does getting hit in the face with an apple hurt and does it warrant a lawsuit?

[Bignate603]

Lawsuit depends on intent and force.

This. If it was a friend of mine and we were just goofing around I wouldn't think twice about it, even if it gave me a black eye. If someone did it maliciously as an attack you better believe I would consider getting the law involved.

 

[Joemonkey]

Maybe, if there were real damage caused. But there are worse things than apples.

wow that is just

 

[Squisher]

I was running a surface grinder all bent over chasing a profile when someone threw a grape and hit me right in the ear. It exploded right down my ear canal. By the time I dug some grape goo out and stood up to look around, the shop floor that was teaming with 20 other people was now barren. I was all by myself and fighting mad with no one to kill.

It took almost two years and a lot of tequila at the Christmas party to find out who threw the fucking grape.

 

[bhanson]

I've been hit in the head with a baseball and just shook it off.

 

[Whisper]

It would hurt a lot, but it isn't worth a law suit. An ass beating maybe, but the courts don't need to be involved.

Trouble is, they could then turn around and sue you for the ass beating.

 

[MotionMan]

So, was there a point to this thread?

MotionMan

 

[HydroSqueegee]

It depends what kinda trajectory it was on when it hit you. Something with a very arcy trajectory that doesn't hit your nose wouldn't be that bad.

very true. took a high arc fly ball to the cheek bone in baseball. didnt leave a mark.

 

[MotionMan]

very true. took a high arc fly ball to the cheek bone in baseball. didnt leave a mark.

Just like a high arc bullet will not injure you?

MotionMan

 

[bignateyk]

We used to have apple fights when I was a kid. Think snowball fight, but with apples. It isn't too bad. If you throw them hard enough they just shatter off you're head. I've taken one to the head and kept right on going...

I also took a pop fly baseball to the cheek bone. Fractured my cheek and left me unconscious for a few seconds.

edti: Can't be any worse than a watermelon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cfeTZNcA3g

 

[Howard]

I was running a surface grinder all bent over chasing a profile when someone threw a grape and hit me right in the ear. It exploded right down my ear canal. By the time I dug some grape goo out and stood up to look around, the shop floor that was teaming with 20 other people was now barren. I was all by myself and fighting mad with no one to kill.

It took almost two years and a lot of tequila at the Christmas party to find out who threw the fucking grape.

What'd you do to them?

 

[Howard]

Just like a high arc bullet will not injure you?

MotionMan

A really high arc? Not really.

 

[qliveur]

What is the gender of the person throwing the apple?

Apparently, if it's a guy, it's OK to beat his ass, but if it's a girl you're just supposed to walk away and let her get away with it. :sneaky:

 

[Macamus Prime]

Is it a RED apple? If yes, then growers of red apples need to be imprisoned for treason.

RED is communist. Throwing a RED object at an American is a sign that Obama's plan to soil us with this socialist ways has already happened.

This needs to stop.

 

[Paladin3]

If it was a Macintosh apple then you get to giggle at the thrower for spending way too much on it in an attempt to look cool and hip.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Probably not, under any circumstances. It's a fucking apple. They shatter if they hit you. And if they don't so what? It hurts. I'll get over it in 30 seconds flat.

 

[oogabooga]

Probably not, under any circumstances. It's a fucking apple. They shatter if they hit you. And if they don't so what? It hurts. I'll get over it in 30 seconds flat.

Makes Note... NikolaeVarius would make excellent target for my new potato-gun inspired apple launcher.

 

[Macamus Prime]

If it was a Macintosh apple then you get to giggle at the thrower for spending way too much on it in an attempt to look cool and hip.

Zing!

 

[oogabooga]

IF someone threw a MBP 17" at me, and had thrown it with enough force to hit me in the face from25-35' I'd imagine that hurts. Those weigh 7Lbs or so.


I'd totally try to catch it though and run off with it with my 25-35' headstart.

 

[dawp]

if it was a rotten apple, then no, but you may be lonely for a while.

 

[Leros]

I was running a surface grinder all bent over chasing a profile when someone threw a grape and hit me right in the ear. It exploded right down my ear canal. By the time I dug some grape goo out and stood up to look around, the shop floor that was teaming with 20 other people was now barren. I was all by myself and fighting mad with no one to kill.

It took almost two years and a lot of tequila at the Christmas party to find out who threw the fucking grape.

Doesn't seem too funny to me. Tools can be dangerous.

There was a case here where somebody jokingly threw a little something at a guy operating a lathe. The guy got startled, kinda lost himself, got caught himself caught in the lathe, got his arm ripped off, and died.

 

[bfdd]

fuck yeah that would hurt.

 

[mizzou]

This thread should now be about hitting people on accident with golf balls

 

[nageov3t]

I got pelted with a water balloon once from a car that must've been going 25-30 mph.

it really, really smarted.

 

[isekii]

Grannny smith probably not
fuji? hell yes

 

[WelshBloke]

Probably not, under any circumstances. It's a fucking apple. They shatter if they hit you. And if they don't so what? It hurts. I'll get over it in 30 seconds flat.

Not if you leave them in the freezer overnight first :twisted: