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Sisalou

Monday, October 27, 2003 - 09:09 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Wow, that is great news! Congrats to GAL and Colossus! :)

Sasman

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 04:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Woman Sues Over Condom Found in Soup
Irvine restaurant's lawyer says it's a mystery how the rolled-up item got into the chowder.
By Jeff Gottlieb
Times Staff Writer

November 10, 2003

An Orange County woman is suing an Irvine restaurant, saying she found a condom in her clam chowder.

Laila Sultan, 48, said she was eating at McCormick & Schmick's Seafood Restaurant on Feb. 26, 2002, when something rubbery stuck to her tooth. "We said, 'Of course. You're chewing on a clam,' " said Paula Wild, one of three friends with her — all eating clam chowder, and all of whom have joined the lawsuit.

Sultan spit out the offending material. She said it was an unwrapped, rolled-up condom. "There was no question what it was," Wild said.

"We're all adult women. Believe me, I've seen one in my lifetime."

Sultan said she ran to the bathroom and threw up for 15 minutes.

The case is scheduled for trial Jan. 12. Sultan and Wild, along with Cindy Hammond and Annamarie Sigala, are suing for negligence and intentional infliction of emotional distress.

The question is: How could a condom get into the chowder?

"It's as big a mystery to us as it is to anybody else," said Patrick Stark, attorney for McCormick & Schmick's.

The restaurant sued American Roland Food Corp., which supplied the clams. A judge ruled in favor of the supplier in September.

"We are going to argue there is absolutely no evidence to suggest the restaurant was the source of the condom, or any employee of the restaurant," Stark said. "Either it came from [the four women] or it was thrown in as a practical joke by another patron at the restaurant."

The condom itself was seized by the restaurant manager, the women said. They said he told them the insurance company had instructed him not to return it or let them photograph it.

Stark said that because the condom was rolled up, "it was clearly unused" and for that reason hasn't been tested.

The lawsuit says the condom was "a possibly used one."

Sultan and Wild said the women have tested negative for HIV. McCormick & Schmick's is a privately owned chain with 42 upscale restaurants in 19 states.

Sultan lives in Stanton and works as a reservations agent for a travel company.

She said she had been to the McCormick & Schmick's previously and had never had any problems. She said the women ordered drinks, appetizers and then soup. Because the soup was lukewarm, they sent it back. When the food returned, Sultan said, she bit into the condom.

Sultan said that the condom discovery has caused psychological trauma and sent her to a psychiatrist for a year and a half. She said she has taken a variety of medications for depression and anxiety.

"I can't touch fish," she said. "I can't smell fish. I get sick. I can't eat soups anymore." She said she has lost her appetite for sex and food, and lost about 10 pounds.

"I went through hell," she said. "I don't know how to describe it."


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Suitsmefine

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 06:14 am EditMoveDeleteIP
EEEEWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!! Puts a whole new meaning on "rubbery" clams, huh?

Secretsmile

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 06:27 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Ah...they sent the soup back the first time, maybe it can't be proven, but we all know that's why the restaurant employees did the deed.

Sasman

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 06:33 am EditMoveDeleteIP
dh once waitered at Fridays and told me never, ever send food back cus she saw the cook spit on returned food before sending it back!

Midlifer

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 06:36 am EditMoveDeleteIP
<midlifer is running from this thread, to find a bathroom>

Cablejockey

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 06:39 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Its like being hostage by these restaurant workers, if you dare complain.

Sasman

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 06:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Never return anything but if you don't like what you ordered ORDER SOMETHING ELSE.
The cook will never know and therefore won't do any spitting or worse!

Texannie

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 06:54 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ick!!!!!!!

Reader234

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 07:13 am EditMoveDeleteIP
They were on one of the early news shows today, GMA... They are getting their 15 min, both rest. and women. I see a settlement coming. I see the Lawyers making out better than either of the parties...

Tigerfan

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 07:17 am EditMoveDeleteIP
The judge told them he did not want to see this case back in his courtroom, to settle it at any cost.

Tishala

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 01:59 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Art Carney Died :-(

CNN

Art Carney, who paired with Jackie Gleason in the classic series "The Honeymooners" and won an Oscar for his role as an retired teacher traveling through America in the 1974 film "Harry and Tonto," has died. He was 85.

Carney passed away Sunday at his home in Connecticut, according to a spokesman for a Connecticut funeral home, and was buried in a private ceremony Tuesday.

"The family is very private, and that's why no one was notified until after the funeral," said Philip Appell, a spokesman for Swan Funeral Home in Clinton, Connecticut.

Though he appeared in more than 25 films -- and created the role of Felix Unger in the original Broadway version of "The Odd Couple" -- Carney, a veteran of the World War II invasion of Normandy, became famous playing sewer worker Ed Norton, Jackie Gleason's foil on the 1950s television comedy "The Honeymooners."

