The Dark Knight

[Sionnach Glic]

To my understanding a verbal contract is legally binding in the US.

But then how are you going to prove that the contract existed at all? If I say "I'll give you a hundred dollars to jump off that bridge", and you do so, how are you going to sue me if I deny ever making such a deal? And what's to stop Average Joe coming along and saying that I made such a deal with him, even if I didn't?

But even if it were, that still brings us back to the fact that they said something that sounded like "Toyota". If she was too dumb to realise that she obviously wasn't going to be given a brand new car, then that's her own fault.

Hooters is a restaurant where girls with massive tits wear tight white tops and serve horny guys.

Memo to self: Visit Hooters next time I visit the US.

[Mikey]

#1 - yes, unfortunately, verbal contracts may be held binding in the US.

#2 - she didn't have to work for the contest specifically. The prize was to be awarded for performing exceptionally; presumably, she was getting her normal pay for doing the work at all.

#3 - don't bother, Rochey. It's just a mediocre chain restaurant with cute girls. While they wear minimal clothing, they don't remove any during the course of the meal. And they sure don't have a champagne room.

#4 - the fact that a US local circuit court upheld the litigation is in no way related to its correctness.

[Lt. Staplic]

#4 - the fact that a US local circuit court upheld the litigation is in no way related to its correctness.

no, infact it's a testimate to the mediocraty that is our court system.

[Sionnach Glic]

#1 - yes, unfortunately, verbal contracts may be held binding in the US.

Okay, that's just dumb.

#2 - she didn't have to work for the contest specifically. The prize was to be awarded for performing exceptionally; presumably, she was getting her normal pay for doing the work at all.

Exactly. She only did what she should already have been doing: her job.

#3 - don't bother, Rochey. It's just a mediocre chain restaurant with cute girls. While they wear minimal clothing, they don't remove any during the course of the meal. And they sure don't have a champagne room.

Aye, I'd guessed. I was joking in my last post.

#4 - the fact that a US local circuit court upheld the litigation is in no way related to its correctness.

Exactly. Hell, there's been plenty of times that judges have made fucking stupid decisions. Anyone remember that incident in the US with the girls delivering cookies a few years ago?

[stitch626]

Exactly. Hell, there's been plenty of times that judges have made f***ing stupid decisions. Anyone remember that incident in the US with the girls delivering cookies a few years ago?

Which incedent?

[Sionnach Glic]

Short version:
One night, a couple of teenage girls in some town in Texas (IIRC) decided to bake some cookies for their neighbours. They dropped the plates off at several homes. They reached one house and knocked on the door. No one answered. They knocked again, and when there was still no answer they left the plate of cookies on the doorstep with a note saying who it was from, and hoping the recipients would have good night.
Next day, the woman who owned the house called the girls' parents, claiming that them knocking on her door at night had caused her to have a heart attack (or something) and demanding the parents pay her medicals bills. The parents, in the interest of wanting things to just blow over, agreed to pay the bills, and asked to see the bill itself for confirmation of the amount. The woman refused to let them see it, and instead took them to court and sued them for several thousand dollars.
The idiot judge ruled in her favour.

Long version:
Here is a thread on SDN where they discussed the incident. The original news article is posted at the start of the thread. It's the only place I could actualy find the article.

[IanKennedy]

[Tsukiyumi]

I especially like third from the left. Far right is pretty nice, as well.

[IanKennedy]

I used to work with a girl who looked exactly like the tall blond in the middle (well four from the left). Same build, looks and other attributes

[Lt. Staplic]

anything come of it Ian

[Sonic Glitch]

anything come of it Ian

*bites knuckle*

[Tsukiyumi]

anything come of it Ian

*bites knuckle*

Ian's married, for one thing.

[Lt. Staplic]

well it could have been before it was married.

and quit biting your knuckle, I set that up perfectly, go for the f'n kill.

[Mikey]

I, for one, appreciate your restraint, MM&I. A suggestion is always funnier than a club.

Speaking of restraints, and Ian's former colleague...

[IanKennedy]

No we only met after I was married. Irene and I were talking about where we went on our honeymoon once and she did ask where she could find some one else like me.