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Sued for being nice
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Re: Sued for being nice
ridiculous.
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7 Feb 2005, 19:03
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Re: Sued for being nice
it wouldnt happen in this country.
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Re: Sued for being nice
Thank **** i don't live in america. 17/18 year old girls sholdnt be out that late at night!
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7 Feb 2005, 19:06
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Re: Sued for being nice
The girls did show pretty poor judgement; and they ended up paying the medical bills they'd already offered to pay.
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Young said she believes that the girls should not have been running from door to door late at night.
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So far I might agree
But the fact that they could be sued for this is just ridiculous.
BTW Isn't the figure $900 a bit excessive?
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Re: Sued for being nice
i know but that takes the piss, it should have been thrown out of court for the simple reason that they had already offered to pay
this may seem harsh but i hope that someone puts a brick through one of the bitches windows, that might give her a real ****ing heath attack
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by Ärketrollmannen
So far I might agree
But the fact that they could be sued for this is just ridiculous.
BTW Isn't the figure $900 a bit excessive?
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It was hardly late
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7 Feb 2005, 19:20
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Re: Sued for being nice
Presumably the judge's award reflected how much the medical bills were. These things are generally done to restore the status quo in some sense.
I felt some sympathy for the woman (obviously the court case was slightly OTT) since she may have incurred medical bills she couldn't afford but her attitude "I hope this teaches them a lesson" is sickening. As Roady points out, hopefully her house is vandalised by people who won't be able to pay her a dime.
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7 Feb 2005, 19:21
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Re: Sued for being nice
In that neighberhood(sp?) it might be terribly late. All I'm saying is that I can't decide that, it up to that old lady, the problem is whn it goes from "people shouldn't bother other people at night" to "I'm gonna retaliate"
Because that is what it is, retaliation, not justice
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7 Feb 2005, 19:23
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by Dante Hicks
Presumably the judge's award reflected how much the medical bills were. These things are generally done to restore the status quo in some sense.
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Yes but does a visit to the hospital actually cost $900? I believe that in order to see a specialist in Sweden you pay like, $30. And since it doesn't say that she had to go to operations or anything it is fairly safe to say that she didn't ahve any lifethreatening symptoms.
So why 900?
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7 Feb 2005, 19:25
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by Ärketrollmannen
Yes but does a visit to the hospital actually cost $900? I believe that in order to see a specialist in Sweden you pay like, $30. And since it doesn't say that she had to go to operations or anything it is fairly safe to say that she didn't ahve any lifethreatening symptoms.
So why 900?
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It's America.
My mum's 2.5mile ambulance ride was billed to us for $850.
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by Ärketrollmannen
So why 900?
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Because America has a private medical system?
I'd imagine a lot of those costs were simply tests. Having x-rays and so forth is an expensive business especially if they're trying to be half-way thorough.
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by Ärketrollmannen
But the fact that they could be sued for this is just ridiculous.
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Why? Assuming the woman really did require medical attention, why should she have to pay? She didn't do anything wrong.
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BTW Isn't the figure $900 a bit excessive?
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Visits to the Emergency Room are expensive. If she's suing for medical bills she presumably has an actual bill.
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i know but that takes the piss, it should have been thrown out of court for the simple reason that they had already offered to pay
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The punative damages were rejected, so same difference.
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Originally Posted by deerbarn
It was hardly late
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Re: Sued for being nice
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The punative damages were rejected, so same difference.
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not really, as now they have legal bills to pay as well, if they offered to pay up front and she took them to court out of sheer bloody mindedness, she should have got nothing
EDIT: and the report says that she was in the house with her 18 year old daughter and she had already phoned the police, who determined that no crime had been commited
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by Dante Hicks
Because America has a private medical system?
I'd imagine a lot of those costs were simply tests. Having x-rays and so forth is an expensive business especially if they're trying to be half-way thorough.
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Emergency Room visits are substantially more expensive, because they operate "on demand." If you call up your regular Doctor, schedule an appointment, and have the same procedures done at their convenience, it's a lot cheaper.
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Re: Sued for being nice
@Stew and Dante: OK I didn't know it was that expensive. Everyday you learn something new.
@Tacticus: Because they already offered to pay them?
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Re: Sued for being nice
Social security is very expensive in the US so I've heard.
Is it true that you need to bring your creditcard when you need to go see a doctor?
I even heard a rumour of someone not being operated for something after losing conciousness because no one was there to ensure the bill would be paid.
I'm not sure what's true of all this, but it sounds bad.
