I almost want this to pass without comment. Well, no I don’t:
A woman charged with causing a fatal car crash in 1999 says that she couldn’t have been behind the wheel because she was performing a sex act on the driver at the time.
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Specyalski claims that Esposito was driving, and she was performing oral sex on him at the time, said her attorney, Jeremiah Donovan. He noted that Esposito’s pants were down when he was thrown from the car.. . . .
Assistant State’s Attorney Maureen Platt said the defense is flawed. . . . “His pants could have been down because he was mooning a car he was drag racing,” Platt said. “His pants could have been down because he was urinating out of a window. His pants could have been down because he wasn’t feeling well.”
His pants were down because he wasn’t feeling well? I think ASA Platt has got her work cut out for her on this one.
Turning to the stupid patent front, Quasi-in-Rem notes a new Canadian patent “for a futuristic commercial jet design that would protect passengers in an emergency by breaking apart and letting the sections parachute gently to the ground.“
UPDATE: They go too far! “Recording companies[,] including Time Warner and EMI[,] are launching a campaign to force thousands of Chinese karaoke bars to start paying for the tunes their patrons croon to.” I draw a line in the sand: Join with me, friends, and preserve the right to sing “Careless Whispers” in smoky back rooms . . . .
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