jonriv wrote:Pale Rider wrote:Then you owe Donnie a copyright 'use' fee...
You said multiple times @ $15k ea.
Excellent point
.... Well, it's a point ... But maybe not an excellent one ... Think about the recent court case involving Led Zeppelin and the song Stairway To Heaven ... The Judge would probably rule that blackwidow thought up that poster independently of seeing Donnies DD in the headliner ... So, that argument would not hold much weight ...
... Speaking of weight, did I ever tell you about the time I purchased some bats from DeMayhoseyou and one came in a full ounce over it's advertised weight ? After calling Mr Notso Freakininceonthefone (PeeWee) at customer dis-service, obtaining the RA # and returning the bat ... I waited the 2 plus weeks only to get the same bat back in the mail, no note, no explanation, no form letter, nada ... So once again calling PeeWee, I am told that bats that are a full ounce over are within company tolerances ... Try as I might to convey may feelings that common sense would tell you that bats which are graded every ounce should have a maximum tolerance of 1/2 ounce, it falls on deaf ears .... I also ask why every other bat weighs correct and it is only this one that is a full ounce off ? PeeWee goes on that he is not going to go back in the warehouse and start weighing bats to see if any are the correct weight ... This lack of effort is most likely because he would have to sit down his Italian hoagie, zip his pants, slip on his bedroom slippers and get up off the cat urine stained 3 legged couch he sleeps on in his office ... All this presumably brought on because the cops told him to 'move on' when the regulars at Walmart started complaining they smelled and saw something weird going on in and around his 1977 head gasket blown 1 hub capped rusted out Olds 98 that he had been camping in for some time ... So his relative gets him a job at DeMayhoseyou as a favor to settle an old gambling debt and tells him he can sleep in the office as long as he takes out the trash and when he is watching womens arobics on TV he keeps the volume down ... Then I call on the phone and actually expect to speak to someone who has actually owned a tooth brush and has some basic business and communication skills ... Getting no where I vow to forever spread the anti-word and that no team I ever coach will swing a DeMayhoseyou ... In the 10 or so years since, every Umpire, every parent, every administrator, every AD, every athlete, every softball forum that I come in contact knows the story ... My HS bat budget this year is around $3000