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Re: Sued for being nice
And also to point out everyone talking about the 'old lady', she was 49, and was at home with her 18 year old daughter and her elderly mother. It wasnt some little old lady at home on her own.
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by roadrunner_0
not really, as now they have legal bills to pay as well, if they offered to pay up front and she took them to court out of sheer bloody mindedness, she should have got nothing
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Given the amount, I suspect it went to small claims court--so no legal fees.
The fact that she's "bloody minded" doesn't really change anything. She shouldn't have taken it to court, but neither should she be punished for having done so.
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Re: Sued for being nice
it is a bit over the top though, and how can you ever dismiss silly claims when you keep on letting claims like this one go through?
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Re: Sued for being nice
Seeing as the girls didn't break the law and didn't do anything wrong, this shouldn't have been brought to court, and she shouldn't have won a penny.
If I'm walking down the street, don't like the look of someone, have an anxiety attack and end up in hospital. Can I sue that person?
It's ridiculous.
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Seeing as the girls didn't break the law
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Re: Sued for being nice
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it is a bit over the top though, and how can you ever dismiss silly claims when you keep on letting claims like this one go through?
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I don't think her claim for her medical bills was silly though. Her claim for punative damages was silly, and that was tossed out--as it deserved to be.
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Seeing as the girls didn't break the law and didn't do anything wrong
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They did something inconsiderate and caused someone harm, however unintentionally.
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Re: Sued for being nice
Seing how I am the only professional Lawyer here I think you should listen to my opinion.
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7 Feb 2005, 20:17
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Re: Sued for being nice
please, Yahwe, post your opinion on the case
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7 Feb 2005, 20:25
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by deerbarn
Thank **** i don't live in america.
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i think quite a few people are thinking the same thing.
Its scandalous about what americans sue over - they need a hefty dose of common sense dealt to them
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7 Feb 2005, 20:33
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Re: Sued for being nice
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They did something inconsiderate and caused someone harm, however unintentionally.
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What exactly was so inconsiderate, especially given they checked to see if there were lights on in the house?
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Re: Sued for being nice
I know i'd be petrified if two 17/18 year old girls knocked on my door at half ten trying to give me their sweet-baked goods for free.
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by Structural Integrity
Social security is very expensive in the US so I've heard.
Is it true that you need to bring your creditcard when you need to go see a doctor?
I even heard a rumour of someone not being operated for something after losing conciousness because no one was there to ensure the bill would be paid.
I'm not sure what's true of all this, but it sounds bad.
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Put it this way. We made sure the hospital knew everything about our Medical Insurance a month before the due date, as if you turn up in labout, you'd have to fill in all the Insurance details and have them verified, before you'll be seen.
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by roadrunner_0
i know but that takes the piss, it should have been thrown out of court for the simple reason that they had already offered to pay
this may seem harsh but i hope that someone puts a brick through one of the bitches windows, that might give her a real ****ing heath attack
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by MrL_JaKiri
What exactly was so inconsiderate, especially given they checked to see if there were lights on in the house?
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Lots of people (at least in the US) leave a light on whether they're awake/expecting visitors or not.
If you knock on my door at 10:30 pm you'd better have a damn good reason. And if it's something that could easily have waited until the next day then yeah, that's inconsiderate.
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by Tactitus
Lots of people (at least in the US) leave a light on whether they're awake/expecting visitors or not.
If you knock on my door at 10:30 pm you'd better have a damn good reason. And if it's something that could easily have waited until the next day then yeah, that's inconsiderate.
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by Tactitus
Lots of people (at least in the US) leave a light on whether they're awake/expecting visitors or not.
If you knock on my door at 10:30 pm you'd better have a damn good reason. And if it's something that could easily have waited until the next day then yeah, that's inconsiderate.
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by Tactitus
If you knock on my door at 10:30 pm you'd better have a damn good reason. And if it's something that could easily have waited until the next day then yeah, that's inconsiderate.
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You're joking, right?
Someone tell me he's joking.
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by Tactitus
Lots of people (at least in the US) leave a light on whether they're awake/expecting visitors or not.
If you knock on my door at 10:30 pm you'd better have a damn good reason. And if it's something that could easily have waited until the next day then yeah, that's inconsiderate.
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You can't really be serious.
If this sort of thing happened EVERY night, then yeah that would be something that might put you in a bad mood but they did it once and it was nice for crying out loud
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This kind of thing sickens me, largely because these sorts of cases have absolutely nothing to do with health, safety, a genuine grievance, or any other such thing, but are purely about generally lazy people making money on horribly spurious grounds at the expense of other people.
If this is justice, then I'm a banana.
