OK. Here's me and my son with the girls from Hooter's in Mechanicsburg, PA.
Posted on 12/04/2004 1:23:49 AM PST by Liz
A federal jury has stripped Hooters waitresses of any legal protection their skimpy uniforms may have afforded, allowing a rival Florida wings chain to continue to dress its waitresses in equally skimpy outfits.
The Orlando, Fla., jury also ordered Hooters to pay the rival, a 16-restaurant chain called Ker's Winghouse owned by former Dallas Cowboys standout lineman Crawford Ker, $1.2 million in damages because Hooters filed suit six years after promising to take all disagreements between the two companies to arbitration.
Hooters tried to bar Winghouse waitresses from wearing their skimpy black shorts and T-shirts by claiming the orange-and-white-clad female staff was the company's Ronald McDonald icon.
.....during the three-week trial, defense lawyer Don Conwell got a Hooters marketing executive to admit on the stand that the busty wait staff were more of a marketing concept used to lure 25- to 49-year old-men into the eateries.......
Businesses can't legally protect marketing plans.
In the battle of the so- called "breastrants," Hooters also attempted to convince the jury that its success was tied to its wood- weave plates and that Winghouse was copying the plates, thus confusing patrons as to which restaurant they were in.
A 20-year Hooters waitress-turned-executive, however, pointed out from the stand that the two companies' interiors were very distinct, with each Winghouse featuring an island bar and pool tables, which Hooters do not.
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OK. Here's me and my son with the girls from Hooter's in Mechanicsburg, PA.
hooter's has lost this legal battle before. For example, 'Melon's' in Myrtle Beach, SC.
Wise guy.
LOL.... breastarants, eh? The inside joke is you can eat hot wings and look at breasts. :)
That is just sick.
Who sad you can't have everything?
oh for crying out loud...they wanted to register "slutty" as a trademark?
They honestly thought they could keep other restaurants from letting their staff dress like hookers??
You have Hooters appetizers at your nearest supermarket if you don't feel like oogling. So there is a choice! Ain't America great? <grin
No accounting for taste......... in wings or sluts.
Yeah,
Like, it is sooooo family :)
"Son! We agree that your sister has great hooters, but not near as nice as your mother's melons!"
I guess denial ain't just a river in Egypt.
'Sides, their wings are AWFUL!
(Which just goes to show that testosterone in overdrive does effect taste buds ;) )
The greatest nation on the planet.
Hey, I'll post a picture of a nice pair of hooters any time I like!
Sweeeeeet. A real Rockwell moment. Reminds me of when my dad got me a subscription to Playboy, back in his pre-saved days.
I think that's the general reaction to their hot stuff.
Cute, real cute. LOL.
Yeah, but them's are thong sweats.
I think you oughta go for a Kinsey Foundation grant to research it.
I get the thong sweats every time I go to Hooters (and a chest cold too)
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