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06/23/2004: Asshat of the Week Asshat of the Week

Woman Settles 'Toilet Phobia' Lawsuit
from Reuters at Yapoo

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African woman has settled a lawsuit in which she claimed to have developed a phobia about toilets after falling off one at a hotel.

Antonia Hart, 59, sued the Sun International hotel chain following the August 2003 incident, asking for 91,000 rand ($14,000) for pain, injury, medical treatment and "loss of amenities," the South African Press Agency (SAPA) reported.

Hart's lawyers had accused the hotel of negligence, saying their client toppled off the toilet when it suddenly broke "whilst in normal use for the purposes for which it was installed," SAPA quoted court papers as saying.

Hehehehehe, "toilet phobia" ahhhh, thats a good one. I have a phobia about ignorant asshats. Who could I sue? Fox News perhaps?