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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFalling Cat in Russia Dents Car, Gets Owner Fined
Zhorik the cat got away with a scare and a bloodied face after plummeting out of a fifth-story window, a district court in the Chelyabinsk Region in the Urals said on its website Monday.
The car he landed on was not so lucky, though, and sustained some dents and scratches, as well as a broken rearview mirror and windshield, the court said.
The repair bill came to 23,900 rubles ($700), a sum for which the car owner sued Zhoriks owner.
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A magistrate granted the lawsuit, but a district court slashed the compensation 20 percent upon appeal because the cats landing area was a no-parking zone.
The car he landed on was not so lucky, though, and sustained some dents and scratches, as well as a broken rearview mirror and windshield, the court said.
The repair bill came to 23,900 rubles ($700), a sum for which the car owner sued Zhoriks owner.
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A magistrate granted the lawsuit, but a district court slashed the compensation 20 percent upon appeal because the cats landing area was a no-parking zone.
http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130826/182980210/Falling-Cat-in-Russia-Dents-Car-Gets-Owner-Fined.html
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Falling Cat in Russia Dents Car, Gets Owner Fined (Original Post)
FarCenter
Aug 2013
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meow2u3
(24,768 posts)1. Since when does a cat land in a no parking zone?
I didn't know cats could read, nor did I know owners were supposed to read to their cats about where they're not allowed to land on their feet.
Control-Z
(15,682 posts)2. I'm happy kitty is ok.
But this is too funny:
"A magistrate granted the lawsuit, but a district court slashed the compensation 20 percent upon appeal because the cats landing area was a no-parking zone."
Skink
(10,122 posts)3. a cat or not a cat
longship
(40,416 posts)4. One never knows, so don't look.
Heisenberg may have been here.
delta X-vector * delta P-vector >= h-bar.