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SF lawyer says he's dropping suit against Oreo cookies
AP via SF Gate ^ | May 14, 2003 | RON HARRIS, Associated Press Writer

Posted on 05/14/2003 4:43:43 PM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) --

The move to outlaw Oreo cookies in California crumbled Wednesday when the lawyer who tried to ban the tasty snack foods said he had decided to drop his suit.

(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: foodindustry; frivolous; lawsuit; lawyer; oreo
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1 posted on 05/14/2003 4:43:44 PM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
Got all the publicity he needed, huh?
2 posted on 05/14/2003 4:44:54 PM PDT by Non-Sequitur
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
Now what do I do with 12 cases of OREOS?
3 posted on 05/14/2003 4:47:04 PM PDT by Mister Baredog ((They wanted to kill 50,000 of us on 9/11, we will never forget!))
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
Nabisco should sue him for filing an admittedly phony case against them.
4 posted on 05/14/2003 4:47:10 PM PDT by Rodney King (No, we can't all just get along.)
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To: Non-Sequitur
LOL sure looks like it. Or, the legions of Oreo fans threatened to permanently dunk him in a vat of milk ;^)
5 posted on 05/14/2003 4:47:14 PM PDT by visualops (It's the cream of the crap, it's the top of the slime, it's the Democratic Agenda!)
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To: Mister Baredog
Now what do I do with 12 cases of OREOS?

I see you fell for the O2K scare too... :)

6 posted on 05/14/2003 4:48:36 PM PDT by Tijeras_Slim (V-Twin mind with a Moped modem....)
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
What was the nature of this suit? That Oreos were offensive to "Uncle Toms"?
7 posted on 05/14/2003 4:49:07 PM PDT by My2Cents ("Well....there you go again.")
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
Maybe the Cookie Monster paid him a visit.
8 posted on 05/14/2003 4:49:12 PM PDT by mewzilla
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
Figures that as soon as he recovered from eating 6 entire packages of oreos and was feeling better, he would come to his senses.
9 posted on 05/14/2003 4:51:01 PM PDT by RightWhale (Post no Bills)
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To: Mister Baredog
You can send them to my house. I'm only interested in preserving your health, you know.
10 posted on 05/14/2003 4:51:06 PM PDT by Catspaw
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To: Mister Baredog
Eat them? Bribe the neighborhood children into doing yardwork? Donate them to a local summer camp? Make creative desserts for Memorial day?
12 posted on 05/14/2003 4:52:42 PM PDT by Pan_Yans Wife (Lurking since 2000.)
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To: Mister Baredog
GOT MILK!.. :)
13 posted on 05/14/2003 4:53:36 PM PDT by skinkinthegrass (Just because your paranoid,doesn't mean they aren't out to get you. :)
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To: My2Cents
He didn't like the fat butt on his wife.....or, himself for that matter.
14 posted on 05/14/2003 4:54:32 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
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To: visualops
LOL sure looks like it. Or, the legions of Oreo fans threatened to permanently dunk him in a vat of milk ;^)

I would prefer to dunk him in vat of hot coffee.

15 posted on 05/14/2003 4:58:40 PM PDT by Paleo Conservative
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To: My2Cents
What was the nature of this suit? That Oreos were offensive to "Uncle Toms"?

In all seriousness, when Rush announced this topic on his show, and mentioned that it was taking place in California, I wondered if it had some racial angle to it.

16 posted on 05/14/2003 4:58:57 PM PDT by Paul Atreides
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To: Mister Baredog
Take all the oreos apart, roll the filling into a giant ball, and try to get on Letterman or Leno.
17 posted on 05/14/2003 4:58:58 PM PDT by Yardstick
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He probably got a call from Michael Moore threatening him with a counter suit if he didn't stop defaming Oreo's......

JMHO...of course
18 posted on 05/14/2003 4:59:24 PM PDT by conservativeammom
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To: Paleo Conservative
...Some of that 500-degree McDonald's coffee...
19 posted on 05/14/2003 4:59:37 PM PDT by My2Cents ("Well....there you go again.")
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To: Pan_Yans Wife
I guess he finally figured out that he's an idiot?
20 posted on 05/14/2003 5:00:09 PM PDT by mhking
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