Falling Cat in Russia Dents Car, Gets Owner Fined

[FarCenter]

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 Zhorik’s owner.

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A magistrate granted the lawsuit, but a district court slashed the compensation 20 percent upon appeal because the cat’s landing area was a no-parking zone.

http://en.rian.ru/russia/20130826/182980210/Falling-Cat-in-Russia-Dents-Car-Gets-Owner-Fined.html

[meow2u3]

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]

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 cat’s landing area was a no-parking zone."

[Skink]

3. a cat or not a cat

http://www.ahhhhh.com/

[longship]

4. One never knows, so don't look.

Heisenberg may have been here.

delta X-vector * delta P-vector >= h-bar.