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A 52-year-old woman sues Victoria's Secret, claiming a defective thong caused an eye injury.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ye ... rets1.html


Better than fiction, unless it is.

silvercamaro wrote:A 52-year-old woman sues Victoria's Secret, claiming a defective thong caused an eye injury.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ye ... rets1.html


Better than fiction, unless it is.

Maybe a 52 year old woman shouldn't wear one.

ulysses5019 wrote:

silvercamaro wrote:A 52-year-old woman sues Victoria's Secret, claiming a defective thong caused an eye injury.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ye ... rets1.html


Better than fiction, unless it is.

Maybe a 52 year old woman shouldn't wear one.

Hey!

Why the heck not?

This 53 year old woman wears one and feels sexy as hell while doing it.

Lawsuit Threatened

I'm guessing that hemp g-strings are much safer and better for the environment.

peacock2121 wrote:

ulysses5019 wrote:

silvercamaro wrote:A 52-year-old woman sues Victoria's Secret, claiming a defective thong caused an eye injury.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ye ... rets1.html


Better than fiction, unless it is.

Maybe a 52 year old woman shouldn't wear one.

Hey!

Why the heck not?

This 53 year old woman wears one and feels sexy as hell while doing it.

Works just as well on us octagenarians. I even added a surgical mask to hold in the 80 year old jewels...

If you're wearing your thong on your eye -- You're Doing It WRONG!

There are three things I would like to say about this story, all of them equally tasteless and wrong.

NellyLunatic1980 wrote:There are three things I would like to say about this story, all of them equally tasteless and wrong.

I was almost going to pick up the slack and go with it and assume the tasteless mantle, but then thought, how pathetic could someone be, to actually file a lawsuit because they're panty-operationally-impaired? How much "fling" can there be whilst putting on the v-string. Assuming it was just she doing so. Which would make the lawsuit even tackier.

I'm stopping now.

I'm waiting for the warning label that will eventually be applied to the product after this one works its way through court. It should be hilarious.

I'm not touching the "appropriate age" for thongs debate. I figure, if you can deal with wearing one, more power to you. I've spent most of my adult life trying to keep my undies *out* of that region of my butt, so I'm not about to go and do it on purpose.

peacock2121 wrote:

ulysses5019 wrote:

silvercamaro wrote:A 52-year-old woman sues Victoria's Secret, claiming a defective thong caused an eye injury.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ye ... rets1.html


Better than fiction, unless it is.

Maybe a 52 year old woman shouldn't wear one.

Hey!

Why the heck not?

This 53 year old woman wears one and feels sexy as hell while doing it.

You feel sexy because you have "bite me" tattooed on your heiny.

peacock2121 wrote:

ulysses5019 wrote:

silvercamaro wrote:A 52-year-old woman sues Victoria's Secret, claiming a defective thong caused an eye injury.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ye ... rets1.html


Better than fiction, unless it is.

Maybe a 52 year old woman shouldn't wear one.

Hey!

Why the heck not?

This 53 year old woman wears one and feels sexy as hell while doing it.

It may be you are more structurally sound than the plaintiff.

That may not sound like a compliment, but it is.

I've spent most of my adult life trying to keep my undies *out* of that region of my butt, so I'm not about to go and do it on purpose.

lol - I'm with you, sister.


My nomination for Quote of the Week:

It may be you are more structurally sound than the plaintiff.

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CharlesFoxSingers wrote:This thing right here
Is lettin all the ladies know
What guys talk about
You know
The finer things in life
Hahaha
Check it out

Ooh dat dress so scandalous
And ya know another nigga couldn't handle it
See ya shakin that thang like who's da ish
With a look in ya eye so devilish

Uh
Ya like to dance at all the hip hop spots
And ya cruise to the crews like connect da dots
Not just urban she likes the pop
Cuz she was livin la vida loca

She had dumps like a truck truck truck
Thighs like what what what
Baby move your butt butt butt
Uh
I think to sing it again
She had dumps like a truck truck truck
Thighs like what what what
All night long
Let me see that thong

I like it when the beat goes da na da na
Baby make your booty go da na da na
Girl I know you wanna show da na da na
That thong th thong thong thong
I like it when the beat goes da na da na
Baby make your booty go da na da na
Girl I know you wanna show da na da na
That thong th thong thong thong

