Law Humor

An assortment of items from the last couple of weeks:

• On May 4, Paula Wolf was charged with seven counts of reckless endangerment after several people reported being hit by darts that came from her minivan.  Police found a blowgun in the van along with more darts, a slingshot and a bucket of rocks.  Police said Wolf confessed and explained that she "liked to hear people say ouch."


• Steelers QB Ben Roethlisberger, already suspended for an alleged sexual assault, has also lost his spot at the Pittsburgh zoo.  After some zoo visitors expressed "concerns," Roethlisberger's name was removed from a pole used to show the height of an elephant compared to people.  He has reportedly been replaced by Mario Lemieux, who is one inch shorter.


• According to a recent New York Times article, the current iteration of Facebook's privacy policy is longer than the U.S. Constitution. The founding document of our nation is 4,543 words, not including the Bill of Rights.  Facebook's policy now has 5,830 words.  It also doesn't include rights.


• Need another reason to quit?  Okay -- according to a survey of divorce lawyers cited in the ABA Journal, Facebook is the "unrivaled leader for online divorce evidence."  Two-thirds of the respondents cited it as their primary source.


• Speaking of divorce evidence, a Toronto woman is suing her cellphone company, claiming its billing practices revealed she was having an affair.  Gabriela Nagy says that the company changed to sending a combined family invoice, and her husband then noticed many calls to one phone number. He called it, found out what was going on, and left.  "Nobody does business this way and he's not stupid," said Nagy.  That makes one of you.