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Gangaram was in the hospital, near death, so the family sent for his friend Bhola. As Bhola stood beside the bed, Gangaram's frail condition grew worse, and he motioned frantically for something to write on. Bhola lovingly handed him a pen and piece of paper, and Gangaram used his last ounce of strength to scribble a note. Then he died. Bhola thought it best not to look at the note just then, so he slipped it in to his jacket pocket. Several days later, at the funeral, Bhola was visiting Gangaram's family. He realized that he was wearing the same jacket that he'd worn the day Gangaram died. "You know," he said, "Gangaram handed me a note just before he died. I haven't read it, but knowing Gangaram, I'm sure there's a word of inspiration there for us all". He unfolded the note and read aloud:
"Kutte kamiene, you're standing on my oxygen tube!"
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Amazing Awards:
- The winner, however, was Merv Grazinski of Oklahoma City who bought a new Winnebago Motor Home. While driving home on the freeway he engaged the Cruise Control and then left the driver's seat to go back in to the motor home to make a cup of coffee... He received $1,750,000 plus a new motor home ... and an addendum in the Winnebago owner's manual advising owners not to leave the wheel after engaging Cruise Control.
Kara Walton of Claymont, Delaware who collected $12,000 from a night club for knocking out two front teeth while falling from a bathroom window to avoid a $3.50 cover charge for entering the club. The jury also awarded her dental care to fix her teeth.
Amber Carson of Lancaster, Pennsylvania who was awarded $113,000 from a Philadelphia restaurant when she slipped on a floor wet from a soft drink and broke her tailbone. How did the floor get wet? She threw the soft drink at her boyfriend (ex-boyfriend?) in a fit of anger 30 seconds before slipping... Jerry Williams of Little Rock, Arkansas received $14,500 and medical expenses from his jury for injuries on his glutimus maximus (the buttocks) where he was bit by his neighbor's beagle. The beagle was chained in the neighbor's fenced-in yard. The jury kept the monetary award to a minimum since Jerry was provoking the dog immediately preceding the bite by repeatedly shooting the dog with a pellet gun. Terrence Dickson of Bristol, Pennsylvania received $500,000 for his 8 days of mental torment from being locked in a garage with only a case of Pepsi and a bag of dog food to subsist on. It seems that after robbing the home, he decided to escape through the garage, but couldn't get the garage door up or get back into the house. The family was on vacation. (I wonder if the award would have been less if it had been a case of Coke...) Kathleen Robertson of Austin Texas benefited $780,000 and medical expenses for tripping over a toddler in a furniture store. It made no difference that it was her own kid. Carl Truman of Los Angeles was compensated $74,000 and medical expenses when his neighbor ran over Carl's hand with his Honda Accord. Carl didn't know his neighbor was in the car when he started to steal the hubcaps.
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