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IntaCepta

posted on 17th Apr 03 at 16:20

i remember when me n me family went to the states went to some taco bell place, asked for "chips!"
of course they didn't do chips there so we looked like right knobs asking for chips, as chips means crisps!!
so we were like "whats that then!!??"
he said oh those are french fries!!

wtf!

then my sister enjoyed her "french fries" but the last part was really greasy, so i dared her to complain, so she did!!

the guy nearly went his pants!! my aunt (who lives there) said he prolly thought u were gonna sue!

sue wtf?? just wanted free french fries!!


Prometheus

posted on 17th Apr 03 at 15:44

The sad thing is the juries that award these damages. I mean WTF are they on?


vibrio

posted on 17th Apr 03 at 15:40

quote:
Originally posted by 1.0to2.0
Yes, must be cos i uploaded it from a decent website


are you american by any chance. so do you believe everything you read on the maxpoo site :lol:


Tom

posted on 17th Apr 03 at 15:34

if it is then :mad: at the no8 who was locked in for 8 days he should havegot nothing, as with the wheels on the car and the dog, they shud have had to pay them...(other way round~) but thats americans 4 ya :mad:


1.0to2.0

posted on 17th Apr 03 at 15:26

Yes, must be cos i uploaded it from a decent website


S1MON

posted on 17th Apr 03 at 13:57

is this all true:boggle: cause that is just very sad for any yankee....


wacko corsaboy

posted on 17th Apr 03 at 13:37

some people are just well stupid


Steve

posted on 17th Apr 03 at 07:12

GTF with ur Beer


1.0to2.0

posted on 17th Apr 03 at 07:12

It's time once again to consider the candidates for the annual Stella Awards. The Stella's are named after 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled coffee on herself and successfully sued McDonalds. That case inspired the Stella Awards for the most frivolous successful lawsuits in the United States.


The following are this year's candidates:


1. Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully sued the owner of a nightclub in a neighboring city when she fell from the bathroom window to the floor and knocked out her two front teeth. This occurred while Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the window in the ladies room to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge. She was awarded $12,000 and dental expenses.

2. Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas, was awarded $14,500 and medical expenses after being bitten on the buttocks by his next-door neighbor's beagle. The beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard. The award was less than sought because the jury felt the dog might have been just a little provoked at the time by Mr. Williams who was shooting it repeatedly with a pellet gun.

3. A 19-year-old Carl Truman of Los Angeles won $74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord. Mr. Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's ALLOYS.

4. A. Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $113,500 a! after she slipped on a soft drink spill and broke her coccyx (tailbone). The beverage was on the floor because Ms. Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.

5. Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was leaving a house he had just finished robbing by way of the garage. He was not able to get the garage door to go up since the automatic door opener was malfunctioning. He couldn't reenter the house because the door connecting the house and garage locked when he pulled it shut. The family was on vacation, and Mr. Dickson found himself locked in the garage for eight days. He subsisted on a case of Pepsi he found and a large bag of dry dog food. He sued the homeowner's insurance claiming the situation caused him undue mental anguish. The jury agreed to the tune of $500,000.

6. A jury of her peers awarded Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, $780,000 after breaking her ankle by tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The owners of the store were understandably surprised at the verdict, considering the misbehaving little toddler was Ms. Robertson's son.

7. This year's favorite could easily be Mr. Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Mr. Grazinski purchased a brand new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On his first trip home, having driven onto the freeway, he set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the drivers seat to go into the back and make himself a cup of coffee. Not surprisingly, the R.V. left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Mr. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not advising him in the owner's manual that he couldn't actually do this. The jury awarded him $1,750,000 plus a new motor home. The company actually changed their manuals on the basis of this suit, just in case there were any other complete morons buying their recreation vehicles.