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Five Stupid Lawsuits: You Don't Like It, Sue Me
Mr. Simpson, the state bar forbids me from promising you a big cash settlement. But just between you and me, I promise you a biiiig cash settlement.
-Lionel Hutz, "Bart Gets Hit by a Car", the Simpsons (1991)
When I was a kid, a nearby neighbor was a medical drug distributor. A friend and I were doing what kids do, walking around and taking shortcuts through backyards, looking for something to occupy our ever-inquisitive minds. In the aforementioned neighbor's trashcans, we noticed all these little pieces of something, individually wrapped in clear cellophane, with more colors than a rainbow. Some were blue and some were red. Plus white, purple, orange tidbits everywhere.
"Look at all that candy," we said. We had hit the mother lode. The big rock candy dustbin. And so we each ate a blue one. It didn't taste too good, but maybe the red ones would taste better. They didn't. Nor did the white, or the purple, or the orange. Damn! What kind of candy was this? They tasted terrible!
Still, ever onward we ate. I cannot for the life of me tell you what we were thinking. Having already established that they tasted bad, why eat more?
Almost the Last Supper
You know where this is going. I don't really remember too much else. My brother's voice calling me home for dinner. The walk down the block, not feeling so good. Sitting down at the dinner table and my mother looking at me and saying, "Chris...are you alright?" What I was told later was that at that point, my eyes rolled back in my head and I fell out of the chair in a stupor, like a 6 year-old drug addict finally hitting rock bottom, my tragic downward spiral of drug addiction--from the first gateway drug (a red one) to the hard stuff (an orange one)--lasting a whole 15 minutes. I was rushed to the hospital, my stomach was pumped, and I lived thanks to being called home for dinner.
My parents didn't sue. They weren't the suing type. Their attitude was that I had done a pretty stupid thing and what the heck was I doing eating stuff out of a garbage can anyway? The neighbor felt absolutely horrible about it and I think he still got into some trouble—reprimanded by the police and the company he worked for—but not on account of my parents. If they had sued it would have ruined that family's life. That's the problem nowadays. Nobody gives a rat's ass about the other guy so long as they stuff their own pockets with money. Incidentally, the kid next door had almost exactly the same reaction and experience and his parents didn't sue either.
Frivolous lawsuits are growing menace to doctors, insurance companies, corporations, businesses, and writers as well. And frivolous lawsuits and out of control lawyers harm every American, raising the cost of insurance, medical care, products and further stretching our already over-taxed legal system. That is why frivolous lawsuits piss me off. There are literally hundreds to choose from, but here are my five favorite dumb lawsuits. Incredible as they may seem, they are actual suits filed in a court of law. Read 'em, get pissed off, and laugh at what fools we have become.
Nut Job
A fella by the name of Kenneth Parker ordered two jars of chunky peanut butter. To his dismay, he received one jar of chunky and one jar of creamy. What's a peanut butter loving guy supposed to do when confronted with such incompetence and impertinence? Why, sue the state of Nevada, of course. Why the state of Nevada? Because he was incarcerated in their penal system at the time and had ordered the peanut butter (I said chunky, damn it!) from the prison kitchen.
I've been trying to spread this one on my sandwich. What was he going to do with that peanut butter? Wouldn't the creamy be better for that? Maybe the chunky has a "French tickler" effect or he just likes it rough. No word on whether his suit was successful. Hopefully the case was thrown out in a "Jif".
This Buds for You
When I choose a beer I don't choose it because of its taste, but because of its advertising. I know if I drink the right brand I'll be living the good life, full of exciting things, lots of attractive friends, and boodles of beautiful women. One man thought so and sued Anheuser Busch for false advertising. The guy couldn't have been that stupid, so he must have been figuring on some easy money, and don't forget, a lawyer agreed.
When those bikini-clad girls failed to materialize and oil wrestle right in front of his very eyes there was a little sound inside his head, a small, desperate snap - or maybe it was the ching of a cash register. Fortunately, the judge was of sound mind and threw the case out.
Breaking Up is Hard to Do
Just about everyone has had a relationship go bad where you just had to get out of it. The earlier, the better. If, however, you come to this realization late in the relationship, say, after you are engaged, it's still better to put it out of its misery before the wedding. Isn't it? Not for one man, it wasn't. He broke off his seven-week engagement and she didn't like it. She didn't like it at all, so she sued him and she sued him good.
She won. $178,000 dollars. The jury awarded her $93,000 for pain and suffering: $25,000 for her psychiatrist, and $60,000 for loss of income from...you're gonna love this—her legal practice! She was herself a lawyer! She took the break-up hard. If the guy knew she took things that hard he might gone through with the wedding.
Ride the Wave, Dude
Picture this. You're on the beach and it's a bitchin' day, man, and the surf is choka and you're amped, man, and you know the big one's gonna come today and you're not gonna be a frube or clucked, no, you're gonna ride that sucker so all the Gidgets will see and just when you're ready to catch it and hang 10, some jerk DROPS IN! Yea. He steals your wave! Oh the humanity! What's a surfer dude to do?
Well this surfer dude sued the wave-stealer surfer dude for pain and suffering for "taking his wave." True. Fortunately, no one could decide just how much pain and suffering their was in watching your wave—sent to you personally by the volcano Gods—being ridden by some other surfer, so the case was dismissed. And the other guy got all the Gidgets, too.
Suddenly He Liked Barbara Striesand
In Michigan, a 27 year-old man was involved in a rear-end collision. He only suffered minor injuries. Four years later he changed his mind and sued the owners of the truck that hit him. He now claimed that the accident caused his sexual relations with his wife to deteriorate and he was unable to maintain their sex life. The crash had changed his personality forever, he said, and in fact, the collision had turned him into a homosexual. He left his wife, moved in with his parents, began hanging out in gay bars, and became a fervent reader of gay literature. So, he got rear-ended and then he got rear-ended. He won his case and was awarded $200,000 dollars. The jury threw in $25,000 thousand for the wife.
And Thomas Jefferson Wept
When these kinds of cases clog up our legal system, when people bring these stupid lawsuits, when lawyers actually bring the cases to court and win, something is seriously messed up. And in the end, if you are sued and win, you have still spent a fortune, so you're darn near ruined one way or the other. I think when these people bring these frivilous lawsuits and lose, they should be punished and punished with impunity. The lawyers even more so. Maybe then people will think twice before using the courts to ransack sombody's bank account.
Or maybe I feel that way because I'm not getting in on the action. I'm not riding the gravy train. The money is just growing on trees out there in the land of legal make-believe and all I gotta do is pick it off.
You can do it too. We both can do it. All we need is something to sue about, and there are no reasons too absurd or too hurtful. There's a pot of gold at the end of the justice system rainbow and I'm gonna be there. I'm only missing one thing: Anybody know a good shyster lawyer?
Wierd Al Yankovic "I'll Sue Ya'"
Two NY Teenagers Sue McDonald's
The breaking up is hard to do lawsuit implies the boyfriend was correct in ending the relationship- that was a very vindictive lady he would have lived with. Yikes.
About 20 years ago, in NY, a woman got on the bus, and when the driver started the bus, she purposely "fell", and created a big commotion of being hurt-she wasn't. We all had to get off the bus; we could see it was a lawsuit she wanted to start. The poor driver looked so sad as he didn't do anything and had a legal struggle ahead of him.
Entertaining hub!
Under the humour, there's a pathos - and you bring it out so well, Christoph. I wonder, are we losing our human-ness? Do we all need to inject a sense of humour and basic decency into our lives? The incidents are funny - the underlying trends are not, wouldn't you say?
Great Hub Christoph, I always find it quite crazy when I hear some of the bizarre things that people will sue for that could happen to anyone. Perhaps if there were severe penalties for those bringing ridiculous lawsuit to court, and possibly for the lawyers who take these cases on, people would all think twice before sueing, and the world would be a saner place.
It reminds me of the case I quoted in one of my humorous hubs:
"Best Lawyer of the Year, Decade and Probably the Century.
Charlotte, North Carolina.
A lawyer purchased a box of very rare and expensive cigars, then insured them against, among other things, fire.
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 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! (Stay with me.)
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, 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 to the lawyer for his loss of the cigars lost in the "fires".
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 fine.
This is a true story and was the First Place winner in the recent Criminal Lawyers Award Contest.
nice story
Glad you enjoyed it Christoph :)
I believe so as it stated as much at the end of the story, so it must originate in the US. Not quite sure how it could be determined for sure though :)
Nicely done, Christoph. It's sad but true we have become a nation of whiners and victims. We also have too many lawyers:-) They gotta eat too so they take on these nonsensical cases.
We've forgotten that the consitution promises us the right to PURSUE happiness-- not happiness itself-hmmmm maybe you were on the right track with those red and blue pills LOL
We have indeed become a litigious society and it's disheartening. What message are we sending to our kids about personal responsibility? On the other hand, without that brilliant McDonald's customer, who knows how many more innocent people's laps might have been burned by inadequately labeled hot coffee?
Mostly I'm glad you lived through your OD, Christoph. They don't call pushers the "Candyman" for nothin (but you learned that the hard way, didn't ya?).
Great Hub CR, Sorry I missed it when it first came out. It seems that when I watch TV that there are a m illion advertisements for lawsuits of some kind against whomever they can find any little reason to sue for. It's crazy. I agree when you say we are raising a whole new generation of whiners and victims. They see it happening and think that that is the way things should be handled.
BTW, glad you survived your OD too, what would the world be like with no Christoph Reilly? Not a good one for sure!
Nice to see you too. Saw you posted so I thought I'd come by and ask what you are doing with B.T.'s wifes ass? Just curious.
Yes I did read his hub. Now I am jealous, you promised me a group shower that hasn't happened yet and now you are soaping up another mans wifes ass. Hmmp, I am not a happy camper CR.
you could add, as of today - dont like who the people voted for President ? - sue him multiple times claiming he is not a natural born citizen - this case is being seen today in the Supreme Ct - 12/5/08 , earlier this year the same case was brought against McAin
A funny hub although it is scary to think that the stories are true.
Hey Christoph that stealing my wave gave me a great idea. I am suing you for stealing my idea to write a hub about frivolous lawsuits. Or you can just fork over a whole bunch of cash directly and skip the lawyers. Your call. if I don't get a fedex of , oh Idunno, at least $12.48 from you forthwith you'll be hearing from my lawyer.
Didn't the legal standard used to be "What would a reasonable person do?" I think the problem is we collectively (present company excluded, always!!) have lost our ability to reason.
I've gotten more than my share of brain freeze -- from ice cream, and in my adult years, from frozen adult bevvies. Does that give me the right to sue Carvels or Breyers or the bartender?
Hot Dorkage. Funny, I was thinking of writing a similar hub myself. How many hubbers does it take to file a class action law suit against CR? I want my $12.48 and I want it NOW!!!
Great stories, I've heard my share of dumb lawsuits but these are totally new to me.
Just because I am ROFLMAO over here does not in any way diminish my seriousness about joining in on any class action suits. Nothing personal, Christoph, it's just that on HP, $12.48 is a lot of bling, ya know?
I do like your answer about the number of hubbers it takes to file! But there's one important "class" of hubber left off your list: 12 (like the apostles, dontcha know) to write variations on"The True Christian's Guide to Class Action Law Suits"
You're in St Louis and you can't find a shysta Lawyer? I tho't they were everywhere, =))
Very funny, but seriously scarey too!!
PLUS the comments are as great as the hub!!
lots of comedians on hubs!!
Christoph- I saw a news item once that "A woman sued the department store since she slipped on the floor (due to some other customer who was negligent) and the court awarded damages to the plaintiff"
Such "civil wrongs" or torts are considered pretty seriously in US but in India they don't even make it to the level of filing a case forget about coming for a hearing. I guess here the lawyers encourage litigation since they get a percentage cut and the courts even award punitive damages to be a lesson for others(also these cases receive wide media publicity encouraging more people to take this route).
It encourages people to sue(money to be made) without thinking about the consequences on the victims (who may have contributed very little for that accident in the first place).
Oh, you've hit on SUCH a peeve of mine - don't even get me started! Too late.
A woman suing a department store because she tripped over a child and broke her leg while shopping. She won. It was her own kid.
People suing fast food restaurants for making them fat? Puleezzzze grow up and take responsibility for yourself!
Oh, now you've done it, I'm hot under the collar now. I blame the judges - who in their right mind sets a legal precident by awarding these judgements? Huh? Who? Crazy people, that's who. Once one person has won, the rest get to legally follow.
My family would've crawled over broken glass before doing that to someone.
I'm sorry you OD'd when you were a cute little kid. Really glad you lived.
I'm gonna go calm down now. Deep breath. Wish I had some beer.
CR, I am afarid that the group shower will have to wait until sunday or monday. Monday is my birthday and my husband is taking me to OKC for shopping and gambling. I will be back Sunday night but I don't know when. Keep the shower warm, and try to get ag, mm, Spryte, shades, and ajcor and Chichi, and B.t to join in. See you then, have a great weekend!
Another classic is when people sue the tobacco companies when they develop Cancer. It has been common knowledge for years that smoking causes Cancer, so it hardly seems fair to sue them unless you smoked so many decades ago that they were still claiming it was 'good for you'.
This Hub made me smile. Perhaps I'm too close to frivolous suits myself (not me, but people I know, just to set the record straight). Anyway, it's about the drugs from the trashcan.
