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Re: non- shooting shooting cannons?
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Sat, 10 Jul 1999 08:29:08 GMT
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This is OT, sorry.

As far as I know, that's actually an urban legend. A very popular one
though. But for a more recent and confirmed bad lawsuit story, how about
the woman who won a huge amount of money because she spilled her coffee
from McDonald's on herself and what do you know... it was hot. And she
got burnt. And now she has a lot of money.

"Selçuk " wrote:
> 
> Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <378687AE.708B896F@xoommail.com>...
> > i guess this was TLGs way of making cannons using the shooter parts and
> > moulds that did not accually shoot. why did tlg stop making shooting • cannons?
> > anyone know? a safety issue?
> > 
> > 
> 
> There is no non-shooting cannons ever in anywhere except US (and maybe
> Americas). They are disabled only for those countries. Why? I'm not sure but
> the efficiently high number of BLFHs (1) that lurking around should be a
> cause. Do you remember the stupid female who won a great amount of money
> from a microwave oven manufacturer company after baking his own pet dog ,
> since they didn't mention in the user's manual that the microwave ovens are
> not for drying pets?
> 
> Selçuk
> 
> (1) Bastard Lawyer from Hell..:-)



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  Re: non- shooting shooting cannons?
 
(...) Yes, I've also heard about that, but I had not known that the first one was an urban legend. I had heard it from a magazine news show on TV. I think urban legends from another country can easily be spilled into non-serious news broadcasts of (...) (27 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)
  Re: non- shooting shooting cannons?
 
(...) It might (1) be noted that she was driving with the coffee cup in her hand, in Michigan, where it is illegal to drive while eating / drinking. And she still won a lot of money. Cheers, - jsproat 1. "Might" because I can't remember if any of (...) (27 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)

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  Re: non- shooting shooting cannons?
 
Jonathan Wilson wrote in message <378687AE.708B896F@x...il.com>... (...) cannons? (...) There is no non-shooting cannons ever in anywhere except US (and maybe Americas). They are disabled only for those countries. Why? I'm not sure but the (...) (27 years ago, 10-Jul-99, to lugnet.build)

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