Speaking of frivolous lawsuits....

[Takeda Shingen]

....Dennis Kucinich is now suing Congress' cafeteria for $150k because he chomped down on an olive pit. This makes me think two things: He has very, very expensive teeth and we can now consider olive pits to be 'dangerous substances'. What the hell?

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/onpolitics/post/2011/01/dennis-kucinich-olive-pit-lawsuit-/1

[tater]

I was having lunch with my dentist (a very good friend of mine), and got a fragment of olive pit in some olive focaccia—broke my temporary crown.

They gave me a note for a free meal for 2 (food and drink, whatever we wanted). I thought that was just fine (went back and Steve made me a new temp, lol).

I could see a bill for a new temp if your dentist charged you, but nothing past that. Typical ambulance-chaser mentality.

[Platapus]

I was really holding out for the Kucinich-Mckinney ticket for 2012.

That's the ticket America needs. :yeah:

[Tchocky]

http://www.walloftees.com/images/stewart%20colbert%202012.gif

[krashkart]

In the lawsuit, Kucinich alleges that the defendants served him food "that was unwholesome and unfit for human consumption" because it "contained dangerous substances" -- an olive pit.

Well gosh, Mr. Kucinich... it helps if you learn how to eat olives! :O:

Better keep him away from cherries. And avacados - he could fracture his whole jaw on one of those pits. :haha:

[Growler]

Well gosh, Mr. Kucinich... it helps if you learn how to eat olives! :O:

Better keep him away from cherries. And avacados - he could fracture his whole jaw on one of those pits. :haha:

I'm not sure I'd trust him with anything past tapioca at this rate.

[Platapus]

Pearson v Chung in 2007

aka "The Great American Pants Suit"

:D

[mookiemookie]

I love Kucinich, but this is just.....bizarre. Why file a lawsuit on this after 2 and a half years have passed?

[Takeda Shingen]

I love Kucinich, but this is just.....bizarre. Why file a lawsuit on this after 2 and a half years have passed?

I didn't mean the thread as a political attack, but rather as a 'what the hell' regarding a $150,000 lawsuit over an olive pit.

[breadcatcher101]

I think there should be a 3 day waiting period on the purchase of olive pits.

Silly lawsuit IMO.

[ETR3(SS)]

I think there should be a 3 day waiting period on the purchase of olive pits.

Silly lawsuit IMO.With a background check!:O:

[krashkart]

I say we ban olives altogether. Pitted or non-pitted, olives are a threat to our cherished, toothy way of life. :yep:

[Gargamel]

Have you seen how small that guy is? And his wife?

That olive pit would Pwn him, and He needs all his mojo available to keep her around!

[HunterICX]

I say we ban olives altogether. Pitted or non-pitted, olives are a threat to our cherished, toothy way of life. :yep:

I just think they are utterly disgusting....yuuch....can't stand olives. :O: *grabs Banhammer* Die Olive! *Smack!*

HunterICX

[Platapus]

Have you seen how small that guy is? And his wife?



What gets me is that he is 64 and his wife is 33. He must have something.

[Takeda Shingen]

What gets me is that he is 64 and his wife is 33. He must have something.

I would assume that would be money.

[Platapus]

I would assume that would be money.

No way! I am sure she love him for just being him. :yep:

[Gargamel]

NAh it's the ears.

http://totallylookslike.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/dennis-kucinich.jpg

[TLAM Strike]

I'm hoping for a Norris/Putin ticket in 2012

[breadcatcher101]

Looks like it has been settled out of court.

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/01/29/kucinich-settles-lawsuit-olive-pit-sandwich/?test=latestnews?test=latestnews#

Poor fellow, his insurance didn't cover it--and they have better plans than most of us.

I am sure there is something in the healthcare bill about olive pits somewhere. Too bad congress isn't included in it.