# So, did you want that a la mode? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [April 3, 2000, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-you-want-that-a-la-mode/9816 "2000-04-03T23:35:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-you-want-that-a-la-mode/9816/1 "2000-04-03T23:35:00Z")
If I did this correctly, there should be a link to a newpaper article (NOTE: Long and inaccurate link deleted) I hope that worked. Anyway, is this for real? If so, I feel bad for the poor kid. But that line about how movie producers should be more responsible…geez… I just wonder if it’s a fairly well faked UL. Any thoughts? * * * I never hate myself in the morning. I sleep till noon. –Sig line courtesy of Wally 🙂 [Note: This message has been edited by manhattan] ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2000, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-you-want-that-a-la-mode/9816/2 "2000-04-03T23:39:00Z")
Naturally, it didn’t work. It was an image of a newpaper article about a 17 year old kid that tried to, um…well, remember that one part of “American Pie” where the main guy ruins his mom’s apple pie? That’s what this kid did. Only he didn’t wait for the pie to cool enough. He got severe burns. I just wondered if it’s another Urban Legend. I haven’t seen it before, but I got it through email, so… BTW, yes it names the kid, but no, it has no indication of what paper it’s from, only that it happened in (or near?) Boise, ID. ---
**Author:** ![billehunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@billehunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billehunt)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 6:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-you-want-that-a-la-mode/9816/3 "2000-04-04T06:37:00Z")
It looks like the link you posted is into your mailbox on Yahoo. Which means it can’t be viewed without your password. Any other link? On second thought, don’t rush; I’m not sure I want to look at it anyway. Sounds pretty horific. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 12:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-you-want-that-a-la-mode/9816/4 "2000-04-04T12:35:00Z")
OH, baby, I gotta see this. **Jeannie,** I copied the address into my window and tried to go to it, but it’s part of your Yahoo e-mail, all I got was a screen that said my log-in time was over. Can you get me any kind of URL for that article? It doesn’t have to be a link, just type it out, and I’ll make it into a link for everybody to enjoy. Holding my breath… * * * “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” - the White Queen ---
**Author:** ![Jeannie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e480ec/32.png) [@Jeannie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jeannie)\ **Post date:** [April 4, 2000, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-you-want-that-a-la-mode/9816/5 "2000-04-04T22:55:00Z")
::slapping forhead:: ## Oh, so _that’s_ the problem. I just clicked on the image (I was trying to copy and paste) and it took me to this other page which was blank except for the image (without the text of the email), so I thought that was the page it was from. I don’t know where it came from. It was emailed to us. If I do track it down, I will put it here. I never hate myself in the morning. I sleep till noon. –Sig line courtesy of Wally 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2000, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-you-want-that-a-la-mode/9816/6 "2000-04-05T21:33:00Z")
Okay, assuming it’s true… Serves him right. How can I be so callous? Come on, it’s in a friggin’ movie! And they’re making fun of that notion! I’ve had plenty of fun burning my _tongue_ on food, I’m not risking that. **THINK!** ---
**Author:** ![Neenah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/958977/32.png) [@Neenah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neenah)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 11:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-you-want-that-a-la-mode/9816/7 "2000-04-06T11:10:00Z")
Found this in the Urban Legends section at [DarwinAwards.com](http://DarwinAwards.com): [http://darwinawards.com/legends/legends2000-04.html](http://darwinawards.com/legends/legends2000-04.html) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2000, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-did-you-want-that-a-la-mode/9816/8 "2000-04-06T14:35:00Z")
Smartly done, **Neenah!** To paraphrase the Book of Proverbs, “a post fitly posted is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.” ## I’ve added Darwin to my Urban Legends folder. 🙂 “Why, sometimes I’ve believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!” - the White Queen