When I was 9, I got hit by a car while riding in the street on my bike. I remember being in the hospital, looking into a bright overhead light, but that's about it. I don't now remember anything about the accident itself, nor did I when it happened. Later, I went to court. The judge asked me what I had for breakfast that day of the court appearance. I told him. Mom made me eggs, toast, and bacon.
To make a long story short, I got hit, I survived, and the guilty party paid the hospital bills. End of story. That was the right thing. No multi-million dollar award for no good reason. So, let's bring back the 1950s way. Also, my mother hit me with her hair brush after I recuperated, the only time she ever hit me, for riding my bike in the street, which she had told me never to do.
I do think I'm a little cracked in the head, but that was probably because I dove into a shallow pool a number of years later and hit my head on the bottom. And that's another story.
I love how you put your Hubs together with great writing, visuals, and the superb organization that exceeds the reader's expectations.
Hello! This just in from the life imitates art department: So I'm sitting out at the final Cal Bears (UC Berkeley for those who might not be Bears fans) game of the season. I look down into my souvenir cup of lemonade. And what should I find there but a BEE!???!!! Yes, a bee. In my $5 cup of lemonade. I want you all to know that I briefly calculated the potential damages -- UC Berkeley has some deep, deep pockets just from game concessions alone!
But I thought better of it. And like the devoted little hubber I am (or aspire to be) decided to just write about the experience here.
*waves to Christoph from deathbed*
Gawd...I hate flus/colds...whatever this bug is that has kicked my arse from here to purgatory.
This hub did indeed make me laugh and shake my head. In my very first hub on here, I wrote a story about how I hit a man with a car and the strange events of that whole thing. He could have sued me...it would have changed my life, but he didn't.
Since then, I've been struck in my car three times. The first was a little old lady in a parking lot that didn't see me while backing out of her spot. The second was a kid that was a little too eager to get a jumpstart on a green light, forgetting I was in front of him and the third a man getting home from a long night's work who put on the wrong turn signal and turned in front of me in a way I hadn't been expecting...
All three resulted in mere scratches...although in case #2...I did lose my french fries which had been delicately balanced on the dashboard. As pay back for not wrecking my young life, I take this into account. No injuries? Small dent, scratched paint? What's the issue? I simply tell them to please drive more carefully...and we part ways with a shake of the hands.
I can't go 5 - 6 years without a scratch or a dent...why should I expect my car to do the same thing?
So sorry to hear you are ill Spryte, hope you are on the mend and back on hubpages very soon :)
Me too, Spryte! I've been missing you. In fact, I've been missing the gang quite a bit. Agvulpes is MIA, where the heck is Shadesbreath (on vacation?). Misty- good to see you are back. Hope your birthday was grand. And tomorrow is Gmom's. Sagittariuses rule, it seems. And oh yes, a big hidee ho to you, Christoph!! Thanks for publishing this hub. Greed and stupidity, stupidity and greed. Amurikuh, where did we go wrong???
Hi Christoph -thanks for this great hub - you really do have the best ideas! - I think that when the law courts get clogged up with frivolous law suits the non-frivolous law suits seem to get tarred with the same brush which then makes it hard for those people with genuine reasons to complain legally - and the lawyers win again! Happy Birthday to you gmom of you are reading this and I hope you feel better soon Spryte. cheers...
Really enjoyed your Hub Christoph. I tried to sue someone once. I tried to sue a mortgage broker who took too long to get me a bank loan for a house that I was having built. He kept promising two days, three more days, next week. Finally the builder gave a deadline and it was too late to get someone else to broker the loan. The deadline came and they sold my house, that I had built, to someone else. Two days later the broker called and said he had loan papers for me to sign. I guess he didn't believe the deadline. So three months later I was able to pick up another house in the same neighborhood for $50,000 more. So I got a lawyer and started the ugly process. The only thing I got out of it was spending another $1500 on a lawyer that said I had a great case but never even took it to court. Just took my money, wrote two letters and said that's all he could do. I guess next time I need to find a shady lawyer instead of a respected one. Hmmm...me thinks I found the topic for my next hub.
Yet another priceless, well-written hub.
What you need Jim isn't a 'shady lawyer' but a 'Shadesbreathy lawyer'. He would tie them in knots :)
These lawsuits are absolutely incredible! I was in a car accident, once. When the police showed up, the other guy jumped out of his car, and sprinted off, jumping fences and whatnot. I later received notice that he was suing me for extensive injuries he sustained in tha crash! Fortunately, he didn't get a penny.
Greta hub CR I also think the "I'll sue" syndrome has become totally unreal even in our country. It seeems that the more freedoms in a society, the more litigious it becomes. But dont try to sue doctor or a surgeon in South Africa, they close ranks on you, even when they have obviously erred. I heard a similar tale to your one above except the robber slipped on a rug and fell down stairs, injuring himself. He was arrested, convicted, but sued because the slippery floor and carpet were dangerous and he apparently won the case from Jail!
Mort the Tort! ROFL! :D I nearly spewed my coffee like a fountain over that one.
I love this hub Christoph. First, how lucky you are after that garbage can pill buffet experience. An angel must have been ringing that dinner bell. ;)
I really enjoyed reading these lawsuits, and you're right, things have changed big time. I often wonder why it's so hard for some people to win a lawsuit when they really deserve it while others win for the most idiotic reasons. : /
I know/knew a couple who were in a car accident, they hit a tree, she developed neck pain, then she sued her husband for a fistful of money and won. Go figure.
Happy Birthday MM! :D
Aw SHOOT! I mean...Happy Birthday Gwendy!!
That's it, I'm restricting my hub activites until after I have at least 2 cups of coffee. ;)
Awww you guys are just the sweetest people ever!!!! I love you all! Spryte, I hope you get better soon, we need you back here. I miss the group too. Where is Agvulpes and Shades? We need some hubjacking action, and soon. I am having terrible withdrawls and need something to ease my pain.
Christoph, How are you sweety? I hope you can get on here and everyone else and let's do something fun, like a group shower for instance. hey CR, is your shower ready? MM, do you still have the soap on a rope? AJ and Ag, you think you guys can make the drive in time? Shades, instead of battling your wife for shower time buy her some flowers, take her for a nice meal and get your spinal cord and beer over to CR's.
LOL Christoph at the Yogi comment!
What you mentioned is exactly what happened, his insurance had to pay (and they paid big), then they dumped him, which was perfectly fine because his wife had plenty of money from the lawsuit to go find another insurance company to cover both of them again. ;) It's funny and bad all at the same time.
