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"GlennT" |
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26 May 2004 02:21:07 AM |
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Only in America! |
A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive
cigars, then insured them against fire among other things.
Within a month having smoked his entire stockpile of these great
cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment
on the policy, the lawyer filed claim against the insurance
company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a
series of small fires."
The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason:
that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.
The lawyer sued... and won! In delivering the ruling the judge
agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous.
The Judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from
the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were
insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against
fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire,
and was obligated to pay the claim.
Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance
company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000.00 to the lawyer for
his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires."
NOW FOR THE BEST PART... After the lawyer cashed the check, the
insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!!!
With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case
being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally
burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail
and a $24,000.00 fine.
This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent
Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. ONLY IN AMERICA!!!
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| User: "Teilhard Knight" |
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26 May 2004 06:38:10 AM |
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"GlennT" <ask@noname.com> wrote in message
news:40B44563.8030805@noname.com...
A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive
cigars, then insured them against fire among other things.
Within a month having smoked his entire stockpile of these great
cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment
on the policy, the lawyer filed claim against the insurance
company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a
series of small fires."
The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason:
that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.
The lawyer sued... and won! In delivering the ruling the judge
agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous.
The Judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from
the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were
insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against
fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire,
and was obligated to pay the claim.
Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance
company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000.00 to the lawyer for
his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires."
NOW FOR THE BEST PART... After the lawyer cashed the check, the
insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!!!
With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case
being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally
burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail
and a $24,000.00 fine.
This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent
Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. ONLY IN AMERICA!!!
On the other hand the people behind the adverts of products which are
actually a way of swindling people because they are only lies and never do
what they promise, always win the lawsuits against them. I am talking of
those adverts which last ages on TV at late hours, and many regular others
about products which are good for nothing. Do you know why?
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Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial
Change "privacy" for "crosswinds" if you want to intrude my inbox
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26 May 2004 11:44:07 PM |
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Teilhard Knight wrote:
On the other hand the people behind the adverts of products which are
actually a way of swindling people because they are only lies and never do
what they promise, always win the lawsuits against them. I am talking of
those adverts which last ages on TV at late hours, and many regular others
about products which are good for nothing. Do you know why?
I have never understood why anyone would be dumb enough to buy any
of those products anyway. P.T. Barnum said it best... "There's a
sucker born every minute."
GlennT
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| User: "used2be" |
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26 May 2004 09:33:59 AM |
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"GlennT" <ask@noname.com> wrote in message
news:40B44563.8030805@noname.com...
A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive
cigars, then insured them against fire among other things.
Within a month having smoked his entire stockpile of these great
cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment
on the policy, the lawyer filed claim against the insurance
company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a
series of small fires."
The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason:
that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.
The lawyer sued... and won! In delivering the ruling the judge
agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous.
The Judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from
the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were
insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against
fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire,
and was obligated to pay the claim.
Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance
company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000.00 to the lawyer for
his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires."
NOW FOR THE BEST PART... After the lawyer cashed the check, the
insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!!!
With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case
being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally
burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail
and a $24,000.00 fine.
This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent
Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. ONLY IN AMERICA!!!
i must admit i was surprized to learn that this was NOT true. i would have
believed it because there are idiotic lawsuits like this that go on every
day. and ppl actually win them. which is why this country desperately
needs torte reform.
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| User: "GlennT" |
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26 May 2004 11:50:28 PM |
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used2be wrote:
i must admit i was surprized to learn that this was NOT true. i would have
believed it because there are idiotic lawsuits like this that go on every
day. and ppl actually win them. which is why this country desperately
needs torte reform.
Well I had no opinion as to it's authenticity... I just thought it
was amusing.
GlennT
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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27 May 2004 02:28:02 AM |
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In message <40B57394.1040107@noname.com>, GlennT <ask@noname.com> writes
used2be wrote:
i must admit i was surprized to learn that this was NOT true. i
would have
believed it because there are idiotic lawsuits like this that go on every
day. and ppl actually win them. which is why this country desperately
needs torte reform.
Well I had no opinion as to it's authenticity... I just thought it was
amusing.
It amused me. A stupid, vindictive insurance company and a stupid,
greedy lawyer? Definitely too good to be true. I must add Snopes to my
favourites - urban myths are usually funny.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "foolio" |
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26 May 2004 09:43:54 AM |
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used2be wrote: which is why this country desperately
needs torte reform.
like pop tortes?
