April
27
2010
April
25
2010
April
25
2010
April
24
2010
A Charlotte, North Carolina, 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 ‘Criminal Lawyers Award’ Contest!
April
23
2010
April
21
2010
April
20
2010
April
19
2010
April
18
2010
Bernd… Over at Sleepingchinese.com has an interesting obsession with this subject… He’s got over 700 different shots.
April
17
2010
via The Consumerist
This sandwich can only be created during the short change over from the breakfast to lunch menu at your local Mickey D’s. It’s a fusion of two sandwiches, so it’s not technically a McDonald’s menu item, but it’s still pretty tasty and worth the trouble.
We hear it’s getting kind of a cult following in San Francisco.
1. Go to McD’s right when they are transitioning from breakfast to lunch.
2. Order one of the remaining Egg McMuffins from the breakfast menu and also order a McDouble since the lunch menu is now open.
3. Take the egg and Canadian bacon from the Egg McMuffin and put it on the McDouble.
It’s called a Mc10:35 because that’s pretty much the only time you can pull this off.
Word is… They’re really good when one is dealing with a hangover…
If you’ve ever had a good egg burger… You’ll understand how delicious these things can be… Can’t speak on the curing hangovers thing… But there’s a good chance it’ll relieve you of a bit of life span… Enjoy!
April
17
2010
Even when they’re trying to insult them… It just slides off… That’s a good approximation of Michelle’s Bod… When’s the last time we had a first lady built like that? And take away the bling and Barack could easily pull off the “straight up player” look… The man oozes cool.
