April 22, 2013 3:38PM 

# “Good Thing This Is Canada!” 

By [Walter Olson](https://www.cato.org/people/walter-olson) 

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The makers of a Canadian take-out coffee cup have a bit of fun at the expense of a certain country immediately to their south:

> If this was another country, we’d have to tell you that this coffee may be hot. Good thing this is Canada!

For more on hot coffee spills and warnings, see Overlawyered’s [hot coffee tag](http://overlawyered.com/tag/hot-coffee/). For more on the famous McDonald’s case and its long afterlife as a chestnut of online comments sections, see Ted Frank’s [mythbusting post](http://overlawyered.com/2005/10/urban-legends-and-stella-liebeck-and-the-mcdonalds-coffee-case/) and [“Law of McDonald’s” lecture](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=My6odpRsjOU); product liability site Abnormal Use’s [FAQ](http://abnormaluse.com/2011/01/stella-liebeck-mcdonalds-hot-coffee.html) on the case; and Glenn Garvin (quoted) on [one propagandistic film](http://overlawyered.com/2011/06/hot-coffee-documentary-hbo-reviewed/).

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