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| User: "used2be" |
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26 May 2004 10:43:01 AM |
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"foolio" <nahhhYouDontWantIt@nahh.net> wrote in message
news:40B4AD2A.80706@nahh.net...
used2be wrote: which is why this country desperately
needs torte reform.
like pop tortes?
yeah. blueberry ones. with sprinkles.
;-)
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| User: "wombn" |
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26 May 2004 05:14:54 PM |
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On Wed, 26 May 2004 08:43:54 -0600, foolio
<nahhhYouDontWantIt@nahh.net> wrote:
used2be wrote: which is why this country desperately
needs torte reform.
like pop tortes?
raspberry pop tortes
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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| User: "Flashfire" |
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26 May 2004 09:57:04 PM |
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wombn wrote:
On Wed, 26 May 2004 08:43:54 -0600, foolio
<nahhhYouDontWantIt@nahh.net> wrote:
used2be wrote: which is why this country desperately
needs torte reform.
like pop tortes?
raspberry pop tortes
I thought they were pop tarts!
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Regards Lee
Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of
enthusiasm. ~ Sir Winston Churchill
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| User: "wombn" |
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26 May 2004 10:45:03 PM |
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On Thu, 27 May 2004 12:57:04 +1000, "Flashfire"
<ramblinin@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
wombn wrote:
On Wed, 26 May 2004 08:43:54 -0600, foolio
<nahhhYouDontWantIt@nahh.net> wrote:
used2be wrote: which is why this country desperately
needs torte reform.
like pop tortes?
raspberry pop tortes
I thought they were pop tarts!
um.... these are the high class ones? or .... the ones for lawyers?
<cymbal crash>
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If laughter is the best medicine,
then kittens should be covered by our health insurance. :-)
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| User: "Naomi Darvell" |
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26 May 2004 11:31:23 AM |
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x-no-archive: yes
used2be wrote:
i must admit i was surprized to learn that this was NOT true. i would have
believed it because there are idiotic lawsuits like this that go on every
day. and ppl actually win them. which is why this country desperately
needs torte reform.
Mmm, torte reform. I'll have chocolate, please.
Seriously, though, a big reason why people believe that civil suits are so out
of hand is that people pass this kind of crap around. Even if there's a real
case, it's described in the most exaggerated and/or invidious possible way.
Outsize settlements that are awarded make it into the news, but the reduced
amounts the people actually get, or the overturning of the whole judgment,
never does.
Naomi D.
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| User: "% surfs@uniserve" |
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26 May 2004 02:21:48 AM |
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"GlennT" <ask@noname.com> wrote in message
news:40B44563.8030805@noname.com...
A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive
cigars, then insured them against fire among other things.
Within a month having smoked his entire stockpile of these great
cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment
on the policy, the lawyer filed claim against the insurance
company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a
series of small fires."
The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason:
that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.
The lawyer sued... and won! In delivering the ruling the judge
agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous.
The Judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from
the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were
insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against
fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire,
and was obligated to pay the claim.
Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance
company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000.00 to the lawyer for
his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires."
NOW FOR THE BEST PART... After the lawyer cashed the check, the
insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!!!
With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case
being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally
burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail
and a $24,000.00 fine.
This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent
Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. ONLY IN AMERICA!!!
shut up ... idiot
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| User: "GlennT" |
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26 May 2004 02:32:48 AM |
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% wrote:
"GlennT" <ask@noname.com> wrote in message
news:40B44563.8030805@noname.com...
A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive
cigars, then insured them against fire among other things.
Within a month having smoked his entire stockpile of these great
cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment
on the policy, the lawyer filed claim against the insurance
company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a
series of small fires."
The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason:
that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.
The lawyer sued... and won! In delivering the ruling the judge
agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous.
The Judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from
the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were
insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against
fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire,
and was obligated to pay the claim.
Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance
company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000.00 to the lawyer for
his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires."
NOW FOR THE BEST PART... After the lawyer cashed the check, the
insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!!!
With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case
being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally
burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail
and a $24,000.00 fine.
This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent
Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. ONLY IN AMERICA!!!
shut up ... idiot
Which idiot are you referring to? The idiot that wrote this or the
idiot commenting?
GlennT
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| User: "% surfs@uniserve" |
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26 May 2004 02:34:20 AM |
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"GlennT" <ask@noname.com> wrote in message
news:40B44820.6010302@noname.com...
