Some like it hot—and others—well…How hot is hot? A couple in Tennessee are so heated up about an incident that landed their son in hospital that they’ve filed a lawsuit.
In October 2009 the Ganns went to a Steak ‘n Shake restaurant with their son—a minor—who ordered chili—which tends to be hot. But maybe not hot enough. So, the boy was also given hot sauce to liven up the chili—just in case. Problem was that the sauce the boy was given wasn’t the ‘usual’ sauce the boy was given—if you know what I mean.
Sadly, this stuff had a little too much kick and the boy ended up in the hospital—he had difficulty breathing and suffered hives, severe pain and inflammation of his digestive system. Yikes!
The Ganns claims that the employee who served them failed to warn them about how hot the hot sauce was. But the name of the sauce should have been a bit of a giveaway—it was “Blair’s Mega Death Sauce.” Hello! I think given that name the boy was lucky to have escaped with his life.
By the way, if you’re trying to gauge just how hot Blair’s is, one vendor states Blair’s should not be used undiluted given it packs a punch “500 times greater” than your average jalapeno.
Ahh…long live pizza margherita…
Duck, Duck, Gooses? And this is a little worrying, on several levels. A young mother from Pennsylvania who took her children to Disney World in Orlando, Fl, is suing Disney over Donald Duck’s interpretation of “Hello”.
She took her kids to Disney World, as millions of parents do every year, for a chance to have some good clean fun. As I understand it, never having set foot in the place myself, that typically involves close encounters of the fluffy kind—you know— warm fuzzy welcomes from larger- Read the rest of this entry »