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Re: Sued for being nice
I get the impression (from previous posts in this thread etc) he's not joking.
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by Tactitus
Lots of people (at least in the US) leave a light on whether they're awake/expecting visitors or not.
If you knock on my door at 10:30 pm you'd better have a damn good reason. And if it's something that could easily have waited until the next day then yeah, that's inconsiderate.
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Shut up man.... they give you cookies.. its a nice thought....
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Re: Sued for being nice
Thats abit silly that is....(refering to the article, not anything anyone has commented on.)
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Re: Sued for being nice
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I don't think her claim for her medical bills was silly though.
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Of course it was. They had already offered - quite generously in my opinion - to pay her bills out of court. However, she decided to milk the case for all it wasn't worth via civil litigation. It should never have even come to court.
To be honest, I'm quite sceptical about the exact nature of this woman's "anxiety attack" and the role of their parcel in it. There doesn't seem a suffucient link in causation to justify them paying. Having said that, I'm not familiar with civil law. In any case, I'm not really sure how you would draw the line with this kind of thing, anyway.
If I was the judge, I would have thrown the case out and told her to sign the agreement with the girls. The civil courts are there to settle genuine grievances between personalities that cannot be resolved by other means; by no stretch of the imagination could that be said to be the case here.
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Seing how I am the only professional Lawyer here I think you should listen to my opinion.
Do not read the Denver Post
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Im not able to give pos/neg rep at this point because of my rather "Limited" post count.
so ill just post my endorsement of this comment here
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Re: Sued for being nice
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You can't really be serious.
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Why can't I?
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If this sort of thing happened EVERY night, then yeah that would be something that might put you in a bad mood but they did it once and it was nice for crying out loud
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It would be far nicer in the morning. Look, at 10:30 pm my kids are in bed, as is my wife who usually has to get up early. Late evening is when I get to catch up on my reading. I don't need or want someone bothering us with something that can wait. I'm not going to sue them, or have an anxiety attack, but it is inconsiderate and I'd really rather they didn't. I'm more than happy to accept unsoliticed gifts during normal daytime hours.
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Tactitus is actually tempting me to use the rep system.
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Re: Sued for being nice
america is a seriously ****ed up place
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by Tactitus
Why can't I?
It would be far nicer in the morning. Look, at 10:30 pm my kids are in bed, as is my wife who usually has to get up early. Late evening is when I get to catch up on my reading. I don't need or want someone bothering us with something that can wait. I'm not going to sue them, or have an anxiety attack, but it is inconsiderate and I'd really rather they didn't. I'm more than happy to accept unsoliticed gifts during normal daytime hours.
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Look. Imagine what you actually would feel like if you did go though the entire horribly tiresome procedure of getting up, opening the door and everything, wouldn't you feel glad anyway?
Wouldn't this sort of action lift your spirit a bit?
They knocked, they didn't ring the bell, wich means your kids won't wake up. They bring cookies, wich is terribly nice.
In the article it says that they weren't able to do this during daytime, so they did it at night.
If I did this and got to your house, I would at least expect some sort of smile, some sort of positive respons.
It would really down me if you started going on about how inconsiderite it is to come at night bringing gifts.
So in conclusion.
This really was a nice thing, not a bad thing.
(Sorry about the crappy english, i am friggin tired)
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8 Feb 2005, 00:15
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Durango - Two teenage girls decided one summer's evening to skip a dance where there might be cursing and drinking to stay home and bake cookies for their neighbor
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I can understand the drinking, but CURSING ?
And that woman suing....
And, "late at night"??
I swear this could only ****ing happen in america
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8 Feb 2005, 00:21
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Re: Sued for being nice
Legally, I don't think that the girls would be held liable in the UK for what they did. Ok, so but for their actions, the old lady wouldn't have had an anxiety attack; however, it wasn't reasonably foreseeable that it would occur.
I've been doing prep for a causation seminar for tort all day, bastards.
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8 Feb 2005, 00:36
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by Tactitus
Lots of people (at least in the US) leave a light on whether they're awake/expecting visitors or not.
If you knock on my door at 10:30 pm you'd better have a damn good reason. And if it's something that could easily have waited until the next day then yeah, that's inconsiderate.
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Thing is, if your heart cant handle 2 girls at your door with cookies at 10.30 pm in the weekend then you bloody shouldnt be living alone.
also, I gave you a negative rep for not going with the common sense and disagreeing with this.
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8 Feb 2005, 02:25
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Re: Sued for being nice
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Originally Posted by I am Idler
I can understand the drinking, but CURSING ?
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I would presume that's a media addition to enforce the image of innocence around these girls.
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