% wrote:
"GlennT" <ask@noname.com> wrote in message
news:40B44563.8030805@noname.com...
A Charlotte, NC, lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive
cigars, then insured them against fire among other things.
Within a month having smoked his entire stockpile of these great
cigars and without yet having made even his first premium payment
on the policy, the lawyer filed claim against the insurance
company. In his claim, the lawyer stated the cigars were lost "in a
series of small fires."
The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason:
that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion.
The lawyer sued... and won! In delivering the ruling the judge
agreed with the insurance company that the claim was frivolous.
The Judge stated nevertheless, that the lawyer held a policy from
the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were
insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure them against
fire, without defining what is considered to be unacceptable fire,
and was obligated to pay the claim.
Rather than endure lengthy and costly appeal process, the insurance
company accepted the ruling and paid $15,000.00 to the lawyer for
his loss of the rare cigars lost in the "fires."
NOW FOR THE BEST PART... After the lawyer cashed the check, the
insurance company had him arrested on 24 counts of ARSON!!!!
With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case
being used against him, the lawyer was convicted of intentionally
burning his insured property and was sentenced to 24 months in jail
and a $24,000.00 fine.
This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent
Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. ONLY IN AMERICA!!!
shut up ... idiot
Which idiot are you referring to? The idiot that wrote this or the
idiot commenting?
GlennT
i don't know , it was just fun to say shut up idiot
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| User: "GlennT" |
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27 May 2004 12:06:54 AM |
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% wrote:
Which idiot are you referring to? The idiot that wrote this or the
idiot commenting?
GlennT
i don't know , it was just fun to say shut up idiot
I usually shut up because I'm *not* an idiot... then I go and open
my mouth and ruin the delusion.
GlennT
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| User: "Naomi Darvell" |
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26 May 2004 11:27:09 AM |
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x-no-archive: yes
Why do people think this kind of ages-old stuff is funny?
http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp
Naomi D.
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| User: "Bev Thornton" |
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26 May 2004 07:14:52 PM |
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Naomi Darvell wrote:
Why do people think this kind of ages-old stuff is funny?
It appeases jealousy and raises assessment of one's own intelligence.
Ironic, eh?
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<http://gadenrelief.org/><http://greenpeace.org/><http://peacebrigades.org>
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| User: "GlennT" |
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26 May 2004 11:42:40 PM |
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Bev Thornton wrote:
Naomi Darvell wrote:
Why do people think this kind of ages-old stuff is funny?
It appeases jealousy and raises assessment of one's own intelligence.
Ironic, eh?
Ummmm, no, I just thought it was funny.
GlennT
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| User: "GlennT" |
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26 May 2004 11:42:13 PM |
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Naomi Darvell wrote:
x-no-archive: yes
Why do people think this kind of ages-old stuff is funny?
http://www.snopes.com/crime/clever/cigarson.asp
Naomi D.
Because I laughed when I read it?
GlennT
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26 May 2004 08:18:37 AM |
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Subject: Only in America!
From: GlennT
Date: 5/26/2004 12:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id: <40B44563.8030805@noname.com>
[snip]
ONLY OUTSIDE AMERICA!!!
are people stupid enough to think this story is true.
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| User: "Teilhard Knight" |
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26 May 2004 08:48:01 AM |
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"Deminimii" <deminimii@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20040526091837.07889.00001247@mb-m04.aol.com...
Subject: Only in America!
From: GlennT
Date: 5/26/2004 12:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id: <40B44563.8030805@noname.com>
[snip]
ONLY OUTSIDE AMERICA!!!
are people stupid enough to think this story is true.
Yep. I have been called "stupid" before.
--
Teilhard Knight
The Extraterrestrial
Change "privacy" for "crosswinds" if you want to intrude my inbox
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31 May 2004 09:40:08 AM |
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(Deminimii) wrote in message news:<
(snip)
like I've said,I've never seen anyone with more rage on a
newsgroup.And I've never seen such a filthy,vulgar,potty mouth.I like
to swear too,swearing is fun,it feels good,but it's not every other
word out of my mouth...And she calls us juvenile???
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| User: "Deminimii" |
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02 Jun 2004 07:43:48 AM |
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Subject: Re: Only in America!
From: (alvintchase)
Date: 5/31/2004 7:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id: <a78957eb.0405310640.252555fd@posting.google.com>
[snip]
As much as you want it to be true, labeling me does not make it so, chipmunk.
