[UA] [OT] What's this?

[Kevin Elmore]

--- Edward Parsons <edward-parsons at ntlworld.com> wrote:
> Didn't you know of the international conspiracy of
> Eurpeans, Canadians and
> Australians to watch the American leagal system like a
> hawk, just waiting
> for you to slip up? WE are watching....
> 

Good, you can fix it for us.

Check out http://www.snopes2.com/autos/law/mrsbrown.htm for
an example of a lame-brained defense some lawyer came up
with.

I'm just grateful that our system is not so incredibly
broken that such a defense worked.  Maybe in the LA courts.
*grin*

Kevin



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"Well, you take the freshly shaved rat, and you marinade it in a puddle for a while."
"Hmm, for how long?"
"Until it's drowned. Then you stretch it out under a hot light bulb, then you get within dashing distance of the latrine, and then you scoff it right down."
"So that's sauteing, and fricasseeing?"
"Exactly the same, just a slightly bigger rat."
--Blackadder Goes Forth

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