One time my husband told me that our friend Jefferson was going to bring over some venison that he’d marinated. They were going to grill it, and it was going to be delicious. I’d never eaten venison, and I’d been watching a lot of Food Network, so I said, “Why not?” As it turns out, [...]
This is not new news, but it bears repeating. Hegang, Northern China resident Jian Feng was married to a pretty girl. Things were going well. They got pregnant, and a baby girl was born. It wasn’t, as it turns out, a beautiful baby girl. In fact, she was really ugly. Jian didn’t understand it. He [...]
While there are many, many stories of romances that begin online ending in happily-ever-after, sometime the method doesn’t quite work. In fact, sometimes the method is so far from working that lawyers are involved. Take, for instance, the example of Matthew Evans. Evans was *this* close to canceling his subscription to the dating website in [...]
Check this out – Tennessee law 39-3-101 states: “In this part, and in every law relating to or affecting animals, the words animal or dumb animal shall be held to include every living creature; the words torture, torment, or cruelty shall be held to include every act, omission, or neglect whereby unjustifiable physical pain, suffering, [...]
OK. I don’t usually pick laws that I can’t find at least SOME documentation on, but I liked this one so much I thought I’d tell you what it was, do a little bit of speculation, and then open it up to you for interpretation, dissection, and conversation. So don’t be shy this time, folks. [...]
In the neat little book I found, it says that there is a law in West Virginia that states: “If any person post another, or in writing or in print use any reproachful or contemptuous language to or concerning another, for not fighting a duel, or for not sending or accepting a challenge, he shall [...]
OK. The law, as a gazillion different places on the internet states, is that “it is illegal to stab yourself to gain someone’s pity.” As it turns out, this is an inaccurate rewording of the actual law. It makes it funnier. Did you laugh? The real law is Section 13A-14-1 which says, “Maiming one’s self [...]
And no, it wasn’t because he had “Rio” stuck in his head for two weeks straight. In 2000, a Los Angeles man sued Duran Duran because the band’s website had displayed his phone number to call for tickets and merchandise. Cornell Zachary (one of those guys with two first names, or a first name for [...]
Who knew the fine people of Wells, Maine were so particular about their graveyards? Wells has a law that states “Advertisements May not be placed in Cemeteries” 100-4 PROHIBITED ACTS (amended 11-2-93). Here is the full ext of the law: A. The following acts are violations of this chapter: (1) [Amended 4-7-2001] The willful disfigurement, [...]