That girl so scandalous
And I know another nigga couldn't handle it
And she shakin that thang like who's da ish
With a look in her eye so devilish

Uh
She like to dance at all the hip hop spots
And she cruise to the crews like connect da dots
Not just urban she likes the pop
Cuz she was livin la vida loca

She had dumps like a truck truck truck
Thighs like what what what
Baby move your butt butt butt
Uh
I think to sing it again
She had dumps like a truck truck truck
Thighs like what what what
All night long
Let me see that thong

I like it when the beat goes da na da na
Baby make your booty go da na da na
Girl I know you wanna show da na da na
That thong th thong thong thong
I like it when the beat goes da na da na
Baby make your booty go da na da na
Girl I know you wanna show da na da na
That thong th thong thong thong

I like it when the beat goes da na da na
Baby make your booty go da na da na
Girl I know you wanna show da na da na
That thong th thong thong thong
I like it when the beat goes da na da na
Baby make your booty go da na da na
Girl I know you wanna show da na da na
That thong th thong thong thong


Whoaaa
That dress so scandalous
And I swear another nigga couldn't handle it
See ya shakin that thang like who's da ish
With a look in her eye so devilish

(Whoa)
Uh ya like to dance at all the hip hop spots
And ya cruise to the crews like connect da dots
Not just urban ya like the pop
Cuz she was livin la vida loca

(Whoa)
She had dumps like a truck truck truck
Thighs like what what what
Baby move your butt butt butt
(Ooh)
Uh think to sing it again
Cuz she had dumps like a truck truck truck
Thighs like what what what
Baby move your butt butt butt
Uh think to sing it again
Come on
Come on
Come on
Come on

Yeahhhh yeah

I like it when the beat goes da na da na
Baby make your booty go da na da na
Girl I know you wanna show da na da na
That thong th thong thong thong
I like it when the beat goes da na da na
Baby make your booty go da na da na
Girl I know you wanna show da na da na
That thong th thong thong thong

I like it when the beat goes da na da na
Baby make your booty go da na da na
Girl I know you wanna show da na da na
That thong th thong thong thong
I like it when the beat goes da na da na
Baby make your booty go da na da na
Girl I know you wanna show da na da na
That thong th thong thong thong

I like it when the beat goes da na da na
Baby make your booty go da na da na
Girl I know you wanna show da na da na
That thong th thong thong thong
I like it when the beat goes da na da na
Baby make your booty go da na da na
Girl I know you wanna show da na da na
That thong th thong thong thong

Whoa
Uh alright
Uh whoa yeah
Ooh
Whoa
(Like it when the beat goes da na da na)
(Baby make your booty go da na da na)
(Girl I know you wanna show da na da na)
Baby
(That thong th thong thong thong)

(I like it when the beat goes da na da na)
(Baby make your booty go da na da na)
(Girl I know you wanna show da na da na)
(That thong th thong thong thong)

The avatar. The lyrics. The gaping maw of a chasm between the two. Unless there's more going on with them Fox guys than I thought.

I've thought about starting my own foursome, any of you girls interested in joining me?

If you have to stretch it so much to get into it that you pop off the decorations, you're either self-delusional on your size or else self-delusional on how you'll look in it. Just as you're self-delusional about the success of this lawsuit.

Or is this, as with certain other scantily clad folks, just another way to get money out of your underwear?

gsabc wrote:If you have to stretch it so much to get into it that you pop off the decorations, you're either self-delusional on your size or else self-delusional on how you'll look in it. Just as you're self-delusional about the success of this lawsuit.

Or is this, as with certain other scantily clad folks, just another way to get money out of your underwear?

Well now, let's consider the possibility that there was actually a defect in the product. Without seeing photos of the plaintiff we shouldn't assume (pun intended) that she shouldn't be wearing a thong.

earendel wrote:

gsabc wrote:If you have to stretch it so much to get into it that you pop off the decorations, you're either self-delusional on your size or else self-delusional on how you'll look in it. Just as you're self-delusional about the success of this lawsuit.

Or is this, as with certain other scantily clad folks, just another way to get money out of your underwear?

Well now, let's consider the possibility that there was actually a defect in the product. Without seeing photos of the plaintiff we shouldn't assume (pun intended) that she shouldn't be wearing a thong.

