Cougar Allen
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from this week's http://www.newsoftheweird.com/archive/index.html
I didn't dare title this "How To Increase Your Income By $2,400 A Month" because you would all have thought it was spam and wouldn't have read it.
Sheesh, it's stories like this that make me want to whine about sex discrimination. Why can't *I* steal $2,400 worth of merchandise every month and get away with it??? It's not fair!!! There oughta be an exemption for "under the influence of testosterone" too.
I ought to be allowed to steal power tools, at least -- and what about my mid-life crisis??? I ought to be allowed to steal a sports car, and a motorcycle and a sailboat and ...
South Korea's Supreme Court overturned theft convictions (31 incidents, about $2,400 worth of merchandise) against a woman on the ground that she was menstruating (which, according to one justice, made her like a "mentally deranged patient," "unable to control her impulses")
I didn't dare title this "How To Increase Your Income By $2,400 A Month" because you would all have thought it was spam and wouldn't have read it.
Sheesh, it's stories like this that make me want to whine about sex discrimination. Why can't *I* steal $2,400 worth of merchandise every month and get away with it??? It's not fair!!! There oughta be an exemption for "under the influence of testosterone" too.

I ought to be allowed to steal power tools, at least -- and what about my mid-life crisis??? I ought to be allowed to steal a sports car, and a motorcycle and a sailboat and ...