11.25.09 CANADA OUTLAWS HAPPY GILMORE
A supreme court judge in Canada, no doubt wearing a flannel robe and banging a gavel made of denim, has ruled that using a Happy Gilmore-style golf swing “breaches a duty of care” on the golf course.
In the case, the plaintiff sued after the defendant tried to impress his golfing buddies during a bachelor party outing that included beer, tequila, and marijuana. On the 16th hole, under the influence, Travis Hayter whipped out his “Happy Gilmore shot,” which the court defined in 2008 as “running from five to ten feet behind the ball and hitting it on the run.”
The ball leapt up and struck the plaintiff in the wrist, then in the chest, causing permanent damage to the radial nerve. The plaintiff no longer was able to return to his former work as a woodsman* on account of the incident. [THR]
A woodsman? That’s a job? I thought that was what you call someone too drunk to get a job. It’s still unknown whether the case will have legal implications in the U.S., but it’s going to set Canadian stereotypes back 30 years. This is like a Mexican suing because he could no longer sleep under a giant sombrero and got laid off from the chihuahua farm.
*a “woodman”, meanwhile, is the common industry term for a male porn actor.
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CANADA OUTLAWS HAPPY GILMORE
Now if only someone would outlaw Spanglish
I bet they would have been okay with it had he used the hockey stick.
Hate the game, not the Hayter, Player.
The most difficult part of running a golf course in Canada is keeping the drunken guests off the giant windmill.
‘the plaintiff sued after the defendant tried to impress his golfing buddies’
It sounds to me like he left a pretty good impression. Replace your divots, dog.
Leave it to a Canadian to stand in front of someone teeing off.
“Hey, pass me another LaBatt’s. I’m gonna play goalie on this tee shot, eh? See if you can get it past me, you hoser.”
I wish my radial nerve was damaged. Think of the time I would save by not having to sit on my hand when I’m in the mood for some strange.
I guess he should have used a bit more Forethought.
Citing other Sandler cases, Canadians are also forbidden from telling swans to stop looking at them and from doing animated films.
Was this the Scarecrow’s bachelor party? Was the Wizard the one with the weed?
Wow, my avatar is really gay.
He’s lucky that none of his igloo’s windows were broken.
I think THR has to be more careful with its fact checking. Here in Canada a woodsman is called a woodsperson.
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