Two cave dwelling and homeless Hungarian brothers have hit the genetic jackpot when they discovered that they have inherited a portion of a $6.6 billion fortune from a grandmother they never met.  It appears that they each get 1/3 of the inheritance.  Two people who have cause to praise the rigidity of German inheritance laws.

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Fans of Adam Sandler who modeled their golf game on “Happy Gilmore” beware.  The Supreme Court of Nova Scotia has ruled the “Happy Gilmore swing” is dangerous and breached the standard of care even though the cause of the accident at issue probably had more to do with the copious amounts of alcohol consumed by the golfing party.

Not sure why I looked up the Wikipedia article on Its a Wonderful Life, but I stumbled across this amusing read about the holiday feel good money.  Particularly amusing were the comments about the long term economic prospects of George Bailey’s Bedford Falls and Pottersville, even though the rust belt was probably unimaginable in the 1940s.

On a lighter note, about the Brazilian who decided to show up at his own funeral.  Somewhere Samuel Langhorne Clemens is smiling.