[Kung-Fu Devil]

If you have any that you think are either or both, post them here.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/10135873.stm

French carmaker Renault is facing a backlash over plans to christen a new model Zoe.

Parisian Zoe Renault, 23, has hired lawyers to insist that Renault scrap its branding.

"I could not bear to hear: 'Zoe's broken down' or 'We need to get Zoe overhauled'," she told Le Parisien newspaper.

Renault is facing other petitions from women called Zoe. A Renault spokesman said Zoe was not a "definitive choice".

The all-electric Renault Zoe ZE (zero emission) is set for launch in 2012. Zoe - which means "life" in Greek - was apparently chosen to underline the car's environmental credentials.

Zoe Renault - who has no apparent family link to the company - said in an interview with Le Parisien that she could not bear to be associated with a car for the rest of her life, and all the inevitable sarcastic gibes.

Her lawyer David Koubbi, who specialises in the protection of first names and is representing other Zoes, said he had sent a letter to Renault's chief executive arguing that the plans were an attack on the rights of his clients.

If the company does not change its plans, Mr Koubbi said he would take the case to court.

A spokeman for Renault told the newspaper said that naming cars after women was nothing new, but said that Zoe was the name of a concept car and was not a definitive choice.

Zoe is an increasingly fashionable name in France, and was ranked the sixth most popular girls name in 2009, according to a list compiled by prenom.com.

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http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-news-sandwich-assault-conviction,0,2252859.

[Kung-Fu Devil]

Link is not working for me

[Faceplant31]

Link is not working for me

google this then ... Man Guilty of Assaulting Girlfriend Over Sandwich

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http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-news-sandw ... 2859.story



That is pretty funny

[Zealot]

I once saw a over zealous catholic site flaming about how pokemon is teaching kids to worship the devil
edit:
found it again
http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=445193

[Kung-Fu Devil]

I could post tons of news stories about religious people going nuts over stupid stuff

There was one a few months ago about a Jewish couple who were suing an apartment complex because of an automatic hall light. They said it made them a prisoner in their own home during some Jewish day when you can't use electric lights or something

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http://www.fox8.com/news/wjw-news-sandwich-assault-conviction,0,2252859.story



That is pretty funny

Serves her right...Yeah, I went there.


Domestic abuse FTW!!!!!!

[sickartist]

I have been posting a Friday newletters to my friends for years. Here is last Friday's Gazette.

Under Britain's Department of Health guidelines, prisoners about to be released, and who had previously taken drugs but cured their addiction while incarcerated, are being purposely re-addicted by wardens, using methadone. According to researchers, the former addicts will then be less likely to overdose when they get back on the street. Reportedly, more than 460 prisoners have thus been "retoxified" in the last five years. …….

About once a month, the owners of the Marina del Rey (Calif.) Sportfishing bait shop reap a windfall. According to a Los Angeles Times story, a Tibetan Buddhist study group drops by in a convoy after meditating on the "liberation of beings" and plunks down $1,000-$2,000 cash to buy as much live bait as they can, after which they go to Marina del Rey Harbor and, in their terms, "free" the bait (whereupon, of course, much of it is promptly eaten by fish). …….

Jason Hanson, 39, arrested in Oklahoma City (wearing panties, a leotard, and a girdle), was caught breaking into a home. His slick defense, according to police: "He met a man at a gas station who [sic] he did not know [but] who told him it was OK." …….

Melanie Shaker drew back and kicked at her husband (Alcohol Was Involved) on the street in front of Fases Salon in Chicago, but missed, lost her balance, and stumbled backward through the front window. She's suing the salon because, with all the drunks on that stretch of Sheffield Avenue, they ought to have had safety glass (which wouldn't have cut her up so bad). …….

Boys at North Marion High School in Ocala, Fla., knew the locker room was trouble: it was common for valuables and cash to disappear from lockers during gym class, and it had been going on for years. A student finally put his cell phone in an empty locker to record what happened while students were out, and allegedly caught the thief on video: Steven Simmons, a P.E teacher, who has 25 years of service in the district. The student took the video to sheriff's deputy Tasha Nix, the school resource officer, who confronted the 49-year-old teacher Simmons allegedly confessed. He was arrested for theft and has resigned. School officials took quick action to ensure nothing like this would ever happen again -- by threatening to expel the student for "using" his cell phone at school against school rules. …….

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What the hell?