Okay, That Tears It
For anyone who hasn't seen it in the news the past little while, here's a recap:
That in itself is bad enough, but now there's a whole other level of stupidity:
Earlier this week, in Montreal a 10-year-old girl found an unrolled Tim Horton's cup in a garbage can in her school. She enlisted the help of a 12-year-old friend to roll up the cup's rim. They discovered the cup was the winner of a $28,700 Toyota RAV 4.
Since then, their families have been bickering over who should get the prize.
The Quebec government agency that regulates contests said the whole thing seems to be spinning out of control
That in itself is bad enough, but now there's a whole other level of stupidity:
A high-profile Quebec lawyer is asking for a DNA test on a winning Tim Hortons coffee cup, claiming that his client is its rightful owner.Yeah, Claude, your client has a right - he's got the right to be hit upside the head with a Clue-by-Four. He threw the cup away! If he's too lazy or too stupid to roll up the rim before throwing it out, then giving him an SUV is probably a bad idea - after all, it's called 'Roll Up the Rim to Win" - not "Act like a Dickwad and Sue to Win"
Claude Archambault said his client threw out the cup and should get the "Roll up the Rim" prize that is being fought over by two Montreal families.
Archambault wants the cup tested for his client's DNA and has formally asked Tim Hortons to keep the prize until this is settled.
"He's not rich, he's not looking for publicity. He just wants to know if he has a right," the lawyer said.
Hey Paul, can you just imagine what would have happened if he had thrown it into a garbage can in a school in Halifax? Would the school board monkey fucks here have kept out of it? No way, they would be scratching their eyes out to get a piece of the action. After all, it seems that every one of them has gone bankrupt and can use the cash.
Posted by
kevvyd |
Sun Mar 12, 09:48:00 AM
My solution to the problem, were I Tim Horton's would actually draw upon the Bible for an answer - specifically King Solomon. The 10-year-old's family gets a Rav 4 because, hey, the kid went to the trouble of getting the cup out of the garbage. The other 2 idiots in this Comedy of Errors each get half a Rav 4 - literally. Get the cutting torch, carve that beast down through the center, and then tell the morons that they're responsible to haul their portions away. As for the school board, which Paul has pointed out was adult enough to stay out of it - kudos to them.
Posted by
Dan |
Sun Mar 12, 04:00:00 PM
I'd like to ask you all to join me in calling on our government to establish a section in the penal code for "Beatable Offences" whereby you'll get a couple of boots to the head for acting like an idiot. The guy who claims to have tossed the cup can be our first test case.
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Anonymous |
Mon Mar 13, 12:59:00 PM