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To: ovrtaxt
true news story (sorry this is not 2003, but it is funny).



Pub sued after drinker tapes pork chops to feet
The Independent (U.K.) | 06/26/2002 | Kathy Marks

A man is suing a pub in Australia after slipping on grease allegedly left by a fellow drinker who had taped pork chops to his feet as a joke.
Troy Bowron, 25, broke his arm and says he had to give up his job as an upholsterer's apprentice. He is claiming A$750,000 (£280,000) in compensation from the Jannali Inn in southern Sydney and its owner, Kelly Wells, for "permitting the use of pork chops as footwear in circumstances that the defendant knew, or should have known, that such use would have produced a hidden trap".

Mr Bowron is also suing the drinker, Ross Lucock, over the accident in November 1997. One witness told the New South Wales District Court yesterday that he saw Mr Lucock tape the chops to his feet. "He was parading around," he said. Mr Lucock also allegedly rode a skateboard in the pub while wearing the meat.

Mr Bowron said he was playing in a pool competition that night. He said the floor became greasy and he slipped on the fat and fell. Mr Bowron, who says he partly lost the use of his arm, is suing Mr Lucock for negligence, claiming his antics caused a dangerous situation.
9 posted on 12/29/2003 8:19:24 PM PST by edwin hubble
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To: edwin hubble
"Troy Bowron, 25, [sued] Jannali Inn in southern Sydney and its owner, Kelly Wells, for "permitting the use of pork chops as footwear in circumstances that the defendant knew, or should have known, that such use would have produced a hidden trap".

Shouldn't that be hidden TRIP?
12 posted on 12/29/2003 9:51:14 PM PST by jocon307 (The dems don't get it, the American people do!)
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To: edwin hubble
Pork chops on shoes in a bar-- gives new meaning to "pickled pig feet".
15 posted on 12/30/2003 4:04:03 AM PST by ovrtaxt (*The Dems are the gas, the Reps are the brakes --- But they are parts of the same machine.*)
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