Gwendy, tell us about your special day. I love birthdays...it's the only day of the year you can celebrate yourself. :D
This sue happy way of life is cluttering my vision with ridiculous signs and warnings on everything. Coffee cups warn me that they are hot. When it rains out grocery stores put up signs that the floor is wet when you walk in. Plastic bags have pictures of kids with plastic bags over their heads and say choking hazard. Duraflame logs say risk of fire. I believe most chainsaws say don't try to stop blade with your hand. Tesco milk containers warn that they contain milk. It is sad that there are people out there that need these warnings.
*enters singing hopefully only slightly off-key*
Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, Happy birthday dear G-Mom, you deserve everything you get today and all year too... and I hope you don't have to sue ... because I like you ... and know you're true blue ... ok, that'll do....
Time to head out and risk being in a car accident. Assuming I make it back safely, I will see you all tonight. Hubjacking, perhaps!???
P.S. Great McDonad's pic. For a brief minute I thought it said Eric Graudins:-)
Hey guys, I am so sorry to inform you all that I just am not able to participate in the group shower tonight. I think the weekend caught up with me and I am exhausted. I am going to go to bed but maybe I will recuperated and we can try again tomorrow. I will tell you guys all about my day then. Sweet dreams all!!!!
Oh G-mom. You can't fool us. We know that "I'm going to bed" is a euphemism for "I'm going to bed with my husband for some serious birthday sheet wrestling." Yeah, you bet we want to hear all about it! Happy Birthday!!! We'll leave the shower on for ya.
I wish Gwendy a very happy birthday. May God bless you with Health, Wealth and Happiness this year and years to come
Click below to hear my birthday song and just pretend Iam there in Oklahoma and singing for you.
Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday Dear Gwendy
Happy Birthday To You
May the good God bless you
May the good God bless you
Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday To You
Happy Birthday Dear Gwendy
Happy Birthday To You
(After singing the above song then we all are clapping our hands. Now Gwendy is blowing the candle and then cutting the cake of course Christoph gets the lion's share of the cake)
Ok guys. Here I am ready to get my birthday groove on and I don't seem to find many of you guys on? Geez! Don't make me get out my pocket planner and set appointments to get on here and hang out with you guys. Why is everyone so busy? I wonder if it has to do with Christmas? Well I'll be checking in every so often. Hope you guys are all well, hope to see you soon!
Hi Gwendy, I am around for a short while, but must go to bed soon as it is 03.20am here. Happy Birthday again :) :)
Ty Misty and to you too. Maybe we can get a few more to join in and have some fun. I need a little entertainment.
Cindy- Atleast two of us are around to give gwendy birthday greetings (If their were guys around they would give birthday bumps...Gwendy are you up for it?)...LOL
Hey CW, Glad to see you and Misty up and ready to party!!! Yep, I'm up for it!!!
Hasn't Gwendy got 'bumps' of her own already? :) (smiles innocently)
Where the heck has everyone gone? Ag, Spryte, Aj, MM, Shades, Pam and CR are all MIA. Dang them. They need to get their butts here! Kinda hard to party when Shades is supposed to bring the beer.
Misty, I think they might be considered lumps.
Cindy- I don't know whether you are aware since in India my brother used to have his friends hold his hands and feet's (and his back had to hit the ground the number of times he is the age that year). He would just say I will get back to you guys on your birthday. Girls luckily aren't subject to the same customs in India...hehe
wow, I am very glad I am not a male from India!
Yes it is fun as a child not when you are hitting late teens when one gets one too many...hehe
But surprisingly guys don't seem to mind it and have more fun doing that and also things like putting cake on the face or coke pouring on their heads as a shampoo (My mom would get so agitated with such parties)...LOL
LOL, sounds like they were having a good time. I am at the age that I don't like my birthdays anymore, I have just refused to get any older!
Don't you know we women stop growing at 16 (and forever be sweet sixteen and act like one what do you say?)..hehe
LOL CW, I do know what 'the bumps' really are, only here in the UK we girls used to get them too when we were young, especially at school. I was merely joking around in my usual warped way when I suggested Gwendy might already have 'bumps' of her own.
CW, I can handle acting like sweet sixteen forever, now if I could get my body to cooperate I'd be doing good!
When I was small my father used to innovate the bumps by throwing me in the air and catching me (I used to so love it and unfortunately by the time I was 7/8 I was heavier for him to do it anymore). But the reason girls didn't have that custom was we wear skirts and not modest enough when even boys are present in the party...hehe
LOL CW, that never stopped the other kids at our school giving you the bumps whether you wanted them or not, no matter what you were wearing. Very embarrassing!!!
I wish your body cooperates with that sweet sixteen heart of yours forever(sort of like mind over body)...hehe
Cindy- I guess that makes even girls be less shy compared to boys even from a young age...hehe
I think we were forced to just laugh it off, or die of embarrassment CW :)
Yup you told me earlier (if you can't beat them join them)..LOL
Absolutely CW, and it works, trust me :)
So girls, what kind of trouble should we cause tonight? Anyone got any suggestions?
Well, not wanting to be boring, but I need to go to bed now. It is 04.03am here in Guernsey, yawn. Will have to catch up tomorrow night instead. Sorry!
Ok, have a good night! Sweet dreams to you!
Cindy- I know for sure since it has worked so wonderfully on you.
Gwendy- You are the birthday girl you can suggest some party ideas unless it is too late for Cindy to go to bed now.
Ok I will also go to have some dinner and have a great time Gwendy (hopefully christoph turns up soon for you).
Good night Cindy and have good relaxing restful sleep (I have lavender sprayed on my pillow which is excellent for good sleep)
Night Night all, sweet dreams to you too whenever bedtime hits where you are :)
Yes Lavender works really well CW, I swear by the stuff.
Well CW, I guess it's too late for cindy. I am not really sure what to do now. I should have gotten on earlier but I was busy loading my new MP3 player with some of my favorite songs and baking chocolate chip cookies for my son.
Have a great dinner CW!
Thanks Cindy!
Try goldentoad's hub Gwendy https://hubpages.com/entertainment/She-thinks-Im-a...
He is up for a laugh and still online :)
Or possibly Rockinjoe's hub https://hubpages.com/entertainment/How-To-Get-a-Gr...
He too is still online and up for a giggle. :)
Christoph- Suppose some one is 16 years old then their would be a guy holding the person's two hands and another holding his two legs then lift both his legs/hands simultaneously and make his bottom hit ground 16 times then he would have 16 bumps.
Btw you are not a "old goat" but a MAJESTIC LION whom we all like a lot.
Only MOM's are allowed to do that (spanking). Or maybe even your wife if you are being too naughty...hehe
I wish I was an elegant swan floating all day in the water with not a care in the world (P.S: I love swimming a lot)..LOL
LOL Christoph, I will give you a tiny clue about my kind of 'bumps', every women has two of them and men are usually obsessed with them :)
well what great timimg we have CR, I was just checking in and there you go posting. How are you today?