There's ALWAYS a possibility that there's a defect in a product. When you're making thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of something, it is near certainty that something will be wrong with one of them that will get through any reasonable amount of testing. "Zero defects" is a fantasy, not a goal. So is "zero risk", which is the amount that liability lawyers think that consumers should allow. They can be minimized, but they can't be eliminated within reasonable expectations or costs.

Once upon a time, something like this would happen and the person would chalk it up to bad luck, go home, and move on with their lives. In more serious cases, they might complain to the manufacturer or store and get some help with cleaning, medical payments, or whatever. Now, the first move is to go straight to a lawyer and try to get big bucks for "mental distress", negligence and anything else they can concoct.

I'm not assuming anything about the size of the plaintiff here. But my bet is that she overstressed or otherwise mishandled the "garment" (nothing that small deserves the term without quotation marks) beyond what would be considered normal wear and tear. The reason for the mishandling is up for conjecture.

George Fox wrote:I've thought about starting my own foursome, any of you girls interested in joining me?

I hear that McGreevey's ex-wife is available, Governor. I hope you like potato skins at TGI Friday's.

gsabc wrote: I'm not assuming anything about the size of the plaintiff here. But my bet is that she overstressed or otherwise mishandled the "garment" (nothing that small deserves the term without quotation marks) beyond what would be considered normal wear and tear. The reason for the mishandling is up for conjecture.

Without making assumptions as to size, let's face it, that sort of "garment" is not something you can try on before purchasing (at least I hope not) and I think it's fair to say that if you stretch a piece of elastic too hard or too far, it may snap. It sounds like something gave out (which could be caused by faulty stitching, a piece of bad elastic, too much stretching, or whatever) and unfortunately the poor lady got shot in the eye with the metal decoration. I think I know which "panties" they are, probably the ones with the little rhinestone heart charm attached, right? That would hurt if you got smacked in the eye with that sucker.

I think VS should absolutely compensate her for medical bills and absolutely replace the garment and probably give her a nice gift certificate as a gesture of goodwill. I don't think this is worth however many millions the lawsuit is going to be for though. And I hope that my underwear doesn't have to come with a warning label after this is done.

I remember seeing somebody one time in a defective thong and having one of the buttons on my Levi 501's fly off.

Luckily, nobody got hurt, but somebody's eye could've been put out if it had gotten hit by that or poked with something.


When people order any of the ladies' stuff from our catalog, we make them agree to a release absolving us of any responsibility for any injuries resulting from somebody getting poked by something.

wbtravis007 wrote:I remember seeing somebody one time in a defective thong and having one of the buttons on my Levi 501's fly off.

Luckily, nobody got hurt, but somebody's eye could've been put out if it had gotten hit by that or poked with something.


When people order any of the ladies' stuff from our catalog, we make them agree to a release absolving us of any responsibility for any injuries resulting from somebody getting poked by something.

Is your company pretty much hands on wb? Do you personally custom fit your customers?

gsabc wrote:There's ALWAYS a possibility that there's a defect in a product. When you're making thousands, hundreds of thousands or even millions of something, it is near certainty that something will be wrong with one of them that will get through any reasonable amount of testing. "Zero defects" is a fantasy, not a goal.

And when a defect does occur and injures the unfortunate user, should that unlucky soul be forced to bear the expense himself or herself? Or should the costs be spread (by the vendor or manufacturer who profits) across all purchasers of the product? In a consensus that reaches across, I believe, all 50 states, the law now requires the latter.

That's actually a relatively recent development, roughly fifty years old and (I believe) originating right here in California. Prior to the common law development of strict liability for defective products, the consumer had to prove, not just that there had been something wrong with the product, but also that the defendant was at fault. --Bob

I have a question for our attorneys. According to news reports about this lawsuit, Victoria's Secret has asked to examine the thong-of-the-alleged-flying-projectile, but the plaintiff has refused to let them look at the garment. Is she following what would be standard legal advice?

Does the company have no right to determine if there was a manufacturing or design defect before a trial begins?

silvercamaro wrote:A 52-year-old woman sues Victoria's Secret, claiming a defective thong caused an eye injury.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/ye ... rets1.html


Better than fiction, unless it is.

I can see the remake of a Chrismas Story where Ralphaetta asks for thong for chistmas and Santa says "No, you'll put your eye out."