Your Honor, We Object!

We thought it was pretty clear that while Cap'n Crunchberries is a delicious morning treat, "crunchberries" is a clever-wordplay-name for a totally unreal fruit. You know, cause we've never seen "Red 40" or "Yellow 5" in nature. But it turns out someone else out there didn't think it was so clear. A woman sued the Cap'n Crunch cereal folks cause she was "misled" by the crunchberries claim (we won't print her name here, to spare her some humiliation...but you may be able to find it in this link). Yup, she actually stood in front of a judge and said, "Please Your Honor, pay me some money cause crunchberries are not in fact real berries but puffed, crunchy cereal balls with food coloring made to look like berries." Guess what? The judge wasn't buyin' it.

But if someone can take something that ridiculous to court, we came up with some complaints of our own. There are plenty of times we have been misled, deceived, or just plain lied to and we'd like a chance to stand up and say, "Please Your Honor, pay us some money cause this ain't the real deal."

Here's who we'd like to take to the magical crunchberries-court in our minds:

One-line movie critics: They write, "Fabulous!," "Laugh out loud funny!," or "The best movie you'll see this year!" And of course, everything is followed with an exclamation point, or three. But you know what? We saw "The Love Guru" and "Get Smart" and no, sir, we don't agree. The critics who write these blurb-endorsements are completely misleading and we'd at least like a refund for our tickets.

The makers of Red Bull: Sohere'sthething,wedrankliketwentycansofthisstuff...whaddayameanwe'retalkingfastandleavingoutallthespacesinthispost? Anyway, wegulpeddownlikeanentirecaseandwedon'thavewings. WE DON'T HAVE WINGS!!!!

Your parents: They told you that if you made that face, it would stay that way. Not true. They told you that they had to walk to school both ways in the snow and rain. Not (always) true. They told you there was a Santa Claus—and then admitted that they lied about that one. We think that there's plenty here to make a case.

3-D Glasses: What do you mean this isn't real life? It looks real, like the people on the screen are right here with me. Reach out and touch it? Okay, fine...ahhhh! Where are the Monsters and Aliens? We've been duped!

Alright, so who would you like to take to court?  Or, if you're feeling really confession-y, have you ever been fooled by something super obvious?