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Milwaukee Man Sues Makers of Brut After Cologne Ignites on Camping Trip
AP/Fox News ^ | September 12, 2007

Posted on 09/12/2007 5:57:36 PM PDT by lowbridge

Charles B. Lewitzke's case was filed in the U.S. District Court in Wisconsin's Eastern District this week. He is seeking unspecified damages from Helen of Troy Ltd., an El Paso, Texas company that owns and markets Brut, and Unilever Home & Personal Care USA, of New Jersey, a division of Conopco Inc., which had previously owned the product.

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He washed and shaved in a bathhouse on the camp grounds and applied Brut lotion to his face, neck and chest with his hands. He also used the aerosol deodorant. He then went to a fire pit to cook breakfast.

His face, neck and chest ignited while he was starting the cooking fire, his lawsuit says.

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"Our view is there is no warning that after you apply it, you remain flammable for some period of time," Hanrahan told the newspaper. "You aren't thinking, 'I'm still flammable."'

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1 posted on 09/12/2007 5:57:40 PM PDT by lowbridge
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Are people really this Stupid..??


2 posted on 09/12/2007 5:58:59 PM PDT by silentreignofheroes (When the Last Two Prophets are taken, there will be no Tommorrow!)
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To: lowbridge

Darwin award pending.


3 posted on 09/12/2007 5:59:04 PM PDT by shankbear (Al-Qaeda grew while Monica blew)
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To: lowbridge

Okay, I’ll say it, why did he need Brut on a camping trip? Was he planning on fighting off the bears are attracting them.


4 posted on 09/12/2007 6:00:06 PM PDT by jonsie
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To: lowbridge
It contains flammable ingredients. If the stuff ain't dry ... you're subject to ignition. Really not difficult to understand.

Suits like this are the reason there is a warning on curling irons that says you should not use while sleeping.

5 posted on 09/12/2007 6:01:05 PM PDT by JustaDumbBlonde
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To: lowbridge

http://www.drugstore.com/qxp27226_333181_sespider/brut/cologne.htm

warning....do not use near flames etc.....


6 posted on 09/12/2007 6:01:13 PM PDT by TornadoAlley3 ( An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping that it will eat him last..)
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To: lowbridge

Anyone who uses such cheap cologne should lose any lawsuit by default. ;)


7 posted on 09/12/2007 6:01:23 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ("Wise men don't need to debate; men who need to debate are not wise." -- Tao Te Ching)
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8 posted on 09/12/2007 6:01:48 PM PDT by ConservativeofColor
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To: silentreignofheroes

That is why I wear a combination of High Karate and a liberal splash of Polo and a touch of Old Cannoe!


9 posted on 09/12/2007 6:02:22 PM PDT by Holicheese (1-21-09 Hillary starts to destroy America!)
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To: jonsie

Especially before breakfast.

What WAS he trying to attract?


10 posted on 09/12/2007 6:02:32 PM PDT by notpoliticallycorewrecked (California : home of the fruits, nuts and flakes.)
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To: lowbridge

His Windsong stays in my mind.


11 posted on 09/12/2007 6:02:34 PM PDT by Harpo Speaks (Honk! Honk! Honk! Either it's foggy out, or make that a dozen hard boiled eggs.)
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12 posted on 09/12/2007 6:03:46 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
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To: lowbridge
Looks like Buster The Dummy is gonna get scorched again.


13 posted on 09/12/2007 6:04:22 PM PDT by Dumpster Baby ("Hope somebody finds me before the rats do .....")
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To: lowbridge

After she was asked for her assessment of the case, Paris Hilton remarked “That’s Hot!”


14 posted on 09/12/2007 6:04:54 PM PDT by Grizzled Bear ("Does not play well with others.")
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To: lowbridge

Oh, my...you can still by that “chit”? I haven’t seen Brut since I was a kid.


15 posted on 09/12/2007 6:06:08 PM PDT by RavenATB
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To: Holicheese

You forgot English Leather.


16 posted on 09/12/2007 6:06:23 PM PDT by CMailBag
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To: lowbridge

"Stupid is as stupid does."

17 posted on 09/12/2007 6:06:29 PM PDT by HoosierHawk
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To: lowbridge

Figures...Eastern Wisconsin. They probably display Brut in the front window of the finest cheese curd, bait, and pawn shops in town.


18 posted on 09/12/2007 6:08:13 PM PDT by RavenATB
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To: Harpo Speaks
"His Windsong stays in my mind."

"Windsong"? So that's what you call it. If his "windsong" was anything like my old man's "windsong", it would do more than stay on your mind. It'd chase the cows out of the barn and knock flies of the honey wagon. Flammable, too. God forbid.

19 posted on 09/12/2007 6:08:46 PM PDT by GBA ( God Bless America!)
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To: Holicheese

Canoe is still available? Where?
Brings back fond memories.

I kinda like Aramis Devon.
It has a cedar fragrance, sort of hamster cage. :^)


20 posted on 09/12/2007 6:09:07 PM PDT by Vinnie (You're Nobody 'Til Somebody Jihads You)
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