Talk about getting burned...
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Morning email has just arrived :) Talk about getting burned... A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars and then insured them against fire among other things. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars, the lawyer filed a 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 a 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 he was sentenced to 24 months in jail and ordered to pay a $24,000 fine. NOTE: This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
Free your mind and your ass will follow.
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Morning email has just arrived :) Talk about getting burned... A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars and then insured them against fire among other things. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars, the lawyer filed a 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 a 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 he was sentenced to 24 months in jail and ordered to pay a $24,000 fine. NOTE: This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
Free your mind and your ass will follow.
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:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: ROTFL where do you get such good stuff from? May the Source be with you Sonork ID 100.9997 sijinjoseph
Sijin wrote: where do you get such good stuff from Got this one emailed from a friend. I wonder where he gets this stuff from :) Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
Free your mind and your ass will follow.
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Morning email has just arrived :) Talk about getting burned... A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars and then insured them against fire among other things. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars, the lawyer filed a 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 a 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 he was sentenced to 24 months in jail and ordered to pay a $24,000 fine. NOTE: This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
Free your mind and your ass will follow.
Tomasz Sowinski wrote: NOTE: This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. I doubt it, seeing as I read it at least four years ago. Good story tho. Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002
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Sijin wrote: where do you get such good stuff from Got this one emailed from a friend. I wonder where he gets this stuff from :) Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
Free your mind and your ass will follow.
I think that one's been circulating for years (I saw it ages ago) It's hard to know anymore if any of these are actually real stories -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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Morning email has just arrived :) Talk about getting burned... A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars and then insured them against fire among other things. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars, the lawyer filed a 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 a 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 he was sentenced to 24 months in jail and ordered to pay a $24,000 fine. NOTE: This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
Free your mind and your ass will follow.
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Morning email has just arrived :) Talk about getting burned... A Charlotte, NC lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars and then insured them against fire among other things. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile of these great cigars, the lawyer filed a 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 a 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 he was sentenced to 24 months in jail and ordered to pay a $24,000 fine. NOTE: This is a true story and was the 1st place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest. Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
Free your mind and your ass will follow.
http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/cigarson.htm[^] Apparently this story has been doing the rounds since the '60s -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
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http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/cigarson.htm[^] Apparently this story has been doing the rounds since the '60s -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
Good work - I did a google search and could not find it. Christian We're just observing the seasonal migration from VB to VC. Most of these birds will be killed by predators or will die of hunger. Only the best will survive - Tomasz Sowinski 29-07-2002 ( on the number of newbie posters in the VC forum ) Cats, and most other animals apart from mad cows can write fully functional vb code. - Simon Walton - 6-Aug-2002
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http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/cigarson.htm[^] Apparently this story has been doing the rounds since the '60s -- Help me! I'm turning into a grapefruit!
benjymous wrote: Apparently this story has been doing the rounds since the '60s LOL I like the 'Cakes and Ale' story :) Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
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benjymous wrote: Apparently this story has been doing the rounds since the '60s LOL I like the 'Cakes and Ale' story :) Tomasz Sowinski -- http://www.shooltz.com
** Putt knot yore thrust inn spel chequers. **
Archaic laws eh..... Reminds me of a story regarding some friends and Cambridge University. According to same friends, The University grounds are protected by some sort of Royal Warrant (or summit like that) and as such the Police cannot enter the grounds without permission. Now the story goes that while out drinking one night there was a wee bit of trouble that got a majority of the lads bundled into the back of the Police van, except one. He was perched on top of 6/8/10ft wall (accounts of the height increase depending on how much they have had to drink while retelling this story), that made up the boundary of one of the grounds/colleges. The Police spent 20mins trying to persuade him to come down so they could arrest him, as he was untouchable perched where he was, and the rest of them yelling from the back of the van telling to stay put, because they knew he was safe where he was. Strange thing is now I've written it out like this it always seems funnier when told after many beers and late at night.
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