Miscellaneous

Smoke 'em if you got 'em

Posted on December 18, 2008
There's a woman in Muncie, Indiana named Honesty Knight. For serious. Honesty Knight. Anyway, Ms. Knight was recently in a car that was pulled over for a traffic violation. The trooper was talking to the driver about the traffic violation,...

Can I Smell Your Schweaty Balls?

Posted on December 18, 2008
I guess it's cheaper than hiring a private investigator: Police are seeking an arrest warrant for a man accused of hitting his wife after she asked to smell his penis to determine whether he was cheating with another woman, according...

The $54 Million Pants Guy Goes Home with Empty Pockets

Posted on December 18, 2008
Our friend, Judge Roy Pearson, has finally come to the end of his long journey, losing his final appeal in his efforts to mock the legal system. Roy L. Pearson, the former administrative law judge who sued his dry cleaner...

Shark Takes Joyride Down the Slide of Death

Posted on December 18, 2008
Absolutely not legal related at all, but come on: A shark finds out what happens when you jump onto the kiddie slide. You die: "Yesterday morning at around 9:30 AM, prior to the resort's waterscape opening to guests, a 12+-year-old...

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Alex, I'll take the left arm for $500

Posted on December 18, 2008
(Hat tip: The Smoking Gun.)...

Well, Someone at Fox News Is Decent Enough to Call a Bitch a Bitch

Posted on December 17, 2008
Alan Colmes -- the weird looking liberal over on Fox News (that the one liberal on the channel looks like an alien is probably part of their master plan) -- recently took issue with Anne Coulter after she inexplicably demanded...

Another Law Designed to Keep Lawyers in Bidness

Posted on December 17, 2008
The latest state cyber-bullying law is getting its first test in Missouri after a 21-year-old woman threatened a 16-year-old girl via text message and dumped a can of pork and beans on her car. Apparently, the 16-year-old got a lot...

Well that'll harsh your buzz

Posted on December 17, 2008
Donald L. Johnson was just trying to enjoy his high, man, when the local cops had to come in and bust it all up by arresting him and issuing 10 citations. Well, not so much citations as traffic tickets. Because...

What would Obama do?

Posted on December 17, 2008
According to one Pennsylvania man, he'd show love for Hitler. Stick with me on this -- it'll make sense in a second. Heath Campbell and his wife Deborah are flipping angry. Deborah called the local ShopRite (a PA-area grocery store...

Taking hating your mother's guts to a whole new level!

Posted on December 16, 2008
A wonderful Dutch reader of ours, Joyce, passed along this email (with the above brilliant headline) about a case that's right up QuizLaw's alley. Unfortunately, the only stories she found were in Dutch and we can only read Dutch when...

Which judge got the call right?

Posted on December 16, 2008
Both judges were looking at criminal defendants with a history of crimes. In England, a 24-year-old heroin addict was sentenced with 14 years in the clink for burglary. But despite having committed 145 crimes, ">the judge deferred the guy's sentence....

Ok, explain this to me

Posted on December 16, 2008
Look, I get the idea of banning smoking in the normal workplace. Workers didn't sign-up to work in a smokey joint that's bad for their health. And I get the idea of banning smoking in bars and restaurants, because, again,...

Fire Up Those Salivary Glands, Floridians ...

Posted on December 16, 2008
In Sarasota, spitting is legal again! Hooray! City commissioners voted Monday to abolish a law dating back to 1908 that banned spitting. They argued the law was unenforceable. Lawyers said it was used to target those in lower income neighborhoods....

Well, You Can't Argue They Don't Have a Delicious Sense of the Ironic

Posted on December 15, 2008
Here's a kidnapping expert you probably don't want to take any advice from: A well-known U.S. anti-kidnapping expert has himself fallen victim to the wave of abductions in Mexico as unidentified assailants snatched him from a street in the northern...

He Had it Comin' ...

Posted on December 15, 2008
This is the best excuse since, "Honey. Honestly, I just slipped and fell and my penis landed in her vagina. For reals!" A man who tried to suffocate a prostitute told police the woman accidentally put her head inside the...

