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A wealthy Arab Sheik was admitted to hospital for heart surgery, but prior to the surgery,

the doctors needed to store his type of blood in case the need arose.

As the gentleman had a rare type of blood, it couldn't be found locally, so, the call went out.

Finally, a Scotsman was located who had a similar blood type. The Scot willingly donated his blood for the Arab.


After the surgery, the Arab sent the Scotsman in appreciation for giving his blood, a new BMW, 5 carats of diamonds,

and $50,000 dollars.


A couple of days later, once again, the Arab had to go through a corrective surgery.


The hospital telephoned the Scotsman who was more than happy to donate more of his blood again.


After the second surgery, the Arab sent the Scotsman a thank-you card and a box of Black Magic chocolates.


The Scotsman was shocked that the Arab did not reciprocate his kind gesture as he had before. He phoned the Arab and asked him:

"I thought you would be generous again, that you would give me another BMW, diamonds and money ...

but you only gave me a thank-you card and a box of chocolates."


To this the Arab replied: "Aye laddie, but I have Scottish blood in ma veins now".

 

The 2020 Stella Awards - only in America

Here are the Stella's for this year:

SEVENTH PLACE

Kathleen Robertson of Austin, Texas was awarded $80,000 by a jury of her peers after breaking her ankle tripping over a toddler who was running inside a furniture store. The store owners were understandably surprised by the verdict, considering the running toddler was her own son.

Start scratching!

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SIXTH PLACE

Carl Truman, 19, of Los Angeles, California won $74,000 plus medical expenses when his neighbor ran over his hand with a Honda Accord Truman apparently didn't notice there was someone at the wheel of the car when he was trying to steal his neighbor's hubcaps.

Scratch some more..

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FIFTH PLACE

Terrence Dickson, of Bristol, Pennsylvania, was leaving a house he had just burglarized by way of the garage. Unfortunately for Dickson, the automatic garage door opener malfunctioned and he could not get the garage door to open. Worse, he couldn't re-enter the house because the door connecting the garage to the house locked when Dickson pulled it shut Forced to sit for eight, count 'em, EIGHT days and survive on a case of Pepsi and a large bag of dry dog food, he sued the homeowner's insurance company claiming undue mental anguish. Amazingly, the jury said the insurance company must pay Dickson $500,000 for his anguish. We should all have this kind of anguish. Keep scratching. There's more.

Double hand scratching after this one.

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FOURTH PLACE

Jerry Williams, of Little Rock, Arkansas, garnered 4th Place in the Stella's when he was awarded $14,500 plus medical expenses after being bitten on the butt by his next door neighbor's beagle - even though the beagle was on a chain in its owner's fenced yard. Williams did not get as much as he asked for because the jury believed the beagle might have been provoked at the time of the butt bite because Williams had climbed over the fence into the yard and repeatedly shot the dog with a pellet gun.

Pick a new spot to scratch, you're getting a bald spot.

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THIRD PLACE

Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania because a jury ordered a Philadelphia restaurant to pay her $113,500 after she slipped on a spilled soft drink and broke her tailbone The reason the soft drink was on the floor: Ms Carson had thrown it at her boyfriend 30 seconds earlier during an argument.

Only two more so ease up on the scratching..

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SECOND PLACE

Kara Walton, of Claymont, Delaware sued the owner of a night club in a nearby city because she fell from the bathroom window to the floor, knocking out her two front teeth. Even though Ms. Walton was trying to sneak through the ladies room window to avoid paying the $3.50 cover charge, the jury said the night club had to pay her $12,000....oh, yeah, plus dental expenses. Go figure.

OK. Here we go!!

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FIRST PLACE

This year's runaway First Place Stella Award winner was: Mrs. Merv Grazinski, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, who purchased a new 32-foot Winnebago motor home. On her first trip home, from an OU football game, having driven onto the freeway, she set the cruise control at 70 mph and calmly left the driver's seat to go to the back of the Winnebago to make herself a sandwich. Not surprisingly, the motor home left the freeway, crashed and overturned. Also not surprisingly, Mrs. Grazinski sued Winnebago for not putting in the owner's manual that she couldn't actually leave the driver's seat while the cruise control was set. The Oklahoma jury awarded her--are you sitting down?--$1,750,000. PLUS a new motor home. Winnebago actually changed its manuals as a result of this suit, just in case Mrs. Grazinski has any relatives who might also buy a motor home

If you think the USA court system is out of control, be sure to pass this one on!

 

I talk too much.

 

You sound fine to me. I'm just saying regarding your covid test, it's a positive to come up negative, and it's a negative to come up positive.

 

Yes, Although I sadly read on the UK news, we now have yet another damn varient.

 

Delta Plus is the worst name they could have given it. It sounds too much like a product.

 

They need to give them scarier names in order to get more people to vaccinate. Let's call the next one the Ballbuster Variant.

 

Good morning

 

Just about made it Candy darlin'

 

Good morning. Got a touch of insomnia this morning so I've already had my breakfast and it's not even 5 am yet.

 

I do have work. X

 

Sorry about that honey. X

 

Thanx I appreciate it, but it's okay. I'm retired and can take a nap later.

 

No Candy darlin' you've misunderstood my message you logged on and posted your message at 11.53am,

Candy Gal, Today at 11:53 AM

My comment, that you only just made it, referred to the time, another seven minutes and it wouldn't have been 'good morning'

 

OK i am stoopid. lol

 

Wild and stormy night and early morning - blowing a hooley here right now. Have been busy with my 'plastic' this morning, buying flowers and sending donation to local Hospice on behalf of my Brother-in-law - his funeral is on 11th.

 

BLESS YOU VLAD XXX

 

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LOL not long now.
Half the trees got branches lost last night, so plenty of wood for the fire.

 

Yes Gal.
But did you know this about Bonfire/Guy Forks Night? ?