Two young adult siblings, now 20 and 23, sue their mother for "bad mothering." These kids, raised in a $1.5 million home by their attorney father (who, not incidentally, acted as their lawyer) requested over $50,000 for such horrible acts as:
Quote...she failed to buy toys for one and sent another a birthday card he didn't like.
The alleged offenses include failing to take her daughter to a car show, telling her then 7-year-old son to buckle his seat belt or she would contact police, "haggling" over the amount to spend on party dresses and calling her daughter at midnight to ask that she return home from celebrating homecoming.
http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/world/52469658-68/garrity-card-court-lawsuit.html.csp
What really boggles me isn't so much that the father is using the kids as a personal "fuck you" to their mom (she filed for divorce in 1995), but the fact that it took TWO YEARS for a judge to throw this shit out of court.
Sometimes...
Sometimes I get this urge, you know? This hot bubbly feeling that starts off in the head and merges to the rest of the body. Pulse quickens, jaw sets, limbs flex. A deep and violent need to cull the herd, to drive out those unworthy to be part of the tribe. It makes me want to eat them.
Is this wrong?
Quote from: Cainad on August 30, 2011, 03:12:41 AM
Sometimes...
Sometimes I get this urge, you know? This hot bubbly feeling that starts off in the head and merges to the rest of the body. Pulse quickens, jaw sets, limbs flex. A deep and violent need to cull the herd, to drive out those unworthy to be part of the tribe. It makes me want to eat them.
Is this wrong?
Nope. Perfectly normal.
Their skulls could, theoretically, make great Martha Stewart style table doodads.
Quote from: Richter on August 30, 2011, 03:15:40 AM
Their skulls could, theoretically, make great Martha Stewart style table doodads.
Ash trays, doorstops, toothbrush holders, candle lamps. Really, the possibilities are endless.
Quote from: Richter on August 30, 2011, 03:15:40 AM
Their skulls could, theoretically, make great Martha Stewart style table doodads.
I'm thinking a matched pair of vases for their mother, myself.
It's a good thing.
Quote from: Luna on August 30, 2011, 03:19:10 AM
Quote from: Richter on August 30, 2011, 03:15:40 AM
Their skulls could, theoretically, make great Martha Stewart style table doodads.
I'm thinking a matched pair of vases for their mother, myself.
Personally I'd kill the mother too. She made the fucking things, after all :argh!:
Dude, I want in on that shit. My mom SUUUUCKED. If my mom hadn't already spent all the money, I'd totally sue for some of that sweet, sweet greenage!
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on August 30, 2011, 09:07:30 AM
Quote from: Luna on August 30, 2011, 03:19:10 AM
Quote from: Richter on August 30, 2011, 03:15:40 AM
Their skulls could, theoretically, make great Martha Stewart style table doodads.
I'm thinking a matched pair of vases for their mother, myself.
Personally I'd kill the mother too. She made the fucking things, after all :argh!:
She may have birthed them, but she hasn't raised them, she filed for divorce over 15 years ago. The kids would have been around eight and five. Their dad has had 15 years to warp 'em.
Quote from: Luna on August 30, 2011, 11:08:45 AM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on August 30, 2011, 09:07:30 AM
Quote from: Luna on August 30, 2011, 03:19:10 AM
Quote from: Richter on August 30, 2011, 03:15:40 AM
Their skulls could, theoretically, make great Martha Stewart style table doodads.
I'm thinking a matched pair of vases for their mother, myself.
Personally I'd kill the mother too. She made the fucking things, after all :argh!:
She may have birthed them, but she hasn't raised them, she filed for divorce over 15 years ago. The kids would have been around eight and five. Their dad has had 15 years to warp 'em.
It sounds harsh but it's the only way to be sure. If you're blaming the father (who I'd also recommend euthanising, BTW) then you have to remember that the mother shacked up with him and had two kids with him. One cannot rule out a part (however small) played in this fiasco. Whack her too, just to be safe :evil:
On the plus side, although it took two years, the judge did throw it out.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on August 30, 2011, 02:18:35 PM
On the plus side, although it took two years, the judge did throw it out.
True, that.
Judges don't really give a fuck.
The thing is, judges are basically God, only with dementia. As such, they are taken to flights of fancy and will easily go along with the most outrageous of claims and attempts to sue, so long at it amuses and pleases them.
As soon as it fails to do so, they can then throw a case out and go do something else, like make first year lawyers fight with knives to prove their case.
This is called Being An Integral Part Of Modern Democracy.
BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
OMG lungs hurt, this is absolutely fucking hilarious!!!
I need to quit smoking.
And this is our future, the next generation.... I'm betting one of these fucking brats will run for office? :lulz:
I LOVE LOVE LOVE THIS CENTURY!!!!
Quote from: Luna on August 30, 2011, 11:08:45 AM
Quote from: P3nT4gR4m on August 30, 2011, 09:07:30 AM
Quote from: Luna on August 30, 2011, 03:19:10 AM
Quote from: Richter on August 30, 2011, 03:15:40 AM
Their skulls could, theoretically, make great Martha Stewart style table doodads.
I'm thinking a matched pair of vases for their mother, myself.
Personally I'd kill the mother too. She made the fucking things, after all :argh!:
She may have birthed them, but she hasn't raised them, she filed for divorce over 15 years ago. The kids would have been around eight and five. Their dad has had 15 years to warp 'em.
So she abandoned them 15 years ago? Just filed for divorce and ran off? That sounds like pretty shitty parenting, actually.
Dear King Lear,
Come home. All is forgiven.
I personally think it is a crying shame these kids did not win their case.
A precedent like this would completely rewrite the idea of child support.
My children would have had a field day with a case if this had gone thru.
Quote from: Khara on August 30, 2011, 05:10:11 PM
I personally think it is a crying shame these kids did not win their case.
A precedent like this would completely rewrite the idea of child support.
My children would have had a field day with a case if this had gone thru.
What? This is one of the stupidest lawsuits I have ever heard of. It should have never even been allowed to be filed. This had nothing to do with child support, it had to do with pure greed and bad parenting on the part of the father.
Quote from: Pancho on August 30, 2011, 05:12:02 PM
Quote from: Khara on August 30, 2011, 05:10:11 PM
I personally think it is a crying shame these kids did not win their case.
A precedent like this would completely rewrite the idea of child support.
My children would have had a field day with a case if this had gone thru.
What? This is one of the stupidest lawsuits I have ever heard of. It should have never even been allowed to be filed. This had nothing to do with child support, it had to do with pure greed and bad parenting on the part of the father.
Oh I understand that completely.
It still doesn't change that if this had passed it would have set a precedent that could have helped children who actually need it.
I personally don't care one way or the other, I'm just saying it had potential no matter how fucked up it was.
Quote from: Khara on August 30, 2011, 05:32:28 PM
Quote from: Pancho on August 30, 2011, 05:12:02 PM
Quote from: Khara on August 30, 2011, 05:10:11 PM
I personally think it is a crying shame these kids did not win their case.
A precedent like this would completely rewrite the idea of child support.
My children would have had a field day with a case if this had gone thru.
What? This is one of the stupidest lawsuits I have ever heard of. It should have never even been allowed to be filed. This had nothing to do with child support, it had to do with pure greed and bad parenting on the part of the father.
Oh I understand that completely.
It still doesn't change that if this had passed it would have set a precedent that could have helped children who actually need it.
I personally don't care one way or the other, I'm just saying it had potential no matter how fucked up it was.
Children already have the right to pursue child support, etc, when they turn 18, if they feel they have been under-represented.
What this case law would be is "I wanted a pony, and you didn't get me one. See you in court, Dad."
That's Shakespeaer, right?
Quote from: Cain on August 30, 2011, 02:21:08 PM
Judges don't really give a fuck.
The thing is, judges are basically God, only with dementia. As such, they are taken to flights of fancy and will easily go along with the most outrageous of claims and attempts to sue, so long at it amuses and pleases them.
As soon as it fails to do so, they can then throw a case out and go do something else, like make first year lawyers fight with knives to prove their case.
This is called Being An Integral Part Of Modern Democracy.
:lulz:
Quote from: Richter on August 30, 2011, 03:15:40 AM
Their skulls could, theoretically, make great Martha Stewart style table doodads.
This made me think of...
(http://img191.imageshack.us/img191/2695/skullsz.jpg)
Quote from: Doktor Phox on September 03, 2011, 08:07:06 AM
Quote from: Richter on August 30, 2011, 03:15:40 AM
Their skulls could, theoretically, make great Martha Stewart style table doodads.
This made me think of...
(http://oglaf.com/media/comic/skulls.jpg)
Borked image link, Phox.
Quote from: Cainad on August 30, 2011, 03:12:41 AM
Sometimes...
Sometimes I get this urge, you know? This hot bubbly feeling that starts off in the head and merges to the rest of the body. Pulse quickens, jaw sets, limbs flex. A deep and violent need to cull the herd, to drive out those unworthy to be part of the tribe. It makes me want to eat them.
Is this wrong?
honey that's just diarrhea.
Quote from: Luna on September 03, 2011, 11:26:41 AM
Quote from: Doktor Phox on September 03, 2011, 08:07:06 AM
Quote from: Richter on August 30, 2011, 03:15:40 AM
Their skulls could, theoretically, make great Martha Stewart style table doodads.
This made me think of...
Borked image link, Phox.
Meep? works for me, but rehosted...
:lulz: :lulz: :lulz: Oglaf comic.
You use the TOP of the skull. After you've countersued the idiot, you can seal up the cracks with gold and decorate it all Scythian. :D
Quote from: Doktor Phox on September 03, 2011, 09:03:27 PM
Quote from: Luna on September 03, 2011, 11:26:41 AM
Quote from: Doktor Phox on September 03, 2011, 08:07:06 AM
Quote from: Richter on August 30, 2011, 03:15:40 AM
Their skulls could, theoretically, make great Martha Stewart style table doodads.
This made me think of...
Borked image link, Phox.
Meep? works for me, but rehosted...
Thanks, much better. :lulz: