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A MAN who broke a tooth after he ate a rasher he described as being “hard like a brick” from a Swords restaurant has been awarded €4,250 at a civil sitting of Swords District Court.

Judge Patricia McNamara said she was satisfied to find for the plaintiff, Shane McQuillan (32), as there was no proof in court from the restaurant that the food had been changed every 90 minutes.

However, she said Mr McQuillan was “guilty of contributory negligence” as he “should have been careful of a crispy rasher rind”. She initially awarded €6,500 in general damages and €2,500 in special damages.

But, as she held McQuillan 50pc guilty of contributory negligence, she halved the damages to €4,250 and ordered the defendant pay his legal costs.

Das Boo posted:

I saw the word "rasher" and without ever having heard it before or even knowing what it was, I knew it must be British.

Choco1980 posted:

I've heard the UK keeps the bones in the bacon. Confirm/Deny?

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Crossgar man Chris, whose father teaches paramedics how to drive ambulances, was in Italy for a hurdle race when the animal kicked him.

"The starter came over to help me because I was on my back and choking on my blood," he explained.

"He put me in the recovery position, with my right leg out straight.

"As if (my injuries) weren't bad enough, the racecourse ambulance came up alongside us and reversed up onto my leg.

"They stopped it on top of my leg, so I started screaming, but it broke it straight away.

"Everyone around me had to push it off me. You have to laugh, really."

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Shikantaza posted:

RSPCA warns of false alarms after call to catch cuddly toy
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-38633548

eek snek

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A welfare officer was called to help a collapsed horse but instead found only a pile of hay.

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Alfie Greenaway said he had to stand back and look twice before believing what was before him.
He took this photo on Saturday morning on the way to work and posted it to his Facebook page where it sparked disbelief.
"This section of the road looks complete and is open. It's strange that they left the lamp post in the middle of the footpath," he said.
"I take my grandkids for a walk here, and if holding one in each hand, will have to move onto the cycle path to get around it. If cyclists are coming then we could have total gridlock."

Murphys Law posted:

Oh my god! He really WAS a prince! Why did I ignore him?

Baron Corbyn posted:

Gregg's Bakery forced to apologise after replacing baby Jesus with sausage roll

Baron Corbyn posted:

Gregg's Bakery forced to apologise after replacing baby Jesus with sausage roll

Quote-Unquote posted:

No that's the one where Bruce Campbell is the devil and he just wants to have a normal looking baby with a human, so he has sex with a whole bunch of women but all the foetuses start developing horns so he causes them to miscarry.

There are two episodes about people loving with IVF clinics: 'Eve' (where one IVF doctor was using her eggs for everything) and 'Small Potatoes', where a janitor at an IVF clinic who cold take the appearance of anyone was tricking patients into having sex with him. He used to have a tail, and all the babies are born with tails too.

Now that I write this out, I realise that X-Files is pretty drat rapey

edit: there's also the episode 'The Great Mutato' where a deformed mutant guy that loves Cher goes round town drugging and raping women and then Mulder and Scully take him to see Cher in concert as a reward or something.
'Home' is the episode with the inbred hillbilly family that all have sex with their quadriplegic mother and all their sperm combines to make super deformed babies that they kill and bury in the yard. Jesus Christ...

jojoinnit posted:

It's like the complete opposite of any American politician, drat.

spog posted:

I am reasonably confident that 'if you tamper with the card that we own and are lending to you, we will make it invalid' isn't a particularly unusual legal precedent.


Yeah, If I stuck a USB flashdrive up my cat's arse, I haven't invented a cybercat

Phlegmish posted:

Isn't that every Sunday anyway

fizzymercy posted:

Nonono. That's straight up nightmare fuel for everyone else, right? I have some severe automatonophobia that I literally had to have therapy for, but come on. HE IS SCREAMING FIRE.

To be fair, when Big Tex went up in flames I had a freakout over a photo of it.



BIG TEX. Sleep tight, the giant pointless moving fire hazards need more souls for their flames.

Randaconda posted:

don't kinkshame

Absurd Alhazred posted:

https://twitter.com/cabel/status/992598511840473088

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A 56-YEAR-OLD man seen swinging a dead cat above his head at 1am in the morning told gardai - when confronted - that he was on his way to see a local councillor about the animal, a court has heard.

Brendan Casey of Caltragh Crescent, Sligo was summoned for being intoxicated, failing to give his name and with urinating in public at Stephen Street Car Park on November 26th 2017. Inspector Donal Sweeney outlined how Gardaí received a report of a man swinging a dead cat above his head at 1.15am.

The Gardaí couldn’t tell how the cat died, the Inspector told Judge Kevin Kilrane.

Casey told the court he found the cat dead at West Gardens in the town and believed it to be a health and safety issue.

“I was bringing it down to Blind Tiger to a councillor there and to ask him what’s to be done about this,” he said.

He added that he had also come across another dead cat at Mail Coach Road some time previously.

The defendant then asked the court what had happened to the fellow who picked the cat up and “threw it in the river.” He wondered why he wasn’t in court.

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ultrafilter posted:

EU diplomats reveal Boris Johnson said 'f**k business' over Brexit fears

C.M. Kruger posted:

Hiker hospitalised after he is hit by falling sheep on Irish mountain

Milo and POTUS posted:

From Method Acting to Method Living: The Kevin Spacey Story

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The 70-metre long structure has attracted 149 "excellent" reviews describing it as the town's "crowning jewel" and "a modern Taj Mahal" that warrants a place as one of the seven wonders of the world.

Other visitors have praised its "handcrafted Cornish Perspex", its panoramic views, and its proximity to shops, parking and a cash machine.

"On visiting Bude this summer we must have picked the only rainy day so we popped in to the supermarket picked up some pasties got our holding chairs out of the car and set up a picnic in the tunnel and at one point the sun came out and created a wonderful rainbow though the roof," said one reviewer who gave it the top rating.

It has even been described as a "great place for a divorce" by a user known only as Anne, who wrote: "The walk back through the elongated tunnel felt like the first step towards freedom from Steven and his massive collection of recorders."

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Bertrand Hustle posted:

I have several questions.

Say Nothing posted:

I'm wondering if this is viral marketing for something, because this looks exactly like David Schwimmer.

pidan posted:

The same thing happens in Europe and probably in large US cities too.

Chinese people love imported milk powder

Tiggum posted:

Was this written by a computer or something?

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Minutes before his death Cognito had made a joke about having a stroke. He then sat down and lay back in a chair, bringing a chorus of laughter.
Five minutes later, a staff member went on stage to find that the comic was not breathing.