Woman branded a hippo by internet date threatens to sue

Ananova ^ | 07.17.02 | Ana

[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."

[RedBloodedAmerican]

hmmmm

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Know anyone "blonde, blue-eyed, slim beauty" we should ping to this?

[Ruth A.]

8 stone doesn't sound slim to me, even if I'm not certain of the conversion.

[Bobby777]

how much is a "stone"? ... could he counter-sue for misrepresentation?

gotta love this planet ...

[primeval patriot]

1 Stone = 14 lbs. I think.

[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"

[RedBloodedAmerican]

15 lbs? Is that what I recall?

[RedBloodedAmerican]

Yep, you're right, I checked. Hippo, huh?

[Bobby777]

GET ME JACKIE CHILDS!!! (sorry, Seinfeld watchers will get it)

[RedBloodedAmerican]

[Consort]

It looks like Gabriel blew it.

[RedBloodedAmerican]

He should stick with her. She could make alot of moola suing fast food chains.

[Cultural Jihad]

If she weighed 117# she would say "8 stone 5"

Um, that would be said as "8 stones and 5 pebbles". ;)

[Commie Basher]

But what I got was a gigantic hippo.

Isn't "gigantic hippo" redundant?

[Bobby777]

if they had married would she be Nicoleta Popescu-Malinescu?? ... at least it rhymes ...

[Vidalia]

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...

[SoDak]

hehehe...well said.

[zarf]

She's not so bad looking, as long as she keeps her mustach trimmed.

[zarf]

sorry kids.......Mustache