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Woman branded a hippo by internet date threatens to sue
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| 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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To: one_particular_harbour; dubyaismypresident; hobbes1; RikaStrom; CholeraJoe
okay, sweets, which one are you, ms. jennifer Bi-17 cheerleader...?
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posted on
07/26/2002 3:57:41 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: xsmommy
okay, sweets, which one are you, ms. jennifer Bi-17 cheerleader...? I don't know what that question means, but I am dying to know the answer.
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posted on
07/26/2002 4:00:30 AM PDT
by
SkyPilot
To: SkyPilot; one_particular_harbour
ahhh, but that is OPH's question to answer! and skypilot, don't worry, i really doubt it was him that you were talking to that night....; )
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posted on
07/26/2002 4:02:42 AM PDT
by
xsmommy
To: SkyPilot
My car gets 12 Hectors to the Hogshead. Mine gets 23 parsecs per stere.
To: SkyPilot
that last was
entirely uncalled for !
45
posted on
07/26/2002 4:15:24 AM PDT
by
tomkat
To: SkyPilot
LOL -- but aren't hectares units of
area?
Try furlongs to the hogshead......or ells, or leagues.
Maybe how's about parsecs to the giga-hogshead?
To: Yehuda
As Austin Powers might say:
THAT'S NO HIPPO...
THAT'S A MAN, BABY!!!!
To: primeval patriot
I prefer the axe handle measurement..........as in "there is a two axe handle rear end." Of course this was only an estimate.
To: SkyPilot
Arrgghh, I'm blind... That was out of line, and definitely out of context... I'm suing. Obviously referring to the last pic on your post.
To: RedBloodedAmerican
In spite of the possibility of a lawsuit Gabriel is still better off. A woman like that would have cost him a fortune in feed corn!
To: RedBloodedAmerican
Well..jeez..the lying hippo LIED to him. That's cause for name calling. But, I can almost guarentee he isn't any prize either....probably looks like some guy from Tennessee.
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posted on
07/26/2002 4:51:49 AM PDT
by
Sungirl
To: xsmommy; one_particular_harbour; dubyaismypresident; RikaStrom; CholeraJoe
Ain't no Fairy story..
Ain't no skin and bones
But you give it all you got
weighin in at 19 stones...
She's a whole Lotta Woman...
A whole Lotta lovin....
52
posted on
07/26/2002 4:52:24 AM PDT
by
hobbes1
To: Commie Basher
Example:
"Rosie is a gigantic hippo"Sound redundant? Not to me. :)
To: kancel; Tennessee_Bob
Right on!
To: Destructor
LOL!
To: spectr17
That speaks for a lot more than just internet dating.
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posted on
07/26/2002 5:51:46 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
To: lelio
....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"...
Or in most of the world...51 kilos
Sounds svelte to me unless she's 4' (1.22 meters) tall.
57
posted on
07/26/2002 5:57:21 AM PDT
by
bert
To: csvset
That used to be standard Polish wedding fare, best played by 'Stanky and the Coal Miners'.
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posted on
07/26/2002 6:02:29 AM PDT
by
TC Rider
To: RedBloodedAmerican
So let me get this straight, you engage in lying "Fraud" and then sue because when your fraud is discovered the person you "Frauded" isn't nice?
HOw about you just be honest, then you won't have to worry about people not knowing what to expect and you can meet a guy who likes fat chics...
To: RedBloodedAmerican
I think they deserve each other!!!
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