Miscellaneous

No. Really. I Was Just Adjusting My Pants. Vigorously.

Posted on November 18, 2008
You hear about airplane sexual shenanigans a lot (in fact, an episode of "Entourage" this season centered on an airplane hand-job), but what I want to know is: How do you get away with that shit? There's no where you...

'Sup. Me and the Old Man Are, Like, Best Buds Now

Posted on November 17, 2008
Check out this interaction/photo-op between Barack Obama and John McCain. Totally natural. It's like these two have been best friends for eons. They clearly have nothing but respect and admiration for one another. It's like video-taping two buds in...

Are these morons getting dumber or just louder?

Posted on November 17, 2008
Finally, a politician that speaks his mind. Of course, it'll cost him his political career. But the brutal truth can set you free. From your job. No one can say Bill Beck is an indecisive politician. He tells it just...

Don't Mess with a Law Student's Laptop. Bitch.

Posted on November 17, 2008
You ever see a first-year law student out and about? No, of course you haven't. First year law students don't leave their apartments. They burrow with a bunch of books, a lot of coffee, a pack of cigarettes, and maybe...

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Church State Divide Drowned in the Holy Water

Posted on November 17, 2008
In one South Carolina parish, if you voted for Obama, guess what? No communion for you! A priest at a South Carolina Roman Catholic church says his parishioners shouldn't take Holy Communion if they voted for Barack Obama because of...

Second Life Bleeds into First

Posted on November 14, 2008
What the hell is up with this Second Life game? A few weeks ago, I posted a story about a woman in Japan who was arrested and charged after she killer her cyber-husband in a game similar to Second Life....

Mac n' Cheese Dinner Turns Ugly

Posted on November 14, 2008
Compliments to a public defender reader, Jennifer, for this tip, about a man who really doesn't like butterworms for dinner: An unemployed man faces a domestic assault charge after he allegedly attacked his girlfriend last Saturday for making him macaroni...

Politician Whips It Out and Sprays It on the Crowd

Posted on November 14, 2008
A reader of ours, Peter, pointed out that yesterday's successful Bodily Fluids Day here on QuizLaw left out the best urination story of the day. He was right: It's not every day that a city councilman makes big news. Then...

Q. What's funnier than living in Sheboygan?

Posted on November 13, 2008
A. The fact that in Sheboygan, you can be charged with "felony discharging bodily fluids at a public safety worker," which Daniel L. Shilts found out the hard way last week. After running his car into a pole and almost...

No shit!

Posted on November 13, 2008
This is crap. Utter bullshit. A court in Trelleborg, Sweden, has ruled that a woman's diarrhea was not a sufficient reason for her to break the posted speed limit while driving. The district court rejected the 49-year-old woman's argument that...

Oh Scalia: Talk Dirty to Me, You Bitch

Posted on November 13, 2008
Hat Tip to Mark....

If we don't stop them now, they'll be teaching our kids about quadruple bypass!

Posted on November 13, 2008
Many of the better stories we post here on the QuizLaw (i.e., the *facepalm* and Florida stories) come from Fark. But it's a double-edged sword, getting our story links from them. Because, yes, they find many great stories we'd never...

It's Bodily Fluids Day on QuizLaw!

Posted on November 13, 2008
Earlier today, Seth gave you a story about a woman whose diarrhea didn't get her out of a speeding ticket, and then Molly told you about a man in Sheboygan who pissed on an officer, and now I give you...

"It was so cold last winter that I saw a lawyer with his hands in his own pockets!"

Posted on November 13, 2008
In yet another sign that the economic downturn is ugly and getting worse, The New York Times reports that, contrary to popular belief, law firms are feeling the pinch as well. It is easy to assume that an uptick in...

C*nt Punditry of the Day, Take Two

Posted on November 12, 2008
On the election of Barack Obama: "It's an amazing feeling. It's our first, you know, colored president," the 22-year-old actress said in response to a question from Maria Menounos on "Access Hollywood" about her reaction to Obama's win in the...