Christoph isn't doing too well. He just got a spanking from his wife for being too naughty...LOL
When did that happen? Shame CR! LOL. Good to see you CW.
He was getting way too curious about something("bumps") and then he said what he usually gets for looking out for them ("spanking")
Glad to see you too. Hope you had a great birthday and nice gifts.
I think he must have done a post and run.
I guess he is still getting spanking. Naughty boy but never the less a cute naughty boy...hehe
I guess everybody has been busy or ill and not able to be on very much. Or maybe I just have too much time on my hands lately. I should be using that time to do something constructive, but there is no fun in that.
Write a hub about some of the places you visited with some pictures. I love travel hubs and also you may get some more traffic (revenue). I do check in the office HP but now planning to cut down a little as sometimes I feel it may be a bit too addictive / distracting....LOL
CW, I might write a hub but probably not about traveling, because I always seem to forget my camera when I go. I don't know what I might write about, but maybe something will come up. See ya later and have a great day. I hope you don't cut down too much. I would miss your smiling face.
Thanks for that compliment. I too miss you all and whenever I feel like taking some fresh air I peep in to get the company of my hubber friends. Looking forward to that hub and have a great day.
Hello, hello! I am just catching up on a most intersting thread. Birthday bumps, lady bumps/lumps, CR as a majestic lion and CW as an elegant swan (I'm liking this as a potential thread for later: what animal is everyone!).
I was over learning about hand jobs. Now I'm heading out but definitely am in a partay mood so let me know where all y'all will be hanging later. Woo hoo! Hub crawling!!!
Christoph- I have no secrets or skeletons in the cupboard. My brother when he was really small used to do annoying things and get spankings from mom(which I am sure you must have got since you seem to be very naughty too). I was mostly well behaved elder sister to my little naughty bro (but I so much love his naughtiness). I was just trying to address your unsuppressable curiosity which might get you into trouble if not sooner than later...LOL
Hey CR/Pepe! How are you, my friend? You seem to be on a completely different schedule from everyone else. Come to think of it, no one seems to be in synch these days anymore whatsoever.
Hand jobs -- well let's see how a Mom would explain such a thing. When you have really nice, well cared-for hands and someone notices, they suggest you'd be good for a hand job. And so you show them what your beautiful hands can do. And if your hands perform better than anyone else's you get the honor of the best hand job. What I like (as a Mother) is that hand-jobs are not a sexist thing at all. Girls and boys can equally get them. The key, if you're interested in this line of work, is to practice so you'll be really, really good.
BTW, in high school, my best friend's unfortunate name was Anita Logan. Needless to say....
I found this article extremely funny to me. The above lawsuits will hardly happen to Chinese people. Great job!
So about spankings, I have one in mind that in today's world would have made for a supreme lawsuit...the day I got spanked. I only got one spanking in my whole growing up life (ones you get as an adult don't count right?), and I will go to my grave saying it was an unfounded injustice based on a verbal misunderstanding!
On that fated day, I walked to a small market with my dad. Once we were in the store, he said, "Pick out a piece of candy Pam." So I did, and then I popped it in my mouth. Halfway back home, he saw me chopping on the candy and asked what was in my mouth. I told him it was the candy he told me to pick out at the store. Hell broke loose, and he yelled, "You stole candy??" I said, "Um, no sir, you told me to pick one out, so I did, and now it's in my mouth."
That's the day I learned what stealing meant...my behind learned a big lesson about it too because I got one of those bare skin butt whoopings. But that wasn't nearly as bad as the walk back home knowing what was going to happen and feeling like he had accused me unfairly. I mean, it's not like he said, "Pick out a piece of candy and we'll pay for it." How was I supposed to know? ;) lol!
Yep, I shoulda sued him. ;)
Thanks to Countrywoman for leading me to this site! Great comments about ridiculous lawsuits, Christoph. I also come from a family that is not so inclined to sue at the drop of a hat.
Once my grandfather was in the hospital as a patient and a piece of ceiling tile fell on his head temporarily trapping him in the bathroom. Did he sue? Of course not. He kidded for years later that "it was a good thing that he had a hard head."
Other such examples in my family I am proud to say.
Remember the incident of the woman successfully suing and winning a huge award over hot coffee being spilled in her lap? Wonder if she now only wants COLD COFFEE?
Dont' we have better things to do!!!!! It does get ridiculous. I'm still thinking about the wave stealer. Talk about being in the wrong place and the wrong time when all he wanted was a little fun.
The cigar story might be funny, but it's an urban myth, sorry!
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I shall endeavour to be less opaque in the future.
Chris, This is one of my all time pet peeves. Thanks for turning it into something to laugh about. Sometimes its just embarrasing to be a human.
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ya, or fb.
ya (yes i did publish something)
fb (facebook)
been feeling lepperish.
I agree on the frivolous lawsuits, but I am sorry to have to say this. I am currently filing a lawsuit against you, as I type this. You are being sued for broken ribs caused by my laughing too hard at your hubs! My 1-800-LAWYERS lawyer assures me that I have a good case against you.
I found him from a tv ad. He said that his goal for this year was to win his clients a combined total of $50,000,000 this year. I realize his only goal is to line his own pockets, but seeing that I am new here, and I haven't started to make any money yet, I feel that this is a quicker alternative. Please await your papers and I will see you in court.
What? huh? I got nothin! Send it again regular, my f'n fb is busted or something!
ps Shady Lady is as funny as you, better watch her.
OK, I don't even know why I'm leaving a comment. I started scrolling through all the above, and forget what the hub was about. I do know that it wasn't about Misty's cigars. Or bumps.
So, Christoph: glad I'm here. It must have been a really good hub, to have elicited all this fuss. If I remember in a day or two I'll come back -- but I sure as hell ain't scrolling back through all this here comentatin'. Maybe I'll just leave ya a note in another hub. Bye!
Flattery will get you everywhere, Christoph! I think between your lawyers and mine, we can come to some sort of arrangement. Of course, I could just innocently bat my eyes at the judge, and after that, you might be toast.
Hmmm...not that easily, after all, what would be the fun in that?
Awesome hub. Love Weird Al by the way. Suing has gotten so ridiculous. My parents weren't the suing kind either. If I got hur in someone's yard, that was that. I had to deal with it and move on (I was never stupid enough to eat candy from a trash can -- which by the way may be the answer to some of your issues?). My parents weren't scared of being sued, either because just about nobody did that kind of stuff. Now though, I bite my nails every time a child come over to play, or a worker comes over to fix something, cause you just never know, even if you think you did. Great hub yet again, Christoph. Love it!
