My bad, I got these off of the Stella Awards website. Guess you can't take all web info at face value.
meadow77
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Frivolous lawsuits
by meadow77 inwe all remember the guy who sued mcdonalds and actually won because their coffee was too hot, but what has been going on lately in the land of frivilous lawsuits?
well here are some ideas for those of you out there who may be a little hard up for cash.. it's time once again to consider the candidates for.
the door connecting the house and garage locked when.
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WTS Cheapshot .....Jan 1st 2003 WT
by ISP inmost christians have to face grave problems during these last days.
still, they try not to be distracted.
in spite of well-publicized economic problems, argentina reported a new peak of 126,709 witnesses last year.
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meadow77
I am a christian and not against people learning about God, but I have to point out that poor communities tend to be ripe for conversion for several different reasons. A.possible limited access to education and information. B. A need to have hope in something other than this life. Think about it, if you are surroiunded by poverty than you are definitly open to hearing the good news of an afterlife. All religions have success in climates like these. What I find curious is that they use it as a tool to beat up their own members, and that they still continue to behave as though they are the only missionaries in the world. Truly pompous and disturbing.
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Frivolous lawsuits
by meadow77 inwe all remember the guy who sued mcdonalds and actually won because their coffee was too hot, but what has been going on lately in the land of frivilous lawsuits?
well here are some ideas for those of you out there who may be a little hard up for cash.. it's time once again to consider the candidates for.
the door connecting the house and garage locked when.
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meadow77
We all remember the guy who sued Mcdonalds and actually won because their coffee was too hot, but what has been going on lately in the land of frivilous lawsuits? Well here are some ideas for those of you out there who may be a little hard up for cash.
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 7 candidates:
1. Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas, was awarded
$780,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her
ankle 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.
2. 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 hub caps.
3. 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 re-enter 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.
4. 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.
5. A Philadelphia restaurant was ordered to pay Amber
Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, $113,500 after she
slipped on a soft drink 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.
6. Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware, successfully
sued the owner of a night club 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 out without
paying her check, awarded $12,000 and dental expenses.
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
road. The owner's manual did not say 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.See, who needs a nine to five?
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Spanking?
by Marcos inwhat about spanking?
in most of the world spanking (not beating) is considered a valid form of correction up to a point.
that point being at the time it is possible to reason with the child.
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meadow77
Didn't Dr. Spock's son commit suicide?
edited to add that as an adult I think a good spanking can be quite rewarding.
Edited by - meadow77 on 15 January 2003 0:2:3
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New Movies
by meadow77 inone of my favorite things to do when i'm not getting carpel tunnel, is going to movies.
of course that could also be because there are limited activities here in wichita.
since people start threads at different times about movies they've seen, i thought i would start thread where people could give suggestions for recent movies that they have seen.
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meadow77
I agree that two weeks notice was a nice light comedy. I thought it had some really funny parts, but I would probably recommend renting it too. One of the greatest movies I have seen lately was on video. We rented A Beautiful Mind. I know you can't believe I just now saw it. I really wanted to see it, but I knew it was going to be really long and depressing. I have to be in a certain mood to watch stuff like that. After watching it, I can't believe it took me this long. It was just a fantastic story. Sometimes real stories are even more amazing than anything you could make up.
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New Movies
by meadow77 inone of my favorite things to do when i'm not getting carpel tunnel, is going to movies.
of course that could also be because there are limited activities here in wichita.
since people start threads at different times about movies they've seen, i thought i would start thread where people could give suggestions for recent movies that they have seen.
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meadow77
I saw Adaptation with Nicholas Cage and Meryl Streep today. It's a little on the different side, but I thought it was fabulous. Definitly one of those movies that you could watch again to catch different levels, and one heck of an ending.
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Clonaid forced to reveal location of clone
by meadow77 inu.s. court demands clonaid tell where purported clone baby, parents are monday january 12, 2003 - 8:52:31 est.
fort lauderdale, fla. (ap) - an executive with the company that claims to have produced a human clone was subpoenaed saturday to appear in court and the company was ordered to disclose the whereabouts of the baby girl and her mother.
the witness subpoena and summons were approved by a court at the request of lawyer bernard siegel, who has filed a lawsuit asking the state to appoint a guardian for the child, the lawyer said.
