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A bit of post-lunch fun
egon Started conversation Apr 1, 2004
OK< so I was walking to the library throught the city centre after lunch, and someone working for "SUe someone! Please!" or whatever they're called, was pimping for business. And then he asked me, and I thought I'd have a bit of fun...
Sue Someone Please! Rep: Have you had an accident in the last three years? Do you want to sue someone.
Me: YES!
SSP Rep: OK< what accidents have you sufered.
Me: Well, I burned my own foot with hot oil, tripped over my own shoe, walked into a bin and fell off a unicycle, cutting my knee open on a drystone wall. Can I sue myself?
SSP Rep: No, but you might be able to sue the council for the bin.
Me: Because *I* wasn't walking straight
SSP Rep: Yup. And you could sue the person who owns the drystone wall
Me: For the fact that I fell off a unicycle into it?
SSP Rep: Um, you could sue the company who amde the unicycle.
Me: On what grounds?
SSP Rep: That it was unsafe
Me: It wa s abloody unicycle! they're not designed to be safe! What you're saying is that I can sue people for me being a clumsy pillock?
SSP Rep: Well, not exactly. But you might be able to sue for those accidents
Me: which were caused by me being a clumsy pillock?
SSP Rep: well...
Me: Look, my father's a lawyer. If I ever do want to sue someone, I think I'll use him. Goodbye.
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Fun way to spend an afternoon.
A bit of post-lunch fun
FiedlersFizzle Posted Apr 1, 2004
Bravo Egon...
Although I feel you may have cut the discussion short somewhat. You could have asked him how he felt contributing to the rise in insurance and greater restrictions for everyone in everyday life...
But still, cheers all round 
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egon Posted Apr 1, 2004
well, as much as I would have loved to torment the guy all day, I did have to get to the library to do some work.
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FiedlersFizzle Posted Apr 1, 2004
You put 'work' ahead of crusading for the greater good? 
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egon Posted Apr 1, 2004
only because the deadline's tomorrow. if I had nothing due in this week, I'd have asked the guy selling the Echo if I could borrow his deckchair to avoid getting knackered, I'd have been there so long.
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GreyDesk Posted Apr 1, 2004
Have you considered suing your father for raising such a clumsy pillock?
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Mu Beta Posted Apr 1, 2004
I await the Richard 'Egon' Porter vs. Lyons Golden Syrup trial with great interest...
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Saturnine Posted Apr 1, 2004
Why didn't you consider suing HIM for wasting your valuable time. After all, there was work to be done...
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Kerr_Avon - hunting stray apostrophes and gutting poorly parsed sentences Posted Apr 2, 2004
Why stop at your father? Why not sue the entire set of ancestors for combining together in such a way to create your genetic make-up, which led to you being born a clumsy pillock?
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A bit of post-lunch fun
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