Archive for January 2008

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Stella Awards

These are awards for the most outlandish lawsuits and verdicts in the U.S.
In fourth position this year:
Jerry Williams, of Little Rock, Arkansas , garnered 4th Place inthe Stella’s when he was awarded $14,500 plus medical expenses afterbeing bitten on the butt by his next door neighbor’s beagle - eventhough the beagle was [...]

Today is the 43rd anniversary…

Today is the 43rd anniversary of the death of Winston Churchill who died on this day on 1965 at the age of 90. listen
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Skytower Elevator

Skytower Elevator

If you even come close to filling your pants whilst traveling in an elevator I suggest that you never travel up or down the skytower in Auckland, new Zealand due to a glass section in the floor of the lift

Stella Awards

These are awards for the most outlandish lawsuits and verdicts in the U.S.
In fifth position this year:
Terrence Dickson, of Bristol , Pennsylvania , was leaving a househe had just burglarized by way of the garage.  Unfortunately forDickson, the automatic garage door opener malfunctioned and he could notget the garage door to [...]

Death by Conductor’s Cane

Death by Conductor’s Cane

While conducting the hymnal Te Deum for French King Louis XIV in 1687, Jean-Baptiste Lully was so focused in keeping the rhythm by banging a staff against the floor (this was the method before conductor’s baton came into use), that he struck his toe hard but refused to stop.
The toe developed an abscess, which [...]