With Gleason, who played the blustery bus driver Ralph Kramden, the two embarked on get-rich-quick schemes and other tomfoolery in an effort to get ahead in life. Their wives -- Norton's wife Trixie (Joyce Randolph) and Ralph's wife Alice (Audrey Meadows) -- were endlessly patient with their husbands.

The role earned Carney three consecutive Emmy awards.

Twiggyish

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 02:05 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
awwwwwwwww dang!!!

Sasman

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 02:21 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
RIP

Art

Mygetaway

Tuesday, November 11, 2003 - 07:08 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Just heard that John Ritter's mom passed away a few days ago after a long illness. How sad. :(

Sweetbabygirl

Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 06:28 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You know what's freaky? Just last week I was thinking of Art Carney, wondering how he was doing.

Texannie

Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 06:57 am EditMoveDeleteIP
You jinx! ;)

Sweetbabygirl

Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 08:47 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Waaaaaaaaah, it's not my fault, Tex!!

Sweetbabygirl

Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 09:15 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Friday at 8, TV Land will be airing the "classic 39" eppys of The Honeymooners.

HELLOOOOOOOOOOOO, BALL!!
(R.I.P., Art Carney)

Texannie

Wednesday, November 12, 2003 - 09:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
;) you brought it up! LOL

Squaredsc

Monday, November 17, 2003 - 11:21 am EditMoveDeleteIP
sniper verdict...

Muhammad found guilty of murder.

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Nov. 17 — A jury on Monday found John Allen Muhammad guilty of murder in the first sniper case to go to trial, concluding he used a rifle, a beat-up car and a teenager who idolized him to kill randomly and terrorize the Washington area during last year’s sniper spree. The jury will now decide whether the Army veteran should be sentenced to death or life in prison. The penalty phase was to begin in the afternoon.

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Kittee3

Sunday, November 23, 2003 - 10:09 am EditMoveDeleteIP
rings

This Just In ---

Cowboy proposed to Moondance and she said YES!!!

Congratulations!!!

You can find Ms. Moon's folder HERE to post your greetings :)

Mak1

Wednesday, November 26, 2003 - 07:14 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Yay, Moon and Cowboy!!!

Our local news reported tonight that Stephen King is in the hospital with pneumonia. He asked fans not to send flowers...if they want to show their concern, he suggests they help someone less fortunate.

Tishala

Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 07:31 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Andrew and Jen Breakup link

It was a tender TV moment when the couple professed their love for each other on ABC’s "The Bachelor."

But now, "Extra" has learned the shocking news that the happy couple has decided to split. In a statement released today, Firestone says, "It is totally amicable and, though we care for each other deeply, we have come to realize that our future goals are different."

Schefft also wants the world to know that even though they met on TV, she says their love was real.

Ginger1218

Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 07:32 am EditMoveDeleteIP
That pissed me off. I give up on these fakers. Probably Trist and Ryan are fake too, but are going through with the motions. I don't know why, this annoyed me today.

Bandit

Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 07:41 am EditMoveDeleteIP
ACK!!!!! That's too bad. I really liked them.

Goddessatlaw

Tuesday, December 09, 2003 - 03:38 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Earthquakes hit Virginia and Oklahoma:


"Earthquake Virginia - Buildings Shake in Downtown Richmond, Felt in Washington D.C."


"Earthquake Oklahoma"

Twinkie

Saturday, December 13, 2003 - 06:10 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Heartbreaking news. Keiko, of Free Willy fame, died last night of pneumonia after only 18 months of freedom in open ocean. He was 27 years old.

Mygetaway

Sunday, December 14, 2003 - 03:43 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Saddam Hussein Arrested - Kurdish Official

Updated 5:33 AM ET December 14, 2003

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein has been arrested, an Iraqi Kurdish representative in Iran said on Sunday, but the Defense Department said it could not confirm the report.

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Twinkie

Sunday, December 14, 2003 - 04:19 am EditMoveDeleteIP
Its confirmed now by the US.

Reader234

Tuesday, December 16, 2003 - 06:53 am EditMoveDeleteIP
keith

A true friend, Keith Magnuson died today in Toronto. He was born in Saskatchewan. He was a Blackhawk from '69-'80, went to Denver University. He was an executive at Coca-Cola.

What the articles wont tell you is his humanitarian side. He gave of himself. He believed in Stan Makita's Hearing Impaired Hockey School (AHIHA). Donating time, and money (and of course coke products!). He also helped many deaf kids get jobs, and go to college.


To his family, and AHIHA, my thoughts and prayers go out.

Magnuson SI

Mygetaway

Thursday, December 18, 2003 - 12:26 pm EditMoveDeleteIP
Gary Leon Ridgeway sentenced to 48 counts of LIFE without possibility of parole or release, consecutively. Also $480,000 in fines, plus additional court fee's, etc.

(Can't format the link properly, but I'm sure you can find it.)

News Conference just ending now.

*edit* Let's try this one:
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