Speaking of frivolous lawsuits....

Takeda Shingen · 01-26-11, 06:58 PM

....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/communit...pit-lawsuit-/1

tater · 01-26-11, 07:07 PM

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 · 01-26-11, 07:15 PM

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

That's the ticket America needs.

Tchocky · 01-26-11, 07:28 PM

krashkart · 01-26-11, 07:41 PM

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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!

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

Growler · 01-26-11, 08:17 PM

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Originally Posted by krashkart

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

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

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

Platapus · 01-26-11, 08:23 PM

Pearson v Chung in 2007

aka "The Great American Pants Suit"

mookiemookie · 01-26-11, 08:47 PM

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

Takeda Shingen · 01-26-11, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by mookiemookie

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.

01-26-11, 06:58 PM	#1
Takeda Shingen Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2000 Posts: 8,643 Downloads: 19 Uploads: 0	Speaking of frivolous lawsuits.... ....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/communit...pit-lawsuit-/1

01-26-11, 07:15 PM	#3
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I was really holding out for the Kucinich-Mckinney ticket for 2012. That's the ticket America needs. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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01-26-11, 08:23 PM	#7
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,360 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Pearson v Chung in 2007 aka "The Great American Pants Suit" __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

01-26-11, 08:47 PM	#8
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	I love Kucinich, but this is just.....bizarre. Why file a lawsuit on this after 2 and a half years have passed? __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

01-26-11, 07:07 PM	#2
tater Navy Seal Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: New Mexico, USA Posts: 9,023 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 2	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.