October 13th, 2003

Found this at NSLOG.COM which he seems to have got from somewhere else, but who cares right?

A man from Charlotte, North Carolina, having purchased a case of very expensive cigars, insured them against, among other things, fire. Within a month, having smoked his entire stockpile, the man filed a claim against the insurance company, stating that the cigars were lost “in a series of small fires.”

The insurance company refused to pay, citing the obvious reason that the man had consumed the cigars in the normal fashion. The man sued – and won.

In delivering the ruling the judge, agreeing that the claim was frivolous, stated nevertheless that the man held a policy from the company in which it had warranted that the cigars were insurable and also guaranteed that it would insure against fire, without defining what it considered to be an “unacceptable fire,” and was obliged to pay the claim. Rather than endure a costly appeal process the insurance company accepted the ruling and paid the man $15,000 for the rare cigars he lost in “the fires.”

After he cashed the cheque, however, the company had him arrested on 24 counts of arson. With his own insurance claim and testimony from the previous case being used against him, the man was convicted of
intentionally burning his insured property and sentenced to 24 months in jail and a $24,000 fine.

I find that damn funny… *shrugs*

So here we go, i finally have a good reason for burping…

Went to drop my xrays off to the dentist to get a referral, anyway, he was there and he had a look and told me i drink coke/soft drinks cause the acids in it have started eating away the enamel on my teeth. Bad you might say.. but wait.. theres more…
He went on to say that theres a few things you can do to stop it eating away the enamel:

1) Stop drinking coke *yeah right.. next option*
2) Chew sugar free chewing gum afterwards and it will neutrilise the acids. *cool, easy*
3) Drink it through a straw *again.. yeah right, im a man not a girl *
4) Drink it fast so that it doesnt have time to sit on your teeth eating them away

The one to note is option 4, drink it fast and it doesnt stay on your teeth long. Now… anyone who is a seasonsed coke drinker knows that drinking it fast makes you burp, and not the little ‘burp’ type ones but the big ‘BURRRRRRPPPPPPPPP’ ones that vibrate anything in a 2 metre distance.

Thus… in conclusion.. if i am to stop the enamel from being eaten away by coke acids i have to drink it fast which may cause burping BUT thats ok cause my teeth will be nice and healty.

There Melanie! its good that i burp!