Light & Dark fic update!!!

I'm updating mainly because this is getting REALLY long... I intended it to be an update and suddenly it lept stretching and stretching. So I'm going to split it up into 3-4 easily disgestable posts.

So, anyway, here's some faeries for you to play with - and remember any back issues, or old fic of all plot lines can be found through the memories section of my LJ

( Light & Dark 7.1 Politics and etiquette )

And again - Light & Dark 7.2

A story of ages past... actually at some point I may turn this into a full fic on it's own, if I ever get an excuse to write a stroy that took place several centuries ago anyway. Or maybe without an excuse...


( Light & Dark 7.2 Sitharensor's tale of past glory. )

AND THE WINNER IS......

Every year the Law Society of England and Wales (being an incredibly ancient and prestigious organisation, usually made up of fat old men with grey hair drinking brandy and shooting peasants foxes in their spare time - alright that's harsh, especially since I'm a member now) holds an award for "Stupidest legal case of the year."

Now there are mnay categories, but the one that always draws notice is the "stupidest legal case of the year that actually WON in a court that has any credibility."

We're falling behind. It's been an American case every year for the past decade *sigh* of course that may change, since some members are putting question marks over the "credibility" requirement. A few others are ignoring that and debating the word "court."

Anyway, the winner for 2003 is:

A man driving a mobile home/caravantte/winobago(sp?) thing. He sets the car on cruise control. He goes INTO THE BACK AND MAKES A CUP OF COFFEE. The vehicle crashes (no surprises there). The man is severly injured. He sues (successfully) the manufacturer of vehicle for not having a warning in the manual about not going into the back and making a cup of coffee rather than WATCHING THE BLOODY ROAD.

He received $1,250,000. I have no words.

I think the warning should be "not to be used by idiots."