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APK · Posted: Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:04 pm Post subject: family sues genie

I don't know if you guys remember me, I used to post here quite a bit ages ago. And I do mean ages. But...um...here ya go:

http://news.aol.com/article/family-sues-genie/573728?icid=main|aimzones|dl1|link5|http%3A%2F%2Fnews.aol.com%2Farticle%2Ffamily-sues-genie%2F573728

It's an article about a family in Saudi Arabia that sues a genie for harassment. Laughing

Syera · Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:32 am Post subject:

I read about that a few days ago.

What I want to know is how this family fancies they can get the accused to court in the first place. Aside from the reasonable doubt concerning the existence of the genie, what makes them think said genie would give a crap about a human judicial system?
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Meesh · Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 7:34 am Post subject:

I remember you Wink

I'd be very interested to see how this case turns out!
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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 2:11 pm Post subject:

I saw this yesterday and laughed because the way AOL put the link was "Genie gets sued for harassment". I was like" GENIE, WHAT DID YOU DO?!" cause I thought they were talking about Genie from the Disney parks, but saw that wasn't the case Laughing

APK · Posted: Thu Jul 16, 2009 5:43 pm Post subject:

Yeah, at first I thought it was one of those, "Disney's movie offends ridiculous parent" sort of thing.

I'd really like to know if they expect to get money (maybe from the court)? Or if they want the court to help "lay the genie to rest" or something?

Then again, sueing for money seems more like an American thing. I don't understand the culture of the family in the article at all. Maybe if I did, it would all make sense. Maybe in their culture, genies can't turn down a challenge! Laughing

Fidget Goblinweb · Agrabah Citizen Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 91

^What I got from that article is: Saudi's believe Genies/Djinn are real. I'm not going to question that as my culture believes that witches and mountain dwarves are real. Rolling Eyes

Seriously though, I'm glad at least their Sheik isn't declaring them insane like they would in more westernized societies. Still, very odd...
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Jafaria · Vizier's Handmaiden Joined: 14 Feb 2006 Posts: 419

Don't they know that all they have to do is destroy its lamp?

APK · Posted: Mon Jul 27, 2009 3:46 pm Post subject:

Haha, Jafaria! That is so TRUE!

Fidget Goblinweb · Agrabah Citizen Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 91

Arabian Knight · Posted: Mon Aug 10, 2009 12:07 am Post subject:

APK · Posted: Tue Aug 11, 2009 6:48 pm Post subject:

ckret2 · Streetrat Joined: 30 Jun 2009 Posts: 10

So, if the court finds the genie guilty of harassment, what can they do about it? After all, if this genie is a supernatural, invisible nuisance that's causing trouble in this one house, it's gonna be hard to arrest... Hey. Sounds kinda like a poltergeist, doesn't it?

(... I spent way too long on that picture. Which is sad, since it isn't even very good.)

I'll be interested to see how that case turns out. Although I think there'll be some problems when the defendent doesn't show up in court.
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AladdinsGenie · Posted: Thu Aug 13, 2009 8:58 pm Post subject:

They walk around with vacuums and bottles Laughing