£1.2 million for growing tall...!?

[dandarez]

She doesn't 'look' like a freak in this photo.

In fact, I'd say those eyes are very mesmerising.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/94450...

[Murph7355]

The whole story seems very bizarre.

1.228m of wasted funds.

As soon as she even tried to claim loss of earnings as an actress they should have thrown it out of court and billed her for the waste of time!

[Ari]

Hadn't seen that one

She had argued in the High Court that her abnormal growth meant she was “effectively getting uglier, to the point where you can’t become an actress”.

What an utterly absurd thing to say!

I'm too ugly to be an actor, so is 85% of the population, so what?

And since when did tallness equal ugliness?

[Ari]

smegmore said:

Same old, same old...

'give 'em eff all 'cos they're scroungers/socialists/northerners, but, I/my cousin/brother/wife have this/that wrong and I/they got eff all as well so there'

PH at its finest.

What a queer post.

What do you think then, do you think getting tall deserves a seven figure payout in compensation?

[shirt]

also how can she argue loss of earning when she hasn't started a career path? judge should've told her she'd make a great wookie

[Mojocvh]

Ari said:

What a queer post.

What do you think then, do you think getting tall deserves a seven figure payout in compensation?

Well NO.



Unless medical incompetence is involved then take the b@stards [sorry dr_gn] to the cleaners.

[davepoth]

dandarez said:

She doesn't 'look' like a freak in this photo.

In fact, I'd say those eyes are very mesmerising.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthnews/94450...

Lifted off facebook, it may not even be her I'm thinking.

[smegmore]

Ari said:

What a queer post.

What do you think then, do you think getting tall deserves a seven figure payout in compensation?

Queer? what a strange post.

My point was that this invites a typical PH response, ie that if it doesn't fit into someones personal bubble 'cos they didn't retrain after losing their cushy job at Daddy's cousins business then it must be categorized as being somebody who's a scrounging/socialist/commie/ne'er do well/chancer/trying it on scumbag who never did a days work/doley dosser etc etc.
Take your pick.

[Ari]

smegmore said:

Queer? what a strange post.

My point was that this invites a typical PH response, ie that if it doesn't fit into someones personal bubble 'cos they didn't retrain after losing their cushy job at Daddy's cousins business then it must be categorized as being somebody who's a scrounging/socialist/commie/ne'er do well/chancer/trying it on scumbag who never did a days work/doley dosser etc etc.
Take your pick.

Which of the above posts are you referring to?

[smegmore]

Ari said:

Which of the above posts are you referring to?

Yours

[Ari]

Mojocvh said:

Ari said:

What a queer post.

What do you think then, do you think getting tall deserves a seven figure payout in compensation?

Well NO.



Unless medical incompetence is involved then take the b@stards [sorry dr_gn] to the cleaners.

And you don't think that it should be proportional?

So whether someone is killed, or left paralysed, or is left with a minute scar on the inside of their thigh, your response would immediately be "take them to the cleaners"?

Cos that's kind of what this thread is about. Should someone who's suffered the side effect of becoming very tall due to the NHS missing something be entitled to a seven figure payout due to (for example) being unable to become an actress, even though she never was one?

[Ari]

smegmore said:

Ari said:

Which of the above posts are you referring to?

Yours

I'm obviously being a bit obtuse tonight. Where did I suggest that 'cos she didn't retrain after losing their cushy job at Daddy's cousins business then it must be categorized as being somebody who's a scrounging/socialist/commie/ne'er do well/chancer/trying it on scumbag who never did a days work/doley dosser etc etc.?

[EDLT]

Ari said:

Hadn't seen that one

She had argued in the High Court that her abnormal growth meant she was “effectively getting uglier, to the point where you can’t become an actress”.

What an utterly absurd thing to say!

I'm too ugly to be an actor, so is 85% of the population, so what?

And since when did tallness equal ugliness?

Isn't this woman about 9' tall?

[Mojocvh]

Ari said:

Mojocvh said:

Ari said:

What a queer post.

What do you think then, do you think getting tall deserves a seven figure payout in compensation?

Well NO.



Unless medical incompetence is involved then take the b@stards [sorry dr_gn] to the cleaners.

And you don't think that it should be proportional?

So whether someone is killed, or left paralysed, or is left with a minute scar on the inside of their thigh, your response would immediately be "take them to the cleaners"?

Cos that's kind of what this thread is about. Should someone who's suffered the side effect of becoming very tall due to the NHS missing something be entitled to a seven figure payout due to (for example) being unable to become an actress, even though she never was one?

due to the NHS missing something

simple enough really, it's called negligence [again] the rest is window dressing to support that, but the fault and effect is quite clearly supported by the evidence.

[Murph7355]

Mojocvh said:

due to the NHS missing something

simple enough really, it's called negligence ...

Out of interest, are doctors expected to spot absolutely every ailment that one might have?

Especially when the "free" service being provided is stretched to the max trying to deal with every ailment and affliction ever invented and a few more besides...

The blame and claim culture that's growing here is pathetic. And some of the arguments this girl used even more so. Sounded like milking it for all its worth - and her numbers came in.

[smegmore]

Ari said:

I'm obviously being a bit obtuse tonight. Where did I suggest that 'cos she didn't retrain after losing their cushy job at Daddy's cousins business then it must be categorized as being somebody who's a scrounging/socialist/commie/ne'er do well/chancer/trying it on scumbag who never did a days work/doley dosser etc etc.?

I was referring to the general PH philosophy of the entitlement thingy, your post was an example for me. If you disagree, fair enough. I still believe that the PH mantra is that 'if they don't come from the same class as me then fk them'
I'm out.

[Lost_BMW]

EDLT said:

Isn't this woman about 9' tall?

Bloody Hell! she should sue...

[LukeSi]

I have a lopsided head, can I sue? I'm sure it was a nurse squeezing my head to hard when I was born.

[IanCormac]

Murph7355 said:

Out of interest, are doctors expected to spot absolutely every ailment that one might have?

Especially when the "free" service being provided is stretched to the max trying to deal with every ailment and affliction ever invented and a few more besides...

The blame and claim culture that's growing here is pathetic. And some of the arguments this girl used even more so. Sounded like milking it for all its worth - and her numbers came in.

Word

[Mojocvh]

IanCormac said:

Murph7355 said:

Out of interest, are doctors expected to spot absolutely every ailment that one might have?

Especially when the "free" service being provided is stretched to the max trying to deal with every ailment and affliction ever invented and a few more besides...

The blame and claim culture that's growing here is pathetic. And some of the arguments this girl used even more so. Sounded like milking it for all its worth - and her numbers came in.

Word

indeed!

http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/profile.asp?h=0...