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Why it is Dangerous to accept Gifts in Scotland

31 Friday Jan 2014

Posted by masquerade21 in News, Scotland

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Bizarre, cautionary tale, gift contracts, gifts, Glasgow, gold diggers, Homer Simpson, Law, Ned Flanders, odd, presumption against gift, Rinsers, Scottish law, STV, the dangerous of receiving gifts, the dangers of rinsing, unusual, you can be sued for accepting a gift

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So yesterday I came across this article from STV about a wealthy man suing an ex-girlfriend for the cost of a designer handbag and a designer pair of shoes. Basically the man said the arrangement was a loan and he expected to be paid back and the woman claimed that they were a gift (although she had signed an agreement to pay the man back) Make what you will of the article but the article itself is not actually what interests me.

From reading the article I gathered that in Scottish law it is up to the recipient of a gift to prove that what they have received was in fact a gift, in other words if someone gives you a gift and then later claims it was a loan and takes you to court to sue you, unless you have proof that it was a gift you will have to pay them back. I have looked into this and it’s true, in Scot’s law there is a presumption against gifts.

I am the only one who thinks this is a bit unfair? Also, it’s not really the type of information that you are likely to know without looking it up.

So do we now need gift contracts? Have you ever made anyone sign a statement agreeing that a gift they have given you is a gift…I’ve never seen that happen at a birthday party.

You should be wary of getting into relationships with gift givers. If you’re new boyfriend or girlfriend treats you to a romantic weekend in Paris you may have to them pay them back for it.

I guess there is a silver lining, people who get ‘rinsed’ can now get their stuff back when they realise what has happened and people who loan each other money or items  and then don’t get their stuff back can sue eachother. Imagine how much stuff Ned Flanders could claim from Homer if they were real and lived in Scotland?

So what if your neighbour gives you their old lawn mower because they have bought a new one? Or someone treats you to a weekend away? or a wealthy relative pays your school fees? Or your parents buy you a car?

My advice would be to not accept anything that you can’t afford to pay back because at some point down the line you may well end up having to pay for it. Either refuse or at least have a pen and paper handy next time you are lucky or unlucky enough to be given a gift. I might make sure any future benefactors (not that I expect to have any) are recorded on video stating that they are giving me X,Y,Z as a gift.

Gone are the days of no take-backsies.

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10 Things I didn’t know about Halloween

30 Wednesday Oct 2013

Posted by masquerade21 in Entertainment, Halloween

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10, 2013, adoption, animal shelters, Black cats, bobbing for apples, Death, dookin, dooking for apples, facts, fertilitiy, full moon, ghosts, Halloween, Hollywood, Houdini, laws, Marriage, mirrors, New Year, odd, Pomona, rare, Scorpio, silly string, Spiders, Star sign, Sweets, taditions, ten, true love, wird, Zodiac

1. It is extremely rare for there to be a full moon on Halloween, the next Halloween with a full moon will be in 2020. The last one to take place was in 2001 and before that it was in 1974.

2. It is Illegal to use Silly String in Hollywood on Halloween. From 12am on October 31st until 12noon on November 1st, the use of Silly String carries a fine of $1000.00. This law came into effect in 2004.

3. Bobbing for apples (dookin for apples in Scotland) was traditionally a way of determining who would next be allowed to marry. The apple tree was brought to Britain by the Romans and apples represented Pomona the Goddess of fruit trees who was also linked with fertility. For the Celt’s the pentagram was already a symbol of fertility so when they cut apples in half and found the seeds formed a pentagram like shape they agreed that apples symbloised feritility and thus, the first person to successfully ‘dook’ for an apple would be the next to marry.

4.Legend has it that if you see a spider on Halloween it is actually the spirit of a loved one watching over you. I hope my deceased loved ones know better than to watch over me in the guise of a spider, that is just a one way ticket to the bottom of my shoe and the after after-life.

5. Harry Houdini died on Halloween.

6. Many animals shelters won’t allow black cats to be adopted in October time in case they are used in rituals or tortured around Halloween.

7. Samhainophobia is the irrational fear of Halloween.

8. There are many legends surrounding Halloween and mirrors, one of them is that if a young woman looks into a mirror on Halloween she will see her true love appear behind her. I guess I will be getting ready without a mirror tomorrow, freaky mirror ghosts and applying mascara don’t go together in my book.

9. If you are born on Halloween your star sign is Scorpio.

10. I have bought so many sweets for Halloween that I think they will probably last until New Year.

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When Fashion Gets Extreme

15 Sunday Apr 2012

Posted by masquerade21 in Fashion

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Beauty, Bizarre, body implants, body modification, Body piercing, body scarification, cool, Extreme, eye tattoos, Fashion, odd, tongue-splitting, unusual, weird

If you thought getting a tattoo was a bit extreme, check out these bizarre fashion trends. Would you consider getting your tongue split? or having a design etched into you to remain as a pretty scar? How about getting an eye tattoo? Maybe you have already tried out one of these extreme body modifications, how was your experience? What did you get done? Tell us about it in the comments section.

Which of the body modifications shown below do you think looks coolest? Which one looks wierdest? Leave a comment to let us know 🙂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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