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Gene E. Bloch

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From: "Gene E. Bloch" <hamburger@NOT_SPAM.invalid>

Date: Fri, 06 Apr 2007 18:10:56 -0500

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Subject: Re: Negligent Dancing Lawsuit in Chicago ...

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trish_conn...@hotmail.com wrote in
news:1175879425.633351.122960@q75g2000hsh.googlegroups.com:

> On Apr 6, 5:17 am, "Tom Tom" <tajcountry...@comcast.net> wrote:
> And I also
>> found it interesting her lawyer used the phrase "negligent
>> dancing" instead of some other legal term.

> OK, now we can get creative...

> Negligent Dancing
> Rhythmic Assault
> Dancing Under The Influence
> Musical Madness
> Terminal Timing
> Spin Happy
> Agitated Assault

Somersault & battery

> And the Defenses?
> "I got the rhythm in me"
> 'Music made me do it"
> "I thought she was a lot lighter"
> "Temporary Dancesanity"
> "See, I got these red shoes..."

I once had what I see as the opposite problem at a folk dance
evening.

I danced a couple dance with a person unknown to me (I don't
remember the person or which dance it was; maybe it was Vrtielka
Cardas (I can't seem to get the haceks on the C and s or the accent
on the second a)). At the end, she dropped into my arm without
warning (that action was not a part of the dance), and fell to the
floor. I was completely unprepared for her action, and at the time
my back was far worse than it is today, so I probably couldn't have
supported her weight even with warning...

She was not amused. Nor was I. She showed no sign of understanding
that dropping 60 Kg or so into an unprepared arm was destined to
lead to failure.

I was quite sober at the time (I don't drink while dancing); I think
she was also sober, but I can't certify that now.

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Gene E. Bloch (Gino) ... letters617blochg3251
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