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Old 09-30-2009, 06:41 AM   #1
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Default Man sues Kellog's over lack of fruit in Froot Loops

http://blogs.sfweekly.com/thesnitch/...awsuit_all.php

Oh man, I would love to be the lawyer for Kellog's at that trial.

I'd open boxes of Froot Loops under the noses of the jurors.
"You smell that? Does that smell like any fruit you know? Now taste it. Would anyone really believe that something that tastes like a chemical spill at Bayer would actually contain fruit?"
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Oops, I meant to post that in YABS... if a moderator might be so kind...
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Oh man, I would love to be the lawyer for Kellog's at that trial.

I'd open boxes of Froot Loops under the noses of the jurors.
"You smell that? Does that smell like any fruit you know? Now taste it. Would anyone really believe that something that tastes like a chemical spill at Bayer would actually contain fruit?"
Tastes like a chemical spill...that's freakin' great man.
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Old 09-30-2009, 07:46 AM   #5
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Oh man, I would love to be the lawyer for Kellog's at that trial.

I'd open boxes of Froot Loops under the noses of the jurors.
"You smell that? Does that smell like any fruit you know? Now taste it. Would anyone really believe that something that tastes like a chemical spill at Bayer would actually contain fruit?"
It doesn't taste like fruit, it tastes like Froot. :rolleyes:






Geez.

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Old 09-30-2009, 07:49 AM   #6
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It doesn't taste like fruit, it tastes like Froot. :rolleyes:

Geez.

Exactly! I, for one, love the Frooty flavor of the Loops, especially after they added "green". Yum yum.
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Don't get me started on Fruity Pebbles!
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Don't get me started on Fruity Pebbles!
Or Fruit of the Loom!
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Or Fruit of the Loom!
It all reminds me of the Crackpot Prospector v. California case of 1851 in which a man argued that fool's gold should be valid legal tender when given by and distributed among idiots.


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Or the Crazy Man v. Ralston case of 1991 in which a man tried to sue the cereal manufacturer by claiming that Urkel-O's did not contain enough Jaleel White.
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Old 09-30-2009, 08:08 AM   #10
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It doesn't taste like fruit, it tastes like Froot. :rolleyes:
I wonder if they spell it "Froot" solely as a defence against lawsuits like this?
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Oh man, I would love to be the lawyer for Kellog's at that trial.

I'd open boxes of Froot Loops under the noses of the jurors.
"You smell that? Does that smell like any fruit you know? Now taste it. Would anyone really believe that something that tastes like a chemical spill at Bayer would actually contain fruit?"
Damn! I use to eat that cereal, why didn't I think of that?!
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I like the fact according to the article, he's also suing Pepsico, makers of Cap'n Crunch, for the same reason. Lack of fruit. Has anyone ever heard of a fruit called a Crunch Berry?

Please. I hope the judge laughs in his face.
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Old 09-30-2009, 08:27 AM   #13
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Why am I completely unsurprised that this guy is from San Francisco?
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I like the fact according to the article, he's also suing Pepsico, makers of Cap'n Crunch, for the same reason. Lack of fruit. Has anyone ever heard of a fruit called a Crunch Berry?

Please. I hope the judge laughs in his face.
I had a wreck on the day I had Lucky Charms. Seriously. Wonder if I have a case?
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I had a wreck on the day I had Lucky Charms. Seriously. Wonder if I have a case?
Nope. It's never stipulated whether the charms bring good luck or bad, merely that they are "lucky".

Also, were the charms smashed in the wreck? Because THEY might have been lucky. You? Not necessarily.
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