Your tactic is childishly transparent and not very original. By the way, most
of your posts are about you obsessing with anger: "I'm so angry!" "I'm so mad!"
About what, who the knows. Oh, yeah, because the rest of the world refuses to
acknowledge how very special you are.
Get a life! Get a job!
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| User: "RGBs Neighbot" |
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31 May 2004 11:59:56 AM |
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In article <a78957eb.0405310640.252555fd@posting.google.com>,
(alvintchase) wrote:
like I've said,I've never seen anyone with more rage on a
newsgroup.And I've never seen such a filthy,vulgar,potty mouth.I like
to swear too,swearing is fun,it feels good,but it's not every other
word out of my mouth...And she calls us juvenile???
You have to realize, large parts of the creature calling itself
"DeMiniMe" are dead or dying. The potty mouth stuff is emanating from
the necrotic tissues, like the stench from a beached seal corpse.
Save your energy. Debate the living.
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http://asdwiki.2y.net -- wiki wiki!
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| User: "Deminimii" |
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02 Jun 2004 07:50:34 AM |
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Subject: Re: Only in America!
From: RGB's Neighbot -@-.-
Date: 5/31/2004 9:59 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id: <--C75176.09593431052004@news.easynews.com>
In article <a78957eb.0405310640.252555fd@posting.google.com>,
[snipped by alive and kicking]
Mark points a boney finger and croaks, J'accuse! Wow, your own variation of
what you have been criticizing Ballance of doing. Coming from you, this is
rich! I suggest you google yourself.
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| User: "GlennT" |
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26 May 2004 11:46:00 PM |
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Deminimii wrote:
Subject: Only in America!
From: GlennT
Date: 5/26/2004 12:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id: <40B44563.8030805@noname.com>
[snip]
ONLY OUTSIDE AMERICA!!!
are people stupid enough to think this story is true.
Is it stupid to believe? Or is it stupid to comment on those who do?
Interesting perspective don't you think?
I don't believe anything I read or see through the media. I just
know it is hinting at the truth. To think otherwise is... stupid.
GlennT
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| User: "Deminimii" |
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28 May 2004 08:03:45 AM |
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Subject: Re: Only in America!
From: GlennT
Date: 5/26/2004 9:46 PM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id: <40B57288.7080806@noname.com>
Deminimii wrote:
Subject: Only in America!
From: GlennT
Date: 5/26/2004 12:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time
Message-id: <40B44563.8030805@noname.com>
[snip]
ONLY OUTSIDE AMERICA!!!
are people stupid enough to think this story is true.
Is it stupid to believe?
Yes.
Or is it stupid to comment on those who do?
No, but it is stupid to argue that the story wasn't stupid.
Interesting perspective don't you think?
No, not at all.
I don't believe anything I read or see through the media. I just
know it is hinting at the truth.
Yeah. We have lawyers and we have cigars, beyond that there is no truth to hint
at and . . .
To think otherwise is... stupid.
Took the words right out of my mouth.
GlennT
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28 May 2004 04:40:34 PM |
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Deminimii wrote:
Or is it stupid to comment on those who do?
No, but it is stupid to argue that the story wasn't stupid.
Of course it was stupid, stupid, it's called comedy. BTW last
laugh's on you, I checked the source and it came out of America
where it was widly believed. Duh!
GlennT
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| User: "solidac" |
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28 May 2004 07:40:49 PM |
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"GlennT" <ask@noname.com> wrote in message
news:40B7B1D2.7000304@noname.com...
Deminimii wrote:
Or is it stupid to comment on those who do?
No, but it is stupid to argue that the story wasn't stupid.
Of course it was stupid, stupid, it's called comedy. BTW last
laugh's on you, I checked the source and it came out of America
where it was widly believed. Duh!
GlennT
it was widely believed that man went to the moon tooo. Absurd!
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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29 May 2004 01:30:30 AM |
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In message <1085791339.297225@teuthos>, solidac <say@no.to.spam> writes
"GlennT" <ask@noname.com> wrote in message
news:40B7B1D2.7000304@noname.com...
Deminimii wrote:
Or is it stupid to comment on those who do?
No, but it is stupid to argue that the story wasn't stupid.
Of course it was stupid, stupid, it's called comedy. BTW last
laugh's on you, I checked the source and it came out of America
where it was widly believed. Duh!
it was widely believed that man went to the moon tooo. Absurd!
Yes, it's obvious that the reason they made those suits baggy was to
conceal the fact that all the lunar astronauts were women.
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The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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