14-year-old girl sues friend over missing iPod

A spat over a missing iPod resulted in a lawsuit in Wheaton, Illinois, when 14-year-old Shannon Derrik sued her (now former) friend Stephanie Eick for losing her brand new iPod.

Now what pair of friends wouldn’t sue the hell out of each other over our pearly white overlord? Anyone else think that the whole iPod thing in life these days is a bit, Gollum-esque, people and their preeeeeeeeecious. Who’s next to sue, owners of exploding laptops? “My laptop exploded waaaaaaaaaaay sooner and louder then yours! I don’t even have a house anymore!” Too soon?

UPDATE: Because this story is so funny to me, each time I see another site post about it, I’ll link it here.

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