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Briefs | Thursday, February 10th, 2005

Game over for cherry-poppin’ Pac-Man
Troy’s horse deceives neighbour in dispute
Head and Shoulders in $1m payout

Game over for cherry-poppin’ Pac-Man

Inky, Blinky, Stinky and Clyde Ghost have brought a class action against Pac-Man for sexual harassment.

The disgruntled poltergeists claimed that Pac-Man would chase them around the office corridors and would grab and pinch their sheets.

“He also took my cherry,” a distraught Blinky admitted to the Daily Ripper.

The alleged workplace harassment started in the 1980s when the ghosts claim Pac-Man became “power hungry”.

“You would be just walking behind him down the corridor and bang, he just changed and became a crazed munching machine for a few minutes or so,” Inky said.

Ms Pac-Man has publicly defended her de facto partner’s actions but pundits predict she is only staying with him for a share of his power pellets portfolio.

Troy’s horse deceives neighbour in dispute

An Illinois man who accepted a large wooden horse from his feuding neighbour was dismayed that the gift contained a hidden surprise.

Bob Kletch of “Bob Kletch’s Canary Farm” said he was suspicious of the 11-foot pinewood horse when his neighbour produced the same as a peace offering.

“I’ve been fighting with my neighbour Troy and his dang blannit Internet Cafe since he moved here two years ago,” Mr Kletch said. “The fact that the wooden horse smelt of wet fur and made a continual purring noise should have tipped me off.

“At first, I was tempted to look that gift horse in the mouth. But then I figured, what the heck, I might as well take it inside.”

Mr Kletch awoke the next morning to find that the horse was hollow and his prize-winning canaries had mysteriously flown the coup.

After making a formal complaint to the police, Mr Kletch was informed that they ‘wooden’ be laying any charges.

Mr Kletch considered that the police may not be taking his complaint seriously when Dectective Gavin Jandoop started coughing and apologised for being a little hoarse.

Mr Kletch said that his neighbour obviously got the idea from the chocolate “Kinder Surprise” and that in future he would beware of geeks bearing gifts.

Head and Shoulders in $1m payout

The US Supreme Court has awarded a Florida man $1 million in damages in a misleading representation action against Proctor and Gamble, the manufacturers of “Head & Shoulders” anti-dandruff shampoo.

Chuck Sneedley, 42, was “over the moon” with the court victory.

Mr Sneedley said the company had misrepresented what “Head & Shoulders” shampoo could achieve.

“I used the product for two years but I still found my shoulders to be dry and flaky,” Mr Sneedley said.

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