The (Kinda-Sorta) Daily Memo - 12/15/08

Posted on December 15, 2008
The leading question on change.gov's list of submissions for Obama's transition teams is whether the soon-to-be-Prez will consider legalizing marijuana. (a href="http://www.salem-news.com/articles/december122008/barack_cannabis_12-12-08.php">Salem News) Yeah, no shit the SEC has some questions to answer about this Madoff debacle...

Dude, her circus tickets are cheap!

Posted on December 15, 2008

No textbook left behind

Posted on December 15, 2008
Oh, Philly, you never disappoint: Superintendent Arlene Ackerman ordered audits of the textbook supply of every school in the 167,000-student district after some teenagers told Ackerman last month they did not have books. The district has spent $124 million in...

He Hates these Flags? Get Away from the Flags!

Posted on December 15, 2008
Man, I may never get tired of this video and the look of dumb-ass shock on W's face when a shoe hurtles over his head. Is that a half-grin he displays? Also, is anyone else the least bit bothered...

Well that's a relief because, frankly, that's the last thing I want to see

Posted on December 15, 2008

The (Kinda-Sorta) Daily Memo - 12/11/08

Posted on December 11, 2008
Should we just let Obama enjoy his smokes? (Slate) Spoilsport judge orders a deposition excerpt to be taken down from YouTube. (Law.com) Learned Foote? (Supreme Dicta) Hey Larry Craig, do me a favor. Go the fuck away already. (WSJ Law...

How's this for a technicality?

Posted on December 11, 2008
In most divorce cases, ex-spouses who are required to pay alimony usually only must do so until his or her ex picks up with a new significant other, generally defined by when that person is cohabiting with someone else. Out...

The economy is fixed!!!

Posted on December 11, 2008
I mean it must be if Congress has time to focus on legislation aimed at ending the BCS in favor of a college football playoff The bill is being sponsored by a Texas Congressman, representative Joe Barton, and co-sponsored by...

Congrats, Canada! Your Obama is Coming ...

Posted on December 10, 2008
Pajiba's Canadian Wonder, Ranylt Richildis, alerted me to the latest development in the Canadian political clusterfuck, and by most accounts, it's exceptional news. Michael Ignatieff has risen to the top of the Liberal Party, and looks likely to be...

Men can't help falling asleep after sex

Posted on December 10, 2008
Seriously, we can't. It's in our DNA. So you can't really blame Vipul Romik Sharma for falling asleep after having sex. What you can blame him for is that said sex was forced after meeting a woman in a bar...

RIP Boston Legal

Posted on December 09, 2008
(The following is cross-posted from Pajiba) After four-and-a-half quietly strong seasons, David E. Kelley's remarkable "Boston Legal" quietly passed away last night. We rarely mentioned "Boston Legal" around these parts, and though I contemplated it several times, I never mustered...

If William Tell Were a Fetishist ...

Posted on December 09, 2008
... he'd probably be something like Vedran Ribaric, who combined his two favorite pastimes -- sex and shooting -- into one activity. Vedran Ribaric, 26, forced wife Mirna to strip to her knickers and run round her garden while he...

That Virgin Mary Sure Gets Around

Posted on December 09, 2008
A reader, Mark, sent this tip, explaining that it doesn't have any real legal substance, but it does take place in Florida. That makes it close enough for our purposes. After all, QuizLaw is just as much about documenting the...

Where else can you read about Canadian politics and stupid Floridians in one fell swoop?

Posted on December 09, 2008
No where but QuizLaw, that's where! Look, last week I posted about the fact that the ol' QuizLaw is in the running for quirkiest blawg of the year. I also said that we may not sink to the type of...

Public humiliation, thy name is this guy

Posted on December 09, 2008
Frederick Tanne is a Manhattan senior partner at Kirkland & Ellis, a big firm of which I could say nasty things but won't because I'm about to go to trial against them and don't need to give them locker room...

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