Its like that jerk who sued McDonalds and Burger King blamming them for his obesity and ended up having it thrown out Its like these three convicts who sued the state becuase their cake and cookies were soggy this lawsuit was also tossed out THEY SHOULD GIVE THOSE THREE CONVICTS 10 EXTRA YEARS FOR FILING THIS STUPID LAWSUIT
Ha ha! That was very interesting...i enjoyed that! People just pull lawsuits out their butts at times. Its ridiculous. Thanks for making it a laugh! :D
It amazes me that these law suits can happen yet I was actually injured in a restaurant parking lot causing a major infection in my leg and torn ligaments and costing me thousands and couldn't get a lawyer to take the case or the restaurant to pay my medical bills because I didn't file an incident report with the restaurant the night it happened and it is within the restaurant's rights to have an unlit, unmarked step down into their parking lot as long as the concrete isn't crumbling and causing a falling hazard. I didn't know I had to file an incident report, the employees should have known that and informed me and not a single employee came outside to even see if I was alright. Instead they all stood and watched through a double glass door. A customer inside waiting on his food came outside to help me. I was asking for nothing more than getting my medical bills paid and still couldn't get any legal help.


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The Open Championship, Location: Royal St George's Sandwich, Kent Dates: 14-17 July Coverage: Live on BBC TV, HD, Red Button, online (UK only) and Radio 5 Live, Text commentary on the website BBC Sport (# bbcgolf) and mobile to see again on iPlayer
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McIlroy, who had been shot in the tournament since his victory magnificent in Congress June 19, hit his approach shots to each of the first three holes on the back of the green.
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After making par on the second chip of a fluffy lie in the third ran 10 meters to take two more, but picked up his first birdie putt with a six-foot in the eighth.
In 13 a curling five feet for par stayed on the left edge of his third bogey of the day.
The par five 14th has a clear opportunity, but finding a critical situation in the bunker with one foot inside and one outside, could only advance the ball a few yards from the trap about 30 feet from the cup and made par.
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"It was okay, it was a tough day he had to be very sick, I knew I would not get many opportunities for birdies, but I'm happy with how I started. When not playing a tournament a couple of weeks are looking forward to returning there, "he told BBC Sport.
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Donald, who shot two birdies with two dropped shots in his nine years abroad, he went over par for the first time in 13 when his second shot found a right approximate thickness of the green.
His chip finishing 12 feet short and after appearing strangely conflicted on what was missed putt on the left side.
A similar length putt for a birdie on the par five 14th and also derives another shot went in 15 when a putt from off the green below the surface of the green and could do around the pair.
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We are constructing different types of "humanized mice" for investigations of B-cell ontogeny and their utility in evaluating infectious diseases and cancer vaccines. In one such model, the "BLT" mouse develop a functional human lymphoid system after human stem cell engraftment. We have shown that a single intramuscular immunization with recombinant viral envelope antigens, e.g., HIVgp140 and West Nile Virus envelope (WNV-E) proteins, together with the immune-stimulatory TLR9 agonist results in seroconversion and secretion of antigen-specific human antibodies. In vitro studies with human T-cells recovered from these mice demonstrate suboptimal proliferative responses and loss of co-stimulatory surface proteins ex vivo that could be partially reversed with human interleukin (IL)-2 and IL-7. We are currently investigating whether CD4 helper T-cell functions which are required for optimal B cell maturation can modulated in vivo by the exogenous delivery of human cytokines/growth factors.
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Nearly 80 percent of the American people don't believe that John F. Kennedy was killed by a lone gunman, and the House Assassinations Committee has found that the president was "assassinated as the result of a conspiracy." Yet the conspirators have never been identified or brought to justice. Until now.
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Riad FES QUARAWINE is easily accessible, a few steps away from the BATHA Museum and the BOUJOUD gate, not far from the animated shopping streets of TALAA in the Medina, however it benefits from the relaxing atmosphere of the FES SAIS Association garden which surround it. On the ground floor: around the patio and its fountain: three very comfortable suites, one of which very large, with a fire place, and a Moroccan sitting room where coloured Zelliges are combined with more gently sensuous tadlakts. All the rooms are decorated with taste and refinement, Antiques and ornamental will entice you to shop for other antics exhibited in the Riad.
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Nevada Caucus Results
February 5, 2012 by staff
Nevada Caucus Results, More than 24 hours after Nevada Republicans began gathering at schools and community centers across the state to choose their presidential nominee, the election results remain uncertain.
While most of the results were released hours after the Saturday morning contest, the results from the state's most populous county are still being tallied.
Clark County officials say they stayed up until the wee hours of Sunday morning counting ballots, but couldn't finish the task. Only 70 percent of all the votes had been counted, and an official turnout for Clark County had yet to be made public.
"It is just layer upon layer of issues that we are trying to work through," said acting GOP chairman James Smack. "We are not dragging our feet on it. We just want to make sure we get it right."
At question is whether party officials were able to beat their previous statewide turnout of 44,000 in 2008, which was largely considered a failure. Early turnout numbers suggest fewer people may have voted in Saturday's caucuses.
In Washoe County, party officials said turnout in Reno appeared much lower than it was statewide four years ago. In rural Churchill County, turnout seemed on par with 2008.
In comparison, turnout was up slightly in the first three states to vote, New Hampshire, Iowa and South Carolina. Nevada was fifth, after Florida.
Northern Nevada GOP leaders blamed the dismal showing on early morning cold weather, the lure of good skiing and front-runner Mitt Romney's projected dominance in the state.
"A lot of people felt the state was in the bag for Mitt Romney," Smack said. "If the other candidates had more time here, it would have made a difference."
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An international embargo on supplying arms to either Israel or the Arab states was being observed by the United States, Britain and Canada, three of the countries with the biggest stockpile of weapons from the just-concluded Second World War.
But Russia, and its allies, flouted the embargo and supplied weapons to its clients in Egypt and Syria.
Mr. Peres was tasked by Mr. Ben Gurion to find some weapons. He learned that Canada would be willing to sell some arms to us, weapons not covered by the embargo, and he asked if he could buy 30 "25-pounders," a widely used type of portable artillery, and some machine guns.
"The Canadian government, to my great surprise, approved the [artillery]and disapproved the machine guns," he said.
Canada saw the 25-pounders as "defensive weapons," Mr. Peres explained, and the machine guns as "attacking weapons" that, in the spirit of the embargo, they would not sell.
However, alarmed at the price the federal government wanted for the artillery ($2-million), Mr. Peres set off to Montreal in 1951 to seek help from Sam Bronfman, the Seagram liquor baron and an influential man in Ottawa.
Mr. Bronfman drove Mr. Peres to Ottawa in his Cadillac to meet the minister of supply and reconstruction, C.D. Howe.
It was a wintry day, the President recalled, and his millionaire guide wanted to stop for a glass of whisky along the way. "I thought that was nice," he said.
