I remember there were a number of issues at the time that were not discussed much in the popular press. For example, the fact that McD's coffee was much hotter than other coffee. It makes sense that there would be a warning to me. There are other cases where I think reasonableness has nothing to do with it - Lawn Jarts, for example, where a guy kills his young child, because he didn't realize that hurling a 3/4 lb spike through the air had the potential to be dangerous. This is silly.

I was in a pub with some Mensans (not a member, just hang out with the occasionally). Somehow the topic came up of bagels in NYC. I had heard an article once (urban legend or fact I don't know) that at one point the most common reason for emergency room visits in NYC was cutting one's self while trying to split a bagel. One of them suggested that if that were true it would be appropriate to put warning messages on all bagel containers. It didn't bother me that one person would say something stupid (I do it all the time), but it was a little disconcerting when the rest of them began shaking their heads in a vigorous up and down motion.

I'll set aside for now my central complaint that so many unnecessary warnings creates a dangerous amount of clutter making it more difficult to see the warnings you really do need. The important connection to this thread is that we completely different views about what is reasonable.