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Woman branded a hippo by internet date threatens to sue
Ananova ^
| 07.17.02
| Ana
Posted on 07/25/2002 10:59:03 PM PDT by RedBloodedAmerican
A woman is threatening legal action after a man she met through an internet dating agency described her as a "hippo".
Romanians Nicoleta Popescu and Gabriel Malinescu had their first date after two months of on-line flirting and phone calls.
Nicoleta now says she's going to sue Gabriel for emotional distress.
But he says she purposefully deceived him, claiming she weighs eight stone when he reckons she's much heavier.
Gabriel, 33, from Bucharest, told the National newspaper: "I expected to see a blonde, blue-eyed, slim beauty in front of me. But what I got was a gigantic hippo. She told me she weighed eight stones but she was more like 18."
He added: "The passionate embrace I had long-awaited was certainly off the cards when we met."
After a brief encounter, Gabriel told Nicoleta she wasn't his type and he never wanted to hear from her again.
Nicoleta, who's 29, says she's going to sue him for emotional distress.
"He hurt my feelings and has caused me considerable anguish," she said. "He has obviously not heard the saying that beauty is on the inside."
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: falshood; internet; lawsuit; lies
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hmmmm
To: Tennessee_Bob
Know anyone "blonde, blue-eyed, slim beauty" we should ping to this?
To: RedBloodedAmerican
8 stone doesn't sound slim to me, even if I'm not certain of the conversion.
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posted on
07/25/2002 11:02:14 PM PDT
by
Ruth A.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
how much is a "stone"? ... could he counter-sue for misrepresentation?
gotta love this planet ...
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posted on
07/25/2002 11:02:28 PM PDT
by
Bobby777
To: Bobby777
1 Stone = 14 lbs. I think.
To: Bobby777
A stone is 14 pounds. So 8 stone is 112#. Why people still use that unit of measure is beyond me. If she weighed 117# she would say "8 stone 5"
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posted on
07/25/2002 11:05:58 PM PDT
by
lelio
To: Bobby777
15 lbs? Is that what I recall?
To: lelio
Yep, you're right, I checked. Hippo, huh?
To: RedBloodedAmerican
GET ME JACKIE CHILDS!!! (sorry,
Seinfeld watchers will get it)
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posted on
07/25/2002 11:07:28 PM PDT
by
Bobby777
To: Bobby777
To: RedBloodedAmerican
It looks like Gabriel blew it.
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posted on
07/25/2002 11:08:30 PM PDT
by
Consort
To: Jimer
To: lelio
If she weighed 117# she would say "8 stone 5" Um, that would be said as "8 stones and 5 pebbles". ;)
To: RedBloodedAmerican
But what I got was a gigantic hippo. Isn't "gigantic hippo" redundant?
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To: RedBloodedAmerican
if they had married would she be Nicoleta Popescu-Malinescu?? ... at least it rhymes ...
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posted on
07/25/2002 11:16:05 PM PDT
by
Bobby777
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Oh, no! Not a hippo!
How about a fat-assed sh*t for brains lazy woman out for an easy piece of "dough", and the Trent Lott lead-assed Republican Congress doesn't think capitalism is spreading...
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posted on
07/25/2002 11:16:28 PM PDT
by
Vidalia
To: Vidalia
hehehe...well said.
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posted on
07/25/2002 11:18:09 PM PDT
by
SoDak
To: Yehuda
She's not so bad looking, as long as she keeps her mustach trimmed.
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posted on
07/25/2002 11:23:04 PM PDT
by
zarf
To: zarf
sorry kids.......Mustache
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posted on
07/25/2002 11:24:46 PM PDT
by
zarf
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