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Is it legal to take advantage of woo-believers? (Original Post) DetlefK Jan 2015 OP
Turns out... Expat in Korea Jan 2015 #1
Isn't that what indulgences were all about bvf Jan 2015 #2
Isn't that what indulgences were all about AlbertCat Jan 2015 #3
It's legal to sell worthless crap under the same pretenses, so why should this be illegal? HuckleB Jan 2015 #4

Expat in Korea

(119 posts)
1. Turns out...
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 06:22 AM
Jan 2015
2. In 2001 a "Captain Beaney" insured himself against abduction, impregnation and consumption by aliens for £1m.

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4. In 1999 Mary Muphy insured herself against an immaculate conception in the year 2000. Insured amount £1m.

5. In 2002 the Royal Falcon Hotel in Lowestoft insured its staff and customers against death and disability occasioned by poltergeist or other abnormal phenomena. The sum insured was £1m.


http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/insurance/specialrisks/4973025/Third-party-fire-and-alien-abduction-Ten-more-weird-insurance-policies.html
 

bvf

(6,604 posts)
2. Isn't that what indulgences were all about
Tue Jan 13, 2015, 07:59 AM
Jan 2015

back in the day?

Or was that more a matter of paying up front for "offenses" already committed to get one's ass out of purgatory more quickly?

Either way, there's still one born every minute.




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