It's time again for the annual 'Stella Awards'! Forthose unfamiliar with these awards, they are namedafter 81-year-old Stella Liebeck who spilled hotcoffee on herself and successfully sued the McDonald's in New Mexico where she purchased the coffee. Youremember, she took the lid off the coffee and put itbetween her knees while she was driving. Who wouldever think one could get burned doing that, right?That's right; these are awards for the most outlandishlawsuits and verdicts in the U.S . You know, the kindsof cases that make you scratch your head. So keep yourhead scratcher h andy.Here are the Stella's for the past year: 7TH PLACE :Kathleen Robertson of Austin , Texas was awarded$80,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking herankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside afurniture store. The store owners were understandably surprised by the verdict, considering the runningtoddler wa ... Read more ...
Wellington: When it comes to driving, women are better than men, according to a new survey.The latest survey by AA Insurance found that while men were more confident in their driving, it didn't make them better than the opposite sex.In the poll of 2573 drivers, aged between 18 and 75, a quarter of men described themselves as impatient drivers, compared with 19 per cent of women."Men are more inclined than women to exhibit a range of risk taking behaviours while on the road," says AA Insurance chief executive Chris Curtin."Men are more inclined to speed, show aggression, fall asleep behind the wheel and to identify themselves as impatient, he added.According to the study, a relatively high 15 per cent of men admitted they exceeded the speed limit most of the time, even if only by a few kilometers per hour, compared with only 9 per cent of women.However, the majority of both genders admitted breaking the speed limit at least some of the time 79 per cent of women and 78 per cent of men, the s ... Read more ...
To My Dear Wife, You will surely understand that I have certain needs that you, being 54years old, can no longer satisfy. I am very happy with you and I value you as a good wife. Therefore, after reading this letter, I hope that you will not wrongly interpret the fact that I will be spending the evening with my 18 year old secretary at the Comfort Inn Hotel. Please don't be upset - I shall be back home before midnight. When the man came home late that night, he found the following letter on the dining room table: My Dear Husband, I received your letter and thank you for your honesty about my being 54 years old. I would like to take this opportunity to remind you that you are also 54 years old. As you know, I am a math teacher at our local college. I would like to inform you that while you read this, I will be at the Best Western Hotel with Michael, one of my students, who is also the assistant tennis coach. He is young, virile, and like your secretary, i ... Read more ...
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