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Updated: Friday, 26 Nov 2010, 2:16 PM EST
Published : Friday, 26 Nov 2010, 2:16 PM EST
(AFP) - After billions of years the Sun finally has an owner -- a woman from Spain's soggy region of Galicia said Friday she had registered the star at a local notary public as being her property.
Angeles Duran, 49, told the online edition of daily El Mundo she took the step in September after reading about an American man who had registered himself as the owner of the moon and most planets in our solar system.
There is an international agreement which states that no country may claim ownership of a planet or star, but it says nothing about individuals, she added.
"There was no snag, I backed my claim legally, I am not stupid, I know the law. I did it but anyone else could have done it, it simply occurred to me first."
The document issued by the notary public declares Duran to be the "owner of the Sun, a star of spectral type G2, located in the centre of the solar system, located at an average distance from Earth of about 149,600,000 kilometers."
Duran, who lives in the town of Salvaterra do Mino, said she now wants to slap a fee on everyone who uses the sun and give half of the proceeds to the Spanish government and 20 percent to the nation's pension fund.
She would dedicate another 10 percent to research, another 10 percent to ending world hunger -- and would keep the remaining 10 percent herself.
"It is time to start doing things the right way, if there is an idea for how to generate income and improve the economy and people's wellbeing, why not do it?" she asked.
It was bound to happen sooner or later.
Drink deeply and lustily from the foamy draught of evil.
W: 1.756 Quadrillion L: 0 D: 2
Haters gon' hate.
Now to think about, why did she pick the sun of all things? If this whole ''2012'' thing is true, she will be the one that has fingers pointing at for making the sun kill the earth.. Why not claim earth and rule the whole planet?
Oh. Because you will look dumb.
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Australia (Recently ravaged by the Hive Fleet Ginger Overlord)
I for one think her terms are most generous. 10% of the sun tax going to end World Hunger, 10% to research and 20% to the Spanish Government. What could go wrong?
Smacks wrote:
After the game, pack up all your miniatures, then slap the guy next to you on the ass and say.
I am going to sue her for not getting enough sun.
Sub Saharan Africans will sue for getting too much.
people with melanomas will sue for it causing cancer.
Everyone is gonna want a refund for eclipses.
I say we make a global law that any planets or stars you own must hold at least 1 habitable place of residence at which you live for at least half a year. Let's see how she likes her beloved Sun then...
Mandorallen turned back toward the insolently sneering baron. 'My Lord,' The great knight said distantly, 'I find thy face apelike and thy form misshapen. Thy beard, moreover, is an offence against decency, resembling more closely the scabrous fur which doth decorate the hinder portion of a mongrel dog than a proper adornment for a human face. Is it possibly that thy mother, seized by some wild lechery, did dally at some time past with a randy goat?' - Mimbrate Knight Protector Mandorallen.
Excerpt from "Seeress of Kell", Book Five of The Malloreon series by David Eddings.
"You need not fear us, unless you are a dark heart, a vile one who preys on the innocent; I promise, you can’t hide forever in the empty darkness, for we will hunt you down like the animals you are, and pull you into the very bowels of hell." Iron - Within Temptation
Because NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION! *looks behind, searching to see if the inquisition was coming*
Few I thought for sure they were going to -
From whom are unforgiven we bring the mercy of war.
Asherian Command wrote:Because NO ONE EXPECTS THE SPANISH INQUISITION! *looks behind, searching to see if the inquisition was coming*
Few I thought for sure they were going to -
Yeah, we got it the first time. Anyway...
I hope that we get more of this story as it develops. I want to know what happens the first time she tries to bill someone.
Drink deeply and lustily from the foamy draught of evil.
W: 1.756 Quadrillion L: 0 D: 2
Haters gon' hate.
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
Scrazza wrote:what a stupid b*tch. seriously, fairy police should take her in, and throw rainbows at her. ......... Or sumfink.
i'd feed her to Frazzleds dogs.
wouldn't that be cruelty to animals?
Of all the races of the universe the Squats have the longest memories and the shortest tempers. They are uncouth, unpredictably violent, and frequently drunk. Overall, I'm glad they're on our side!
Office of Naval Intelligence Research discovers 3 out of 4 sailors make up 75% of U.S. Navy.
"Madness is like gravity... All you need is a little push."
because she owns the sun, she could be able to bathe in the suns rays for free. She enjoys it a bit too much, and starts to melt away. that woman's dead, and our problem is solved.
Catachan LIX "Lords Of Destruction" 
Anyway...
