In a message dated Sat, 10 Aug 2002 6:17:32 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Dood, I can't view stuff on the AP server. You'd have > to paste in the whole articles. :/ Sorry guys, you really can reach the articles publicly, just not thru the urls I provided, so here are the stories just pasted in..... OCTOBER 10, 16:58 ET Brits Check Off Jedi Knight on Form LONDON (AP) — Centuries after King Arthur, a new type of knight is wandering Britain — and Luke Skywalker would be proud. When asked their religious affiliation on the 2001 census forms, many Britons are writing in ``Jedi Knight,'' government officials said Wednesday. So many, in fact, that the government has been forced to give ``Jedi Knight'' its own category when compiling census results. Jedi Knight was given its own code in processing the census forms because a large group of people entered it, an Office for National Statistics spokesman said on condition of anonymity. He added that the office was not saying that Jedi Knight is an official religion. Jedi Knights are the warriors who battle evil through the ages in the ``Star Wars'' movies, in which Jedi is a force created by all living things. Press Association, the British news agency, said an e-mail campaign had encouraged Britons to put ``Jedi Knight'' on their forms. It said it was unclear who was responsible for the campaign, which sought to convince up to 10,000 people. Government officials said they don't know how many people wrote Jedi Knight in as a faith because the census results are still being counted and will not be published until next fall. But the numbers were large enough to cause some disruption. The statistics office spokesman referred to the census entry as nonsense and said authorities said had urged people not to make such entries when filling out their forms. Officials said data on the number of self-proclaimed Jedi Knights will not be included with information about more mainstream religions in the final census results, but that they would consider compiling the results if asked. Sir Alec Guinness, a real knight who receive the honor after his role in ``The Bridge on the River Kwai,'' played the wise Jedi Knight Obi-Wan Kenobi in ``Star Wars.'' JULY 28, 21:13 ET Hooters Waitress Sues Over Toy Yoda AP/Terry Barner PANAMA CITY, Fla. (AP) — Oh, what a feeling. Toy Yoda! A former Hooters waitress has sued the restaurant where she worked, saying she was promised a new Toyota for winning a beer sales contest. Instead, she said, she won a new toy Yoda — the little green guy from the ``Star Wars'' movies. Jodee Berry, 26, won a contest to see who could sell the most beer in April at the Hooters in Panama City Beach. She said the top-selling waitresses from each Hooters restaurant in the area were entered into a drawing and her name was picked. She believed she'd won a new car. She was blindfolded and led to the restaurant parking lot, but when her blindfold was removed she found she was the winner not of a Toyota, but a toy Yoda doll. Inside the restaurant, the manager was laughing, Berry said. She wasn't. ``A corporation can't lead their employees on like that,'' Berry said. ``It's not good business ethics. They can't do that to people.'' Berry quit the restaurant a week later. She sued Gulf Coast Wings, Inc., owners of the restaurant, alleging breach of contract and fraudulent misrepresentation. Her lawyer, Stephen West of Pensacola, said he was also looking at false advertising statutes. She's seeking as compensation the cost of a new Toyota. Stuart Houston, a spokesman for the company, said it hadn't been served with the lawsuit and he could not comment. Berry said restaurant manager Jared Blair told his waitresses he didn't know what kind of Toyota it would be — a car, truck or van — but told them the winner would be responsible for the tax on the vehicle. Blair, reached at the restaurant Saturday, said he had no comment. There ya go... oh and btw, Hooters plans to fight the Toy Yoda lawsuit :P -Mikey