"We arrived in Ottawa and he [Mr. Bronfman]stormed into Howe's office," complaining about the outrageous price of the guns. "'These people [Israelis]don't have anything,' he said."
"Howe was impressed and he cut the price in half," Mr. Peres said.
On the way back to Montreal, a pleased Mr. Bronfman turned to Mr. Peres and asked where he was going to get the million.
"From you," he said he replied.
Mr. Peres recalls good relations over the years with many Canadian political leaders, especially Pierre Trudeau.
On the day the two met, Mr. Trudeau invited him for lunch at his home, and surprised him by insisting on taking lunch outside on a blanket on the lawn. "We sat like two young children and had our lunch," Mr. Peres said.
"And then we developed a really good friendship."
The Israeli President laughs when he recalls the time Mr. Trudeau called him out of the blue from Libya, where the Canadian was meeting one of Israel's greatest enemies, Libyan ruler Moammar Gadhafi, in the desert.
By the 1980s, the dove in Mr. Peres had fully emerged, but it was only in the early nineties that his efforts met success. He and his protégés ushered in the Oslo Agreement, the result of secret talks in Norway with Palestinian representatives.
While the accord in which Israel and the Palestine Liberation Organization recognized each other did not result in a treaty, Mr. Peres believes that its spirit lives on and the two-state solution the accord envisioned remains the only way to achieve real peace.
It has become popular in Israel to mock or condemn Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas as ineffective or disingenuous for his efforts to win recognition at the United Nations and his refusal to negotiate until Israel ceases its construction of settlements. But Mr. Peres went out of his way last month to describe Mr. Abbas as a "worthy partner for peace."
"You know, the Oslo Agreement that was signed on the White House lawn was signed by him and by me," the President said, looking across his desk to the Nobel Prize he was awarded for that agreement. "So we have known each other for quite a long time."
Mr. Abbas "says publicly that he is against terror, that he's against war, that he understands the need of Israel for security, that he's for the two-state solution," Mr. Peres said. "I have the highest respect for him and I think he's a person that we can talk and should talk with."Report Typo/Error
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Environmentalists Sue to Stop Seismic Testing in Big Cypress National Preserve
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For decades, oil tycoons have had their eyes set on Big Cypress National Preserve, a pristine national park in the Everglades at the western edge of Miami-Dade County. The preserve has been a battlefront since at least 2002, when New Times detailed the U.S. government's fight to block drilling there.
Now, with a group called Burnett Oil Co. set to conduct large-scale seismic testing inside the preserve to look for oil, a coalition of environmental-rights groups has filed a federal lawsuit to stop it.
Six watchdog groups — the South Florida Wildlands Association, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Center for Biological Diversity, the National Parks Conservation Association, the Conservancy of Southwest Florida, and the nonprofit Earthworks — today filed suit against the National Park Service, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell, and others in the Middle District of Florida.
The suit alleges the National Park Service failed to address the environmental impacts of Burnett's testing plan. The suit alleges the Park Service violated sections of the federal National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and Administrative Procedure Act.
Burnett has been fighting for years to conduct oil-testing on 30,000 acres inside the preserve. (Big Cypress is a mix of public and private land.) Said testing includes driving multi-ton trucks through the area, flying low-altitude helicopters through the skies, and, most notable, literally rattling the ground using seismic-wave "vibrosis" to see if there's oil underground.
The preserve is one of the most biodiverse and well-preserved areas in the Everglades and is home to a population of endangered Florida panthers. The area also serves as a critical "recharge point" for the Biscayne Aquifer, the largest source of drinking water in Miami-Dade County. In May, the National Park Service found that the testing would somehow have "no significant impact" on the wildlife and plants in the area.
Matthew Schwartz, who heads the South Florida Wildlands Association, thinks that finding is, frankly, baloney.
"There will be hundreds of miles of thousand-pound trucks going off-trail," he tells New Times. "They're going into the wetlands. The potential impact is enormous."
Schwartz says his group faults the National Park Service for failing to do its basic due diligence before approving an application such as Burnett's.
"The scenic and wild public lands that encompass the seismic survey area will be significantly disturbed in ways that the Park Service has refused to evaluate fully and disclose to the public," the group's suit says.
Schwartz says the NEPA requires the Park Service to take a "hard look" (those are the law's words, not his) into the environmental impacts of any "major federal action."
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"If testing on 70,000 acres of land isn't a 'major federal action,' I don't know what is," Schwartz says. "NEPA requires a 'hard look' at all potential impacts, human and environmental, before a project takes place."
According to a release the group sent out, Burnett's plan is only the beginning:
The seismic activity approved in May is only the beginning. Burnett's broader plan includes three additional phases of exploration. The first, approved phase alone rivals the largest seismic testing operations ever to occur in a national park unit. If all four phases are approved, the area affected would ultimately encompass about one-third of the preserve (366 square miles or 234,000 acres), an area larger than many national parks, including Shenandoah, Acadia, Crater Lake, Biscayne, and Zion.
On top of that, seismic exploration could be just the first step in destructive oil development in the area. If Burnett finds oil or gas in the preserve, it will likely lead to harmful oil or gas development such as drilling, fracking, or acidizing—and the roads, pipelines and more that go with it, bringing even greater disturbance and risks to wildlife, habitat, and water supplies.
"The impacts to wetlands, wildlife, and cypress trees caused by these colossal trucks pounding the ground are unacceptable," Jaclyn Lopez, Florida director of the Center for Biological Diversity, said in the release. "And if they eventually end up drilling for oil or gas, this last remaining intact habitat for rare and threatened wildlife will be put at tremendous risk."
Schwartz, meanwhile, says he's motivated to continue fighting because he has simply fallen in love with the reserve.
"It's a place like no other I've ever been to in the world, and I've traveled a lot," he says. "Big Cypress has not degraded. All the native plants are still there."
He adds, "It's not an easy thing to sue the National Park Service and the secretary of the interior, so we don't do this lightly. We're basically suing Obama."
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Driver survives crash with horse
A woman has been taken to hospital after her car collided with a horse north-east of Rockhampton last night.
The accident happened on Dairy Inn Road at Cawarral about 8:30pm (AEST).
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Zee TV is all geared for a fresh season of Titan Antakshari, which has been titled this season as 'Elaane-e-Jung'. On air since April 13 in the 8.30 pm time slot, the contest in the new season is between the three finalists of its earlier property 'Li'l Champs'. The groups this round are 'Diwakar ke Deewane', 'Sanchita ke Parwane' and 'Sameer ke Mastane'. The show which will be aired every Friday and Saturday, has also roped in television actor Karan Oberoi as the new co-host with Himani Kapoor.
