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Woman sues over burst shark tank
BBC News, Sydney ^
| Tuesday, 2 August 2005
| Phil Mercer
Posted on 08/02/2005 2:23:17 PM PDT by Cowman
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She claims to have suffered post-traumatic stress as a result. She has also been unable to swim with lawyers.
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posted on
08/02/2005 2:23:23 PM PDT
by
Cowman
To: Cowman
I would have FREAKED!!!!!
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posted on
08/02/2005 2:25:16 PM PDT
by
diamond6
(Everyone who is for abortion has already been born. Ronald Reagan)
To: Cowman
She claims that acute stress forced her to give up her job as a sales assistant. Was she selling sharks?
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posted on
08/02/2005 2:27:35 PM PDT
by
aomagrat
("If I am the Scourge of God, you must be truly wicked." - Genghis Khan)
To: Cowman
One moment Ms Swinden was admiring the reef sharks at Sydney Aquarium and the next she was surrounded by them with blood pouring from a deep cut. I hate when that happens!
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posted on
08/02/2005 2:28:10 PM PDT
by
thoughtomator
(Free Michael Graham!)
To: Cowman
The aquarium just prior to when the tank burst
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posted on
08/02/2005 2:28:14 PM PDT
by
Cowman
(Just when you hit the bottom of the stupid hole you notice the guy next to you is digging)
To: Cowman
She has also been unable to swim with lawyers.
**snort** If I suffered a cut, bleeding ankle surrounded by sharks, I'd be a little freaked out too.
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posted on
08/02/2005 2:28:41 PM PDT
by
Millee
(Earth First! We'll log the other planets later!)
To: Cowman
She has also been unable to swim with lawyers. LOL! Have you seen the cartoon where the judge is seated, the courtroom is all water, there are shark fins showing, and the judge says "will the lawyers approach the bench"? Wow, what a story, I'd have been terrified!
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posted on
08/02/2005 2:28:52 PM PDT
by
Theresawithanh
(As long as Dean's the head of the D-N-C, it just looks better for the G-O-P!!)
To: Cowman
I've often wondered about that happening. That would have really flipped me out. Especially if I had just touched the glass for some reason. I would think I caused it and then super flip out.
To: Cowman
Quint: Japanese submarine slammed two torpedoes into our side, chief. It was comin' back, from the island of Tinian Delay, just delivered the bomb. The Hiroshima bomb. We stopped off in Sydney to see the sights. And everything got real ugly. I'll never go to an aquarium again. Anyway, we delivered the bomb.
To: Cowman
Landshark
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posted on
08/02/2005 2:31:22 PM PDT
by
satchmodog9
(Murder and weather are our only news)
To: Cowman
I'll bet the sharks were just as surprised!
To: Cowman
She claims to have suffered post-traumatic stress as a result For once I can see how that would happen...how horrifying...lol
To: thoughtomator
Well, she didn't melt. Or get eaten.
To: Cowman
This has always been a fear of mine when walking around one of those big aquariums. I'd always comforted myself with the thought that it was a silly, unrealistic fear but now that it's actually happened to someone... YIKES!
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posted on
08/02/2005 2:46:37 PM PDT
by
saquin
To: ClearCase_guy
To: Cowman
I think I had a nightmare about this once. I've often wondered how the shark exhibit at Sea World San Diego would fare if a really big earthquake hit.
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posted on
08/02/2005 3:02:37 PM PDT
by
ChocChipCookie
(I don't recognize my own country anymore.)
To: colorado tanker
I bet if Steve Irwin was there she would've been perfectly OK.
"Look at the size of those crocs and shocks!"
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posted on
08/02/2005 3:03:27 PM PDT
by
mothball
To: Theresawithanh
I used to have a T-shirt with that cartoon on it - my mom got it for me after the OJ verdict (I was PO'd). While I hate it when people use unfortunate incidents like this as a lotto ticket through litigation, she probably has a good case here. What kind of aquarium has spontaneously exploding shark tanks?
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posted on
08/02/2005 3:03:59 PM PDT
by
sassbox
To: sassbox
That's one of my favorite lawyer cartoons!
We'll have to follow this along and see what kind of award she is given. Ironic that most of it will probably go to the "sharks" she hires as lawyers!
(Disclaimer: I know there are those here on FR who are lawyers. My remarks are mostly due to my experience with very bad ones!)
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posted on
08/02/2005 3:10:58 PM PDT
by
Theresawithanh
(As long as Dean's the head of the D-N-C, it just looks better for the G-O-P!!)
To: Theresawithanh
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posted on
08/02/2005 3:25:38 PM PDT
by
Rakkasan1
(If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your thing.)
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