Here is one I have seen a few times lately.  I read it and it just 
doesn't ring true to me; I don't think an editor would let this go out as 
is.  So, legend or fact?

>> > According to a January 22, 1997 article in the "The Post and Courier
>> > (Charleston, SC)," the following vignette is based on a true story:
>> > 
>> > PHILADELPHIA, Pa. - A woman is suing the pharmacy that sold her a
>> > popular contraceptive jelly - because she ate the stuff on toast
>> > and got pregnant anyway.
>> > 
>> > And, incredibly, many legal experts are saying she's got an 
>excellent
>> > chance of collecting!
>> > 
>> > "The woman is a complete idiot," said one attorney who asked that we
>> > not use his name. "How bright can you be if you think eating a
>> > vaginal gel will prevent conception?
>> > 
>> > "But certain aspects of the case involve truth in labeling and false
>> > advertising issues. She may not collect but she'll make a lot of
>> > noise and trouble. People are down on lawyers anyway. They think we
>> > waste time and money on frivolous lawsuits. This isn't going to help
>> > our public relations any."
>> > 
>> > A spokesman for the unnamed mom-and-pop drugstore says he's shocked
>> > and angry that such a case could ever be taken seriously. "All she
>> > has to do is open the box and read the directions," says the
>> > spokesman. "Next thing you know someone will come after us because
>> > they couldn't stick things together with their toothpaste.
>> > 
>> > "I can just imagine some moron saying: 'It's paste, isn't it? Why
>> > can't I glue these papers onto my bulletin board?' "
>> > 
>> > But attorneys for Mrs. Chyton say she was swindled and lied to by
>> > implication and they intend to make the pharmacy pay $500,000 for
>> > the hardship the woman will have to endure.
>> > 
>> > "It says right on it 'jelly,'" says Mrs. Chyton, a former model who
>> > was once a cheerleader for a popular professional basketball team.
>> > 
>> > "And they kept it on the shelf just two aisles from the food
>> > section. I know, now, that the directions say it should be used
>> > vaginally with a condom.
>> > 
>> > "But who has time to sit around reading directions these days -
>> > especially when you're sexually aroused?
>> > 
>> > "The company should call it something else and the pharmacy
>> > shouldn't sell it without telling each and every customer who buys it
>> > that eating it won't prevent you from getting pregnant."
>> > 
>> > As bizarre as it sounds, the pharmacy could wind up losing the
>> > lawsuit. "It's hard for businesses to avoid troublesome lawsuits,"
>> > said another attorney.
>> > 
>> > "With the courts bending over backwards to please consumer groups,
>> > the temper of the times is perfect for these crackpots to bring legal
>> > action against businesses - even a moronic legal action like this."
>> > 
>> > As an aside, the woman ate it on toast, she had the time to make the
>> > toast, but not read the directions?  
>
>
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