Divulging more on the marketing strategy, Tarun Mehra, Marketing Head, Zee TV, said, "Both these Zee properties — Antakshari and Li'l Champs — are well known brands. We feel that in combining the two, we don't have to make a lot of noise. Zee Networks is sufficient to spread the word for this new season of Antakshari. We are very sure that the content would be so strong that gradually, the show will build up."
On the promotional activities, Mehra informed that they have been using a network of channels as well as PR activities. According to Mehra, the marketing challenge is to tell the viewers how this show is going to be different. "The only marketing challenge was to communicate it and we are doing it through our promos," he said.
Children selected from the auditions held will get to choose any of the three teams of their choice. Those selected will be the part of either Diwakar's or Sanchita's or Sameer's team.
About roping in Karan Oberoi for the show, Mehra explained, "Karan sings himself as he was a part of the Band of Boys. He is good looking and so I guess there will be a sense of appeal too. Most importantly, he has done a lot of live shows where he has interacted with the audience. There is a very good chemistry between Himani and him, and it comes across a bit more strongly in this current season."


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Are state schools really posher than independents?
Private school leaders have long been irritated by the stereotype that their pupils are toffs or posh kids. Now they are trying to prove that the most successful state schools are posher.
Earlier this month, David Lyscom, chief executive of the Independent Schools Council, said he was frustrated by the perception that his members' schools were "stuffed full of posh white kids". His comment echoed a remark made last year by the then-chair of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference, who called for an end to the perception of a "chav-snob divide" between state and private schools.
Mr Lyscom went further. Not only were the critics wrong, he said, but the figures proved it. "The proportion of ISC pupils from economically deprived backgrounds is nearly double that in the top grammar and comprehensive schools," he said.
The claim generated plentiful press coverage, with headlines such as "Private schools: we take more poor children". But the research does not back up these claims although the figures do give a fresh insight into the backgrounds of private school pupils and how they really do compare with those in the state sector.
Mr Lyscom's claim was based on figures from two separate pieces of research. One was an analysis by the ISC that looked at its member schools' pupils; the other was an earlier report by the Sutton Trust education charity examining the 200 best-performing state schools at GCSE, including grammars.
The Sutton Trust report showed that an average of only 5.3 per cent of the pupils at the top state schools were eligible for free school meals, the standard deprivation measure.
The ISC said that, in contrast, 9.5 per cent of its pupils lived in postcodes where typical local incomes were estimated to be low enough for families to be eligible for free school meals. It was those figures that led to the "twice as likely to be deprived" claim.
But the comparison is flawed: pupils who are actually deprived were compared with pupils who might be deprived because of the roads they lived on. Having a postcode in which many families have an average income of Pounds 16,000 or lower does not automatically mean that you will, too - just as living on a street where your neighbours are mostly white does not mean you cannot be black, or vice versa.
Ian Plewis, professor of social statistics at Manchester University, said: "You cannot equate neighbourhood conditions to household or family circumstances because there's a lot of variability between households within even small neighbourhoods."
The ISC's analysis was carried out with Experian, the global credit monitoring company, which uses a system called Mosaic which categorises postcodes by resident type (see graphs).
The ISC report acknowledged the system's limitations, saying that it could not "describe" precisely every household in the UK. Yet it argues, correctly, that it "does, however, show that ISC pupils come from areas where the housing and level of affluence are not those of the stereotypical independent school pupil".
Some critics of private schools would indeed be surprised to learn that 8 per cent of the ISC pupils live in postcodes associated with a household income below Pounds 7,999, while a further 9.4 per cent live in areas associated with incomes between Pounds 7,500 and Pounds 13,499.
Yet even here the report notes that the families who opt for private education are likely to differ from their neighbours. "We would expect very few households sending a pupil to an independent school to actually have an income below Pounds 7,499," the report states.
Just 1.13 per cent lived in postcodes where it was "very likely" they would be eligible for free school meals. Meanwhile nearly half were categorised as living in "symbols of success" areas, the richest of the 11 postcode types. They are defined as "people with rewarding careers who live in sought-after locations, affording luxuries and premium quality products".
This is strikingly similar to "the stereotypical perception of independent school pupils" mentioned in the report's opening line, defined as "one of a privileged rich elite, population of wealthy, upper-class families.
The urgency behind the ISC's push to debunk the "posh white kid" stereotype lies in the new public benefit tests for independent schools. The Charity Commission, which began the tests last year, has suggested that most schools will pass, but threatened to remove charitable status from those that fail, along with the accompanying tax benefits.
The ISC report notes that the stereotype of posh private school pupils "has also pervaded the debate about public benefit - clearly, evidence that access to independent schools is open to all sectors of society is required".
The main form of evidence independent schools have used in the past has been the proportion of their pupils who receive financial assistance with their fees - on average, 33 per cent. Yet while a family needs to receive welfare payments or earn less than Pounds 16,000 a year to be eligible for free school meals, families earning more than Pounds 30,000 can be eligible for some independent school bursaries.
The ISC stressed that it never claimed it knew the proportion of its pupils eligible for free school meals, and that the postcode data was the best available information. Finding equivalent free meal figures for independent schools was not possible, the ISC spokeswoman said, partly because of rules on data protection and partly because its schools provided all pupils with meals.
Despite the flaws in the ISC's comparison, it is true that some independent schools have more socially deprived intakes than certain grammars and comprehensives.
Pam Sammons, professor of education at Nottingham University, said: "I've known fairly disadvantaged ethnic minority parents who have put a great emphasis on their children's education and prioritised this by paying for private schools - despite their low income."
The cost of private education can also be more affordable than moving into the catchment area of certain maintained schools. For example, according to Ofsted only 1.15 per cent of pupils at the highly popular Tiffin Girls' School in Surrey are eligible for free meals.
In contrast, the independent Christ's Hospital in Horsham, West Sussex, believes that 31 per cent of its pupils would be eligible for free school meals, more than double the national average. More than 84 per cent of the cost of its pupils' education is paid out of a charitable trust, so it funds more places for socially deprived children than any other independent boarding school. Only 2.7 per cent of pupils pay full fees. More than half are from single-parent families or are orphans.
John Franklin, Christ's Hospital's headmaster, said: "There are two comprehensives in Hemel Hempstead where more of the pupils are affluent and middle-class than ours - but we are an exception. We know which of our pupils would be eligible for free meals because we check when they apply. Sometimes we'll even send someone round to look at what cars are in the driveway and how many flatscreen TVs they have. It's only a small minority of private school pupils in this country who are being dropped off by Jeeves in the roller."
Christ's Hospital is unusual, but its approach is catching on. Eton hopes to rase a large enough endowment fund to make its admissions completely "needs-blind" by 2018, while St Paul's School in London aims to do so by 2030.
So while independent schools cannot yet boast of being more socially deprived than the top state schools, it may only be a matter of time before they can do so with confidence.