Driver gets into accident, wants to sue Liu Xiang for endorsing the car

liuxiang2.jpg A Chinese businessman is trying to sue hurdling champion Liu Xiang after injuring himself while driving a luxury car the Olympian had endorsed. The Jiangxi resident had collided with a truck and banged his nose on the windscreen when the car's airbags failed to activate. His doctor's bill amounted to almost 1000 RMB. Since he had bought the car because of an advert featuring Liu, the hurdler was obviously responsible. In that vein, we're thinking of suing this guy's mother for offending our sensibilities by producing such a dickwad... it makes about as much sense. Source: Reuters

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In fairness to this dickwad, I believe part of China's newfangled product safety law says that celebrities can be held accountable for the products they endorse, in addition to banning actors from playing doctors on medical ads.

I'm suing Liu Xiang because I have acne

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