Well, I have 2 examples of stupid people in the news. I am little torn over who is more stupid so I shall provide both examples and have you, the loyal readers of Manuel's View decide who is the more moranic. Please give explanations. Thank you for your time.
Exhibit A:
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A man says he was so consumed by the spirit of God that he fell and hit his head while worshipping.
Now he wants Lakewind Church to pay $2.5 million for medical bills, lost income, and pain and suffering.
Matt Lincoln says he is suing after the church's insurance company denied his claim for medical bills.
The 57-year-old has had two surgeries since the June 2007 injury but still feels pain in his back and legs.
He says he was asking God to have "a real experience" while praying.
Lincoln says he has fallen from the force of the spirit before but has always been caught by someone.
Lawyers for the church say other congregants saw him on the floor laughing after his fall. They say he failed to look out for his own safety.
I hope the church continues to laugh in this guy's face and he doesn't get one dime. The guy is clumsy and trips and that is the best he can come up with? Hell, the guy might have even been drunk or on drugs. I am sure that would give him a "real experience." Seriously though, the stupid lawsuits need to stop, like now.
Exhibit B:
When Orlando radio station WHTQ said they’d give away gas to whoever offered the most interesting trade, they were probably expecting nothing more exciting than grilled cheese with Jesus’s image or a possessed household object. What they got, however, was a child. Well, a child’s name at least.
David Partin and pregnant girlfriend Samantha Bailey called in and said, in exchange for the $100 gas card, the station DJs could christen their unborn son whatever they chose. “Hey, man, times are rough,” Partin told the Orlando Sentinel. “I figure I’ll be able to drive around for a couple of weeks on that gas.” The name picked? “Dixon and Willoughby,” the DJs’ last names. That’s just the first name and, yes, the “and” is included. The middle name will be “With Radio’s Alan Spector,” after the show’s producer. The station will give the couple the gas card when they see the birth certificate.
Dixon and Willoughby With Alan Spector Partin will only have that strange name for a short while though. Trying to continue their success, the couple will offer permanent naming rights to the highest bidder once the baby is born. Amazingly, this is not a new idea. Hollywood Today reports that in 2005 the Web site, GoldenPalace.com, paid $15,000 to name another child. With the economy getting worse, could a new trend be under way?
Ok, in this example, we have greed getting the best of people. Can you believe people are that desperate for $100? They are so desperate for $100 that they ruin the life of their child by subjecting him to years of ridicule. How is this for thought? If you are so desperate for $100 that you would do something like this, maybe, just maybe, YOU SHOULD NOT BE HAVING A GODDAMN KID! Again, people like this are having kids are we can't. I wish I was rich. Why? Well, at the end of the article, it says that soon after the birth, they will change the baby's name for the highest bidder. If I were a gazillionaire, I would pay them an obscene amount and have them name the kid - "My parents are gigantic fuckups!"
8 comments:
My head was already spinning from the news about Freddie Mac, Bernie Mac, Fannie Mae, Bernie Mae, and all the rest going bankrupt, telling bad jokes, etc.
Well, I'd say the parent's aren't stupid, just greedy and I'm with you, they should not be having a child if they can't afford $100 of gas. The guy who fell in church isn't stupid either. He saw a golden opportunity to sue but he should not be awarded a dime.
Um, yeah. All I can do is shake my head.
Both stories are about very dumb and selfish people. I think the ones letting people name their baby are worse though. That poor child. What's next? Highest bidder gets to do the circumcision! Come on folks, pay up!
I vote for number two. I am so sick of hearing that parents have stamped their kids ticket to therapy before they are born by naming them something stupid. Between celebrities and this chimp I don't know who's worse.
the first one is just funny...I should try that one. the church has deeeeeeeeppp pockets
That's the stupidest thing I have ever heard.. Some people have nothing better to do with their time.. but that's okay to waste other people's time with stupid ass lawsuits and naming babies for cash or gas..wasted paper..
Ditto on all anwers. Society? Where are we heading?
Wow, what a cornucopia of stupidity. Perhaps the first guy fell down because God was trying to knock some sense into his head, not try for a lawsuit.
The parents of that baby...all I can say is people need a license to have a dog...maybe that's needed for people tho have kids too...they would need to take a common sense class before having a child.
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