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meadow77
I hope she didn't clone herself for their experiement
Did anyone catch Rael on Dateline? What a character. First he demanded to be referred to as his holiness. He basically confirmed the fact that the whole thing was for publicity. And then when it was suggested that he might be trying to con people, he threatened to end the interview because he said they were being disrespectful to him. He said "you wouldn't talk like that to a rabbi, or the pope" They showed the plans for his 20 million dollar compound. It's supposed to be for the aliens to land, but I suspect he needs a place big enough to rest his ego. -
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Oral Sex
by Yerusalyim inthat always gets your attention, huh.
ok, i'm watching the "o'reilly factor", they just aired the case of two hs students who engaged in oral sex on a bus in silverlakes maryland while several other students cheered them on and the bus driver did nothing.
the principal of the school system didn't inform the school board until after the local newspaper broke the story and he refuses to say how the students will be punished.
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meadow77
two HS students who engaged in oral sex on a bus in SilverLakes Maryland while several other students cheered them
What I am most concerned about are that the two kids involved in this thought that it was appropriate to engage in oral sex in front of an entire bus. Especially the female involved. Is this an example of kids having harmless fun, or of a young girl possibly being used. I mean some say no big deal, but I wonder what kind of attitudes the same students who were "cheering" them on have towards them later. I wonder what kind of "reputation" this girl has now. I am opposed to the sexual double standards that exist with men and women, but we all know that they exist, especially in high school. Boys are studs, and girls are whores. And these kind of labels get assigned even when things happen in private, let alone on a bus in front of all their peers. Sounds like we are dealing with more than normal high school antics, but with two kids with some real esteem issues, and inappropriate ideas of appropriate sexual behavior.
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Clonaid forced to reveal location of clone
by meadow77 inu.s. court demands clonaid tell where purported clone baby, parents are monday january 12, 2003 - 8:52:31 est.
fort lauderdale, fla. (ap) - an executive with the company that claims to have produced a human clone was subpoenaed saturday to appear in court and the company was ordered to disclose the whereabouts of the baby girl and her mother.
the witness subpoena and summons were approved by a court at the request of lawyer bernard siegel, who has filed a lawsuit asking the state to appoint a guardian for the child, the lawyer said.
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meadow77
So, know they have been ordered to put up or shut up. I have to admit, I think they will find just as everyone already suspects that it is a big hoax. But, what if it weren't, do you think it's right for the government to sweep in and steal the cloned effort of someone else? Do you think that they will actually find a cloned baby, or just a hoax?
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New Movies
by meadow77 inone of my favorite things to do when i'm not getting carpel tunnel, is going to movies.
of course that could also be because there are limited activities here in wichita.
since people start threads at different times about movies they've seen, i thought i would start thread where people could give suggestions for recent movies that they have seen.
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meadow77
One of my favorite things to do when I'm not getting carpel tunnel, is going to movies. Of course that could also be because there are limited activities here in Wichita. Since people start threads at different times about movies they've seen, I thought I would start thread where people could give suggestions for recent movies that they have seen. The best movie I've seen recently was Catch Me If You Can. Leo is a hottie, and is brilliant in this movie. Of course Tom Hanks is his usual great self. The movie was interesting, and funny, and also sad. They say if you can make people cry and laugh in the same movie, you got a hit. Plus it's probably even better since it's based on a true story.
I hope she didn't clone herself for their experiement
Did anyone catch Rael on Dateline? What a character. First he demanded to be referred to as his holiness. He basically confirmed the fact that the whole thing was for publicity. And then when it was suggested that he might be trying to con people, he threatened to end the interview because he said they were being disrespectful to him. He said "you wouldn't talk like that to a rabbi, or the pope" They showed the plans for his 20 million dollar compound. It's supposed to be for the aliens to land, but I suspect he needs a place big enough to rest his ego.