This Week’s WTF Story Award Goes to… (2022 edition)

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I suspect the kid is actually called “Mary” or “Emma”, but they’re just trolling credulous journalists.

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Frank Zappa registered his daughter as Moon Unit Zappa; she goes by Moon. I suspect this one will be known as Syd.

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Maybe he’s trying out names for new car models.

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It’s sad how some people are so evil.

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Remember the proverb?

Well, maybe don’t take it literally…

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Lesbian couple sues IVF clinic for having a male baby: “just like rape”

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These people should stick to something less demanding like Tamagotchi

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I’m curious about the logic here: if parents shouldn’t be allowed to require a certain sex of baby, should clinics still be allowed to promise a certain sex in the contract? If neither party should be allowed to do so, does one party deserve more blame than the other?

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Did any of that happen? If so, what were the terms of the contract?

And the other 12 are failing the class.

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The article says the clinic promised them a girl and that they’re suing for breach of contract (among other things). I suppose we’ll need to check back in a year or two to get the details.

The article doesn’t use the word promise, unless I missed it. However, thank you for admitting that you don’t know that the clinic contractually agreed that they could deliver a child of a specific sex to the parents.

It says “assured” and “agreed” and “contract”.

Technically, we don’t know if any of this is true, because they might have hallucinated the whole thing. I suspect though that there is something to it. :2cents:

The article doesn’t say the

If you have evidence that this happened, please present it.

If they’re not suing for breach of contract re the sex of the baby, what term of the contract do you suppose they are suing for?

I don’t know. I don’t even know that there was a contact. I engaged a clinic to help with IVF in New York and never signed a contract nor agreed to a verbal contract. You asked a question which assumed not only a contract, but the terms of that contract. I merely asked how you knew that the contract existed and stipulated what you said it does, as the article does not support such a view.

Well, when Joe or Joanne Consumer says “Imma sue yo ass for breach o’contract!” then I naturally assume there is a strong likelihood of the existence of some sort of contract, even if Jo or Joanne doesn’t use those exact words (but does use the words agreed, assured, and contract.)

I think I’ve made my point already. :slightly_smiling_face: