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alpha phi · 04-25-2003, 06:03 AM

A friend sent this to me today
Now stupid people can sue because they were stupid!

Subject: Fw: Get a load of this!! Good grief!!!

MAN SUES TOM RIDGE OVER DUCT TAPE FEARS
>
> Corona, CA - Tom Ridge's advice to Americans to stock up on duct tape
> and plastic has sparked a lawsuit which has been filed against him, the
> Department of Homeland Security, and President George W. Bush. Steven J.
> Bosell, the owner of B & B Construction in Corona, California, has filed
a
> lawsuit claiming emotional distress, personal injury and sexual
dysfunction
> after he wrapped his "privates" in duct tape to protect them from a
> biological attack. "After watching Mr. Ridge on television advising us
to
> stock up on duct tape and plastic, I went to the local Costco and bought
> $100 worth of duct tape to protect myself," Bosell said. "When I got
home, I
> taped up my windows and doors. After I did that I realized if survivors
> like myself are going to reproduce and populate the Earth after a
biological
> attack, we have to protect our privates as well." Bosell claimed in his
> lawsuit he wrapped his "privates" in duct tape as a test of "Homeland
> Security".
>
> When he tried to remove the tape, Bosell injured himself when the tape
> began peeling off skin and body hair. After calling an ambulance, Bosell
was
> taken to the hospital where the doctors and nurses laughed at him. "I
told
> the doctors and nurses at the hospital if they laughed, I would file a
> lawsuit against them and the hospital. They laughed anyways and I now
have
> another lawsuit pending" Bosell said with tears streaming down his face.
> "They went out their way to make me look like a fool. Once I saw the
> doctors scalpel go toward my privates, I totally lost it and blacked
out".
> Also named in the second lawsuit is the President of the United States,
> George W. Bush. "President Bush is just as liable for injury to my
> reproductive future because he hired Mr. Ridge to run the Department of
> Homeland Security and Mr. Ridge gave the nation bad advice. They also
make
> me look like a fool." Bosell sobbed. The Department of Homeland Security
> and the Bush Administration have no comment on Mr. Bosell's lawsuits.
>
> Ed. Note: We can only hope that this man's reproductive capabilities
HAVE
> indeed been 'curbed'!

04-25-2003, 06:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
alpha phi seeker Location: home	Man sues homeland security over duct tape A friend sent this to me today Now stupid people can sue because they were stupid! Subject: Fw: Get a load of this!! Good grief!!! MAN SUES TOM RIDGE OVER DUCT TAPE FEARS > > Corona, CA - Tom Ridge's advice to Americans to stock up on duct tape > and plastic has sparked a lawsuit which has been filed against him, the > Department of Homeland Security, and President George W. Bush. Steven J. > Bosell, the owner of B & B Construction in Corona, California, has filed a > lawsuit claiming emotional distress, personal injury and sexual dysfunction > after he wrapped his "privates" in duct tape to protect them from a > biological attack. "After watching Mr. Ridge on television advising us to > stock up on duct tape and plastic, I went to the local Costco and bought > $100 worth of duct tape to protect myself," Bosell said. "When I got home, I > taped up my windows and doors. After I did that I realized if survivors > like myself are going to reproduce and populate the Earth after a biological > attack, we have to protect our privates as well." Bosell claimed in his > lawsuit he wrapped his "privates" in duct tape as a test of "Homeland > Security". > > When he tried to remove the tape, Bosell injured himself when the tape > began peeling off skin and body hair. After calling an ambulance, Bosell was > taken to the hospital where the doctors and nurses laughed at him. "I told > the doctors and nurses at the hospital if they laughed, I would file a > lawsuit against them and the hospital. They laughed anyways and I now have > another lawsuit pending" Bosell said with tears streaming down his face. > "They went out their way to make me look like a fool. Once I saw the > doctors scalpel go toward my privates, I totally lost it and blacked out". > Also named in the second lawsuit is the President of the United States, > George W. Bush. "President Bush is just as liable for injury to my > reproductive future because he hired Mr. Ridge to run the Department of > Homeland Security and Mr. Ridge gave the nation bad advice. They also make > me look like a fool." Bosell sobbed. The Department of Homeland Security > and the Bush Administration have no comment on Mr. Bosell's lawsuits. > > Ed. Note: We can only hope that this man's reproductive capabilities HAVE > indeed been 'curbed'!