Here's a good one-completely OT

saintbacchus saintbacchus at yahoo.com
Fri Mar 8 21:27:55 UTC 2002


--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at y..., "nlpnt" <nlpnt at y...> wrote:

> NOW FOR THE BEST PART... 
> After the lawyer cashed the check, the insurance company had him 
> arrested on 24 counts of arson! With his own insurance claim, and 
> testimony from the previous case being used against him, the lawyer 
> was convicted of intentionally burning his insured property and 
> sentenced him to 24 months in jail and a $24,000.00 fine.

LMAO, but it has to be an urban legend. If the guy himself set 
the "series of small fires" (LOL), his claim would be invalid. Just 
to be sure, though, I checked with Snopes:

http://www.snopes.com/business/genius/cigarson.htm

Sho 'nuff, it's just a myth. Good one, though! ^_^

--Anna





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