Happy Veteran's Day, Sucker!

Posted on November 12, 2008
Out in Britain, Johnny Law doesn't take time off to respect the dead. A Chiswick motorist claims she was given a parking ticket as she stood alongside her car observing the two-minute silence on Remembrance Day. Stephanie Jost says she...

A Very Special Message from Today's C*nt Pundit

Posted on November 12, 2008
"I think it's time for Democrat leaders to counsel the anti-Prop. 8 mob to stop the protests and accept the will of the people of California. "Tell them to leave the churches alone. Tell them to stop blocking traffic and...

Well that's some bad luck

Posted on November 12, 2008
Last month, these two dudes broke into a house at 4:30 in the morning, guns ablaze. The house belonged to Lloyd Irvin, who was home with his wife and young son. A friend, Brandon Vera, was also there. The burglars...

The Daily Memo - 11/11/08

Posted on November 11, 2008
If it weren't the Onion, I'd have no problem believing that the RIAA was trying to ban word-of-mouth. (The Onion) Over at Columbia Law School, they're planning a big game of Assassins, which is like Gotcha. Remember Gotcha? Remember the...

This law degree is for the dogs

Posted on November 11, 2008
Literally. When Amy Jones received her law degree from Baylor University, her playful service dog Skeeter got the same honor. As Jones got her juris doctor degree on Saturday, Skeeter received an honorary law degree. "Amy has busted through brick...

What He Said

Posted on November 11, 2008

The family that drinks together...

Posted on November 11, 2008
...gets DUIs together. Jesus. Indiana state police said that after a mother was arrested for drunken driving, the three relatives who came to pick up her 1-year-old son also had all been drinking. A state trooper stopped a minivan for...

Mississippi Students Not Allowed to Talk about Obama

Posted on November 10, 2008
Now this is just weird: More complaints from parents who say school officials will not allow students to talk about President-Elect Barack Obama. Melissa Hayes says teachers at Puckett Attendance Center told her daughters they could not talk about Obama...

Dentist Botches Breast Reduction Surgery. Go Figure.

Posted on November 10, 2008
Who goes to the dentist to get breast reduction surgery, anyway? I'd say you get what you paid for, but in this case, it was a 15-year-old who received the surgery for ... medical reasons. From a dentist. A dentist...

Now that the Election is Over, We Can Get Excited About the Accidental Use of the F Word on a Morning News Show Again

Posted on November 10, 2008
Joe Scarborough, y'all! Big round of applause! Thanks, Joe. That was the only thing interesting in all of this morning's news telecasts....

The Daily Memo - 11/10/08

Posted on November 10, 2008
Hall and Oats have filed a lawsuit over "Maneater." (USA Today) Interesting writeup on the upcoming DOJ transition. (Law.com) A discussion of what happens next with Prop 8. (WSJ Law Blog) "FTC wants to de-muck the intellectual property quagmire." (NetworkWorld)...

Crazy, for lack of a better word, is good

Posted on November 10, 2008
Hey, remember Jonathan Lee Riches, everyone's favorite pro se litigant, who went on a tear filing a ton of ridiculously awesome lawsuits from within his jail cell? Well he's back, baby! It seems that he's now doing business as a...

Best Batman lawsuit ever

Posted on November 10, 2008
Chris Nolan, director of Batman Begins and The Dark Knight, may soon find himself sued by Batman. Not Bruce Wayne's alter ego, mind you. Nah. Nolan may find himself sued by the city of Batman, a city in Turkey. The...

Crack. Butt. Butt Crack. Surprise!

Posted on November 07, 2008
Ah. Now that the election is over, we can get back to what matters around here: Florida. Police who arrested a woman for stealing money from a car found a glass crack pipe hidden between her buttocks. Cops made the...

Sarah Palin: 1,142 Days Until the 2012 Election

Posted on November 07, 2008
Oh, sure: The election is over. And Sarah Palin has gone back to Alaska. But the late-night hosts know a good punch-line when they see one. And they're going to hang on to this one as long as they...

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