicting smilies are confusing me. Which part are you saying in an ironic way?
All of it. Very few places now can you get a really hot cup of coffee. A lot of places have switched to the large ( unheated ) urns. The coffee sits in there and starts to cool immediately.
Some places like 7-11 at least have microwaves that allow you to reheat the coffee but this is an extra step. Royal Farms is my favorite. They have urns with heating elements and really good ( hot ) coffee.
Yeah, McD coffee ( was/is ? ) super hot. I remember buying it back in the day when I was younger. Worse tasting coffee I ever had but yeah it was super hot. Just because it's now suppose to be 10° warmer I really don't think it will make a difference if it ends up on my crotch or in my face. A dangerous product needs to be handled carefully. This is where "Personally responsibility" comes into play. If you buy a gun, load it and shoot your own foot it's not the gun's fault or the person that sold you the gun, it's your fault. ( same basic principle )
I like my coffee hot. If somehow I spill it on myself ( through no fault of anyone else ) and burn myself I'll deal with it....without a lawyer.