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Woman Claims Ownership of the Sun

Posted by samzenpus on from the plant-payments dept.

JayRott writes "From Raw Story: 'After billions of years the Sun finally has an owner — a woman from Spain's soggy region of Galicia said Friday she had registered the star at a local notary public as being her property.' Awesome! Now I finally have someone to sue when I get skin cancer."

17 comments

  1. yeah... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1

    Slashdot claims that 49-year old Spanish woman talking crazy stuff is science news...

    *facepalm*

    1. Re:yeah... by marcello_dl · · Score: 1

      why not, we discussed crazy claims before, like some sw patents.

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  2. heh by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Surely she has to put a claim post in it?

    1. Re:heh by Ma�djeurtam · · Score: 1

      Don't call me Shirley!

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  3. Idle, not science by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    What does this story do in science section? Idle!

  4. Since we're claiming by Barncs · · Score: 1, Funny

    I call dibs on Earth!

    1. Re:Since we're claiming by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 1

      I'll just claim "Everything" than. Even you. Universe, and even stuff not in the Universe, if such stuff exists, I'm claiming it.

      I think the issue arises when someone challenges and we need to defend our claims.

      Anyone could simply say "Okay you've been granted the Sun. I now challenge your claim, the Sun is mine."

      Which is one thing that kind of bothered me about the space race. How hard would it have been for the Russians to get up there, topple the flag and plan their own and say "Okay, now we own the moon."

    2. Re:Since we're claiming by Monkeedude1212 · · Score: 1

      And yes - I know he claimed it for Mankind - but why use a US flag in that case...

  5. iT GOT MOVED FROM IDLE by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    and my caps were on, apparently - not worth pressing delete and retyping normally for this bogus article

  6. I would like to by Profane+MuthaFucka · · Score: 1

    I would like to subscribe to this woman's newsletter. And then we should fuck while I read it in a silly voice.

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  7. Hmmmm by Alicat1194 · · Score: 1

    Does that mean I can sue her for the sunburn I got last week? (really, leaving an unsheilded nuclear reactor hanging around like that is just asking for trouble).

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  8. Hah by wiedzmin · · Score: 1

    I would like to sue her for the punitive damages arising from all the pain and suffering I have incurred from her property projecting radiation onto my property causing me bodily harm in the form of sunburns and skin cancer. I would like Spanish government to pay 20 percent of the fee for not enforcing nuclear safety regulations on her property and will dedicate 10 percent to research of skin-cancer treatments and another 10 percent to educating people on the importance of considering the consequences of your actions. I am willing to make it a class action lawsuit, should there be any other people who have suffered in the same or similar capacity from the negligence of the aforementioned property owner. I am not stupid, I know the law.

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  9. If she owns the Sun... by Stone2065 · · Score: 1

    ...then how much for any of the other planets? I'll put a down payment on Mars right now...

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    1. Re:If she owns the Sun... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You can claim stars, not planets. Mars is not a star.

    2. Re:If she owns the Sun... by Stone2065 · · Score: 1

      Ah, my mistake... who's the current owner of Alpha Centari?

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  10. fine. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    I call dibs on uranus.

    1. Re:fine. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Uranus is a co-op.