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Tiger Tales

People just don't understand...whether it's a lawsuit involving tigers, or babies coming out of a Spears.

How come nobody understands anything? And, in my efforts to explain, I give crazy scenarios and sound insane.

Here are the most recent examples. An old lady that's a family friend, told me she was glad the kid got mauled by that tiger, and that she hopes those other two kids don't get a cent from the zoo. I said, "Well, it seems like those kids were doing some taunting, throwing things at the tiger. And, now reports say an empty bottle of vodka was in their car. But, the thing to do is this. Charge them for underage drinking. And, any other charge you can get them with. The problem is...even after all that, tigers shouldn't be able to jump out and kill you. Even if you set up a pitching machine, that had baseballs hurling at the tigers. Even if you pulled out a slingshot, with raw meat dangling from your pockets. Sure, zoo security should kick you in the ****.

But, that's why these families are entitled to some finacial compensation."

My friend just freaked out more, saying they didn't deserve anything. And, she ranted about McDonald's coffee being hot. A 15-year old case I'm tired of debating.

Later in the day, I talked with someone whose in-law made about $2,000 a day as a writer in Hollywood. He is now in danger of losing his house, because of the strike. And what bothered the guy the most is, that a lot of people that voted to strike, are people that don't make a living writing. They may have sold a screenplay once.

Those people shouldn't be the decisions makers, on whether writers that make a living, DON'T make a living and strike. And possibly lose their livelyhood.

Someone overheard this conversation and said you shouldn't have sympathy for a rich writer.

It reminded me of the day previously, when I heard a person talking about a house they lost in Rancho Bernardo during the fires. When they left, someone nearby said, "I have no sympathy. They're rich. I have sympathy for poor people, without insurance."

That makes no sense. Why can't you have sympathy for both people? In fact, can't you make the argument, that the person without the insurance you should have LESS sympathy for, since they were ill prepared? And, if you wanna break it down...the poor person probably didn't lose as much. The rich person may have lost some rare painting, or 1st edition Hemmingway novel. Something that insurance can't replace.

Right before I sat down to write this, I told a friend how I heard that Jamie Lynn Spears mom appearantly worked out a deal with one of the tabloids, not only for a million bucks for the first baby photos. But, the deal included that rag being the publication that first ran the story on the pregnancy. I thought that was horrible. They didn't understand why.

So, instead of everyone finding out about the pregnancy when she started looking like Juno, the news broke early; like the Spears family is proud.

And, they'll probably get mad when at the next award shows, Sarah Silverman again calls a Spears baby a "cute mistake".

Unless, of course, Spears mom pays a comedian to write a routine about the new baby.

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How come nobody understands anything? And, in my efforts to explain, I give crazy scenarios and sound insane.

Here are the most recent examples. An old lady that's a family friend, told me she was glad the kid got mauled by that tiger, and that she hopes those other two kids don't get a cent from the zoo. I said, "Well, it seems like those kids were doing some taunting, throwing things at the tiger. And, now reports say an empty bottle of vodka was in their car. But, the thing to do is this. Charge them for underage drinking. And, any other charge you can get them with. The problem is...even after all that, tigers shouldn't be able to jump out and kill you. Even if you set up a pitching machine, that had baseballs hurling at the tigers. Even if you pulled out a slingshot, with raw meat dangling from your pockets. Sure, zoo security should kick you in the ****.

But, that's why these families are entitled to some finacial compensation."

My friend just freaked out more, saying they didn't deserve anything. And, she ranted about McDonald's coffee being hot. A 15-year old case I'm tired of debating.

Later in the day, I talked with someone whose in-law made about $2,000 a day as a writer in Hollywood. He is now in danger of losing his house, because of the strike. And what bothered the guy the most is, that a lot of people that voted to strike, are people that don't make a living writing. They may have sold a screenplay once.

Those people shouldn't be the decisions makers, on whether writers that make a living, DON'T make a living and strike. And possibly lose their livelyhood.

Someone overheard this conversation and said you shouldn't have sympathy for a rich writer.

It reminded me of the day previously, when I heard a person talking about a house they lost in Rancho Bernardo during the fires. When they left, someone nearby said, "I have no sympathy. They're rich. I have sympathy for poor people, without insurance."

That makes no sense. Why can't you have sympathy for both people? In fact, can't you make the argument, that the person without the insurance you should have LESS sympathy for, since they were ill prepared? And, if you wanna break it down...the poor person probably didn't lose as much. The rich person may have lost some rare painting, or 1st edition Hemmingway novel. Something that insurance can't replace.

Right before I sat down to write this, I told a friend how I heard that Jamie Lynn Spears mom appearantly worked out a deal with one of the tabloids, not only for a million bucks for the first baby photos. But, the deal included that rag being the publication that first ran the story on the pregnancy. I thought that was horrible. They didn't understand why.

So, instead of everyone finding out about the pregnancy when she started looking like Juno, the news broke early; like the Spears family is proud.

And, they'll probably get mad when at the next award shows, Sarah Silverman again calls a Spears baby a "cute mistake".

Unless, of course, Spears mom pays a comedian to write a routine about the new baby.

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