The Off Topic Topic

[Josquius]

At least the peeing boy is in the scenic old town where you have plenty of reason to be otherwise (though if not for the crowds could easily miss the boy).
I recall the mermaid being fairly out of the way.

But ja, weird that peeing boy is such a famous thing.

[HVC]

I remember finding the little mermaid statue quite depressing.
Nice enough statue.... But in a grotty industrial port.

I would have thought you'd enjoy a gritty industrial port more.  Maybe your inner Thatcher is showing?

[garbon]

At least the peeing boy is in the scenic old town where you have plenty of reason to be otherwise (though if not for the crowds could easily miss the boy).
I recall the mermaid being fairly out of the way.

But ja, weird that peeing boy is such a famous thing.

The mermaid is near the fortress. It think it is the otherside of the canal that is industrial.

[Jacob]

I remember finding the little mermaid statue quite depressing.
Nice enough statue.... But in a grotty industrial port.

As I understand it, when the sculpture was put up the pier was a bustling with shipping activity, as well as a popular destination for taking a stroll.

[Sheilbh]

It is dreadful. Demolish it and stone the artist with the rubble.

[Sheilbh]

I am guessing it's a bit of a hype for tourists thing like the peeing boy statue in Brussels. You go there and it's.. Nothing special at a random boring corner.

BelgiumLife truly must had been dull when this was a prime attraction.

FYP.

[Jacob]

It is dreadful. Demolish it and stone the artist with the rubble.

It's definitely has a "I'm a bit of an artist myself, you know. My practice is currently centered around the social and psychological implications of BIG TITTIES" vibe going.

[Josquius]

There's also the mutated little mermaid Google tells me.

[Tonitrus]

It is dreadful. Demolish it and stone the artist with the rubble.

Hey now, it does have a kind of Soviet monument/brutalist style to it.

[Josquius]

It's weird how Netflix has such a better ux than other streamers. You'd think they would realise to just copy them by now.

One thing that particularly annoys me on amazon and disney is it only saves one language setting for you.
Watch any show in another language and everything you watch defaults to that language.
Netflix gets that though you might want to watch a Spanish series in Spanish you don't want an American series dubbed into Spanish.

[HVC]

Can't trust a gay man to admire the aesthetic beauty of big boobies

[Grey Fox]

Jos, yes!

Prime is the worse, they don't even remember that it's a per profile choice!

[Josquius]

Meanwhile in Holland....

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/amsterdam-cat-staircases-canals-b2800234.html


They're building teeny tiny ladders to help cats out of canals.

You know the main user will be rats but.... Still.

[Syt]

Law news from a happier time, 2003:

https://nypost.com/2003/10/22/rappin-the-gavel-judge-busts-a-rhyme-as-she-clears-eminem/

RAPPIN' THE GAVEL; JUDGE BUSTS A RHYME AS SHE CLEARS EMINEM

A hip-hoppin' Michigan judge launched into a wild, rhyming rap from the bench as she tossed out a slander suit against Eminem.

In a verdict delivered last Friday, Macomb County Circuit Court Judge Deborah Servitto ruled the rap superstar didn't damage DeAngelo Bailey by claiming in a song that Bailey beat him up and harassed him in elementary school.

And while it wouldn't have made the cut on MTV, Servitto's performance was pretty cool for a court of law.

She rapped:

"The lyrics are stories no one would take as fact. They're an exaggeration of a childish act.

"Any reasonable person could clearly see that the lyrics could only be hyperbole."

Servitto says she wrote the verdict in rap so it could be read in "a universally understandable format."

Bailey had sued the Grammy-winning star over the lyrics in the song "Brain Damage" from the smash record "The Slim Shady LP."

The tune included the lines:

"I was harassed daily by this fat kid named DeAngelo Bailey.

"An eighth-grader who acted obnoxious, cause his father boxes.

"So every day, he'd shove me in the lockers."

Aides to the jive judge said it was completely her idea to write a legal rap. But she got help on the lyrics from two younger assistants in the law library. But don't ask Servitto to put her first foray into hip-hop to music – her lips are now sealed because of a possible appeal that might be filed.

As Eminem got the happy news that he's not guilty of slander, his ex-wife is in hot water.

A judge yesterday issued a bench warrant for Kim Mathers after she missed two court appearances in a cocaine-possession case.

Kim is accused of possessing up to 25 grams of cocaine, driving with a suspended license and unsafe driving near a stopped emergency vehicle. She was expected to stand trial next month.

The 28-year-old – who's been chronicled, not always favorably, in Eminem's music – failed to appear Monday at her arraignment in Macomb County Circuit Court.

The judge gave her until yesterday to appear, but she failed to show up, prompting him to issue a bench warrant.

She's been free on bond since her June 10 arrest.

JUSTICE GETS JIGGY

Excerpts from Macomb County Circuit Judge Deborah Servitto's rap in Deangelo Bailey v. Marshall Mathers III (Eminem's birth name):

Mr. Bailey complains that his rep is trash

So he's seeking compensation in the form of cash.

Bailey thinks he's entitled to some monetary gain

Because Eminem used his name in vain.

Eminem says Bailey used to throw him around

Beat him up in the john, shoved his face in the ground.

Eminem contends that his rap is protected

By the rights guaranteed by the First Amendment.

Eminem maintains that the story is true

And that Bailey beat him black and blue.

In the alternative he states that the story is phony

And a reasonable person would think it's baloney.

The court must always balance the rights

Of a defendant and one placed in a false light.

If the plaintiff presents no question of fact

To dismiss is the only acceptable act.

If the language used is anything but pleasin'

It must be highly objectionable to a person of reason.

Even if objectionable and causing offense

Self-help is the first line of defense.

Yet when Bailey actually spoke to the press what do you think he didn't address?

Those false-light charges that so disturbed

Prompted from Bailey not a single word.

So highly objectionable, it could not be – Bailey was happy to hear his name on a CD.

Bailey also admitted he was a bully in youth

Which makes what Marshall said substantial truth.

This doctrine is a defense well known And renders Bailey's case substantially blown.

The lyrics are stories no one would take as fact

They're an exaggeration of a childish act.

Any reasonable person could clearly see

That the lyrics could only be hyperbole.

It is therefore this court's ultimate position

That Eminem is entitled to summary disposition.

[Josquius]