FARK.com: (6940689) Bill that would have protected Iowa cities against lawsuits over sledding accidents on city property was shot down in the House, meaning Ethan Frome might get that big payout after all

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(Radio Iowa)		Bill that would have protected Iowa cities against lawsuits over sledding accidents on city property was shot down in the House, meaning Ethan Frome might get that big payout after all (radioiowa.com)		20
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chard

2012-02-14 10:05:25 AM

That book sucks donkey nuts.

That is all.

Goodfella

2012-02-14 10:06:38 AM

RIP Rob Roy

Millennium

2012-02-14 10:09:21 AM

Unavailable for comment,

/hot like screaming steel on asphalt

theorellior

2012-02-14 10:09:26 AM

Wow. A Wharton reference in a headline, no less. I'm impressed.

However, that book was pretty farking depressing. Maybe it was Great Littrachur, I wasn't taken with it.

Fizpez

2012-02-14 10:15:33 AM

City Response : No sledding at all on city owned property.

People: Awwwww

Kids: Screw that, we're going anyway...

*OUCH*

City: Wasn't our fault, the signs say you can't sled here.

Scumbag Lawyer: Ah! But you didn't enforce it! We win! Gimme money!

City: Directs officers to write tickets and enforce sledding ban.

Community : Awwwww

Farkers: Don't cops have anything better to do than write tickets for kids sledding - you know, going outside and exercizing.

macadamnut

2012-02-14 10:20:18 AM

chard: That book sucks donkey nuts.

THIS.

Edith Wharton's husband suffered from incurable depression. It's not a coincidence.

bhcompy

2012-02-14 10:25:45 AM

macadamnut: chard: That book sucks donkey nuts.

THIS.

Edith Wharton's husband suffered from incurable depression. It's not a coincidence.

At least it was short. There were many other shiatty books we had to read in school that were biblical in proportion compared to the measly sub 200 pages of Ethan Frome

dosboot

2012-02-14 10:30:38 AM

The bill would have simply added "sledding" to a list of exceptions for tort liability for municipalities. This list already includes skateboarding and bicycling.

The Democrats, supported by the personal injury lawyer lobbyists, uniformly voted against the bill. As a result, the bill died in Committee and municipalities may now start closing sledding hills to avoid lawsuits. Thanks Democrats for protecting lawyers. Because if there is any class of people that needs protection, it's personal injury attorneys.

Outlaw2097

2012-02-14 10:32:10 AM

ethan frome or iowa...

the real question is which one is more boring.

ZAZ

2012-02-14 10:41:32 AM

What Fizpez said.

It's been warm this winter. Normally we would be in the middle of the two weeks per year city lawyers allow people to skate. Some years the city leaves up the "danger no skating" signs all year but also plows the snow away in mid-February so people can skate illegally. Cover your ass bureaucracy.

Karma Curmudgeon

2012-02-14 10:43:20 AM

bhcompy: macadamnut: chard: That book sucks donkey nuts.

THIS.

Edith Wharton's husband suffered from incurable depression. It's not a coincidence.

At least it was short. There were many other shiatty books we had to read in school that were biblical in proportion compared to the measly sub 200 pages of Ethan Frome

A measly 200 pages of pure hell. Adultery has never been so mind-numbingly dull.

/inb4 Rosebud

AUAIOMRN

2012-02-14 10:45:31 AM

Note to lawyers: shiat like this is why people hate you.

Leeds

2012-02-14 10:54:22 AM

I feel like this problem was solved back in 1889 with the advent of steerable sled.

Idiots who choose to use technology predating the industrial revolution (like a non-steerable sled) deserve to be Darwined.

CJHardin

2012-02-14 11:20:57 AM

Millennium: [screamsofgusjohnson.files.wordpress.com image 480x360]
Unavailable for comment,

/hot like screaming steel on asphalt

Looks like you had the same idea I did.

Zoidfarb

2012-02-14 11:21:22 AM

There goes that Bill guy again. Someone should tell him not be such a dick.

Transubstantive

2012-02-14 11:48:56 AM

I had repressed all memories of reading that book. Now I'm suicidal, thanks.

mohron

2012-02-14 12:20:46 PM

I had to google that because my brain had blocked out the mind numbing I received reading it in high school. Once I read the name Zeena I had PTSD flashbacks. Still better than the Scarlet Letter.

Squawky

2012-02-14 12:48:30 PM