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From Yahoo News:
Strangest lawsuit ever?
Tue Apr 21 01:28PM
I see a lot of strange news stories in this job and this one, which was featured recently in a German newspaper, is up there with the strangest.
A judge in Stuttgart, Germany, is currently trying to decide on a lawsuit in which a man hired his neighbour to impregnate his wife.
It gets weirder.
Demetrius Soupolos, 29, and his former beauty queen wife, Traute, were very keen to have a child together, but Demetrius was sterile so they began to seek out other possible options.
The option the couple eventually decided on was to hire their neighbour Frank Maus, 34, to impregnate Traute.
Maus, who was already married with two children agreed to do the job for the fee of €2,000. For three evenings a week for the next six months, a total of 72 different times, Maus tried to impregnate Traute.
When his own wife objected, Maus explained that he was "only doing it for the money."
After the unsuccessful six-month period Soupolos insisted that Maus take a medical examination. The doctor concluded that Maus was also sterile, which forced his wife into admitting that their two children did not belong to him.
Soupolos is now suing Maus in an effort to get his money back. Maus' argument is that he did not guarantee conception, only that he would try his hardest. What was this man thinking? Unbelievable.
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Well, we know what Maus was thinking...  As for the H? What a dope. No wonder Maus' wife objected, she KNEW what was ahead. Oh, the tangled webs we weave. 
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Actually princess...Maus' wife likely didn't have a clue that her husband was actually sterile. Though you can bet the pressure was felt by her when he finally went in to get tested.
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The doctor concluded that Maus was also sterile, which forced his wife into admitting that their two children did not belong to him. 
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A case of natural selection and the Karma bus all in one. 
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We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face... we must do that which we think we cannot.
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I liked this: Maus' argument is that he did not guarantee conception, only that he would try his hardest. 
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Oh darn LG, you beat me to the punch. That was the first thing I noticed. Man, have I been in Plan B too long or what?
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12/25/06 - Dday - WH promised NC. Plan A in effect. Thought we were in recovery.
6-3-07 - Dday#2 Found out NC never took place and A never ended. Found MB NC promised again, but WH would not write NC letter.
9/07 - Dday #3. Still lying and sneaking around. Plan B implemented
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I noticed that too LG. I'm sure the author couldn't resist.
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And, since when is Demetrius Soupolos a GERMAN ????????????
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And, since when is Demetrius Soupolos a GERMAN ???????????? I thought about that, too.
You have your way. I have my way. As for the right way, the correct way, and the only way, it does not exist. ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
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