Smartest Woman Ever or Smartest Woman Ever?

[Rocky]

Spanish woman claims ownership of the Sun

You decide! Discuss, as this has me brainstorming endless possiblities now.

[Alpha]

Bet she can't get insurance on it.

[Dodie16]

So, if I get a sunburn, can I sue her for damages or something?

I dunno. Seems like this is something might be neat just to say that you own the sun, but I sure as hell hope she doesn't honestly think that she can charge people for using it.

[SuperSabin]

Personally I think shes just asking the impossible, even if she did its pretty ironic to own something you can't get close to. I'd rename the article to spanish woman makes delusional claim, needs special attention

[che]

50% to the Spanish government? 20% to the pension fund? She's retarded.

[Jin]

Has the Onion picked this up yet?

[Sinister]

It would be a ****ing Spaniard. The irony is that some Portugese woman is now kicking herself and poring over old star charts.

-Sin

[Pete]

Well she can expect a nice lawsuit from everyone who's ever had S.A.D., skin cancer or sunburn.

[Andromeda]

So in 10 billion years when the sun she owns goes nova or just shrinks up into a dead rock in space and causes the end to all life on Earth, if it hasn't already happened already, what happens then? Does the entire world sue her descendants for damages and owning a property that is lethal to all life? Or do they get jailed for crimes against humanity or whatever charges you want to make for planetary destruction and genocide.

Though if we're still alive in 10 billion years one would hope we'd have found another planet to live on knowing that ours is toast soon.

[che]

So in 10 billion years when the sun she owns goes nova or just shrinks up into a dead rock in space and causes the end to all life on Earth, if it hasn't already happened already, what happens then? Does the entire world sue her descendants for damages and owning a property that is lethal to all life? Or do they get jailed for crimes against humanity or whatever charges you want to make for planetary destruction and genocide.

Though if we're still alive in 10 billion years one would hope we'd have found another planet to live on knowing that ours is toast soon.

In 10 billion years nobody is going to remember this woman.

[RagnaToad]

But can she make me a sandwich?

[winterborn86]

Nutcase come to mind.

I like Dodie's idea of being able to sue her for sunburn lol. What a fruitcake, she can't seriously own the sun.

[T.G. Oskar]

Oh, Spaniards!

Silly Spaniard, the Sun is of Peruvians and Japanese...and maybe Egyptians, but Egyptians claim lordship over the Netherrealm. I mean, you have "the Emperor of the Rising Sun" in one side, and the Great Inca on the other; both claim to be rulers of the Sun (and by extension, everything it touches).

That reminds me...should I go ask for a compensation to the Spanish government for the years my ancestors were crushed by the heel of their Conquistadors? I'll negotiate a good discount since we're using their language, but I won't allow them to get discounts because of Roman Catholicism, genetic traits or Spanish-era monuments (since most of the latter belongs to the US Park & Wildlife Service anyways).

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Going out of joking: it's a silly yet shrewd move. It's not entirely smart, but she's proving that law can be exploited, so maybe the government(s) should be revising their laws (as usual, since the concepts of crime and punishment and legality change every generation). So, while it's not something to gloat or think deeply about, it's a gentle reminder that law isn't perfect (and that technicalities = cheating).

[xXx Rikku xXx]

I wish i thought of that =(

[Clint]

She's the smartest woman on earth. Now she should give the sun a name. Perhaps something along the lines of Frank.

However, if I were in her shoes, I would rather claim ownership of Uranus.