I have read this thread through from the beginning. I have to say, it's given me more laughs than anything else recently. It was a tough decision, but the awards are as follows:
Most ridiculous post: This has to be a tie, with equal honors going out to Keith and DaveinWVa for the insurance company conspiracy angle.
Just for the record, boys, the insurance companies don't give a damn how many deer get hit by cars. It's not like they have some finite pool of money to pay out. The more they pay out, the more they charge and instances where people have to collect on their insurance only serves to further stimulate their customer base to buy more product. They employ actuaries to figure this schitt out and they raise their rates to cover their risks, and they are not concerned with the short term, they are in it for the long term.
Most intelligent post: Here we have a three-way tie among Jorge, EdM and Blackheart.
Really? In Oregon insurance companies lobbied for motorcycle helmet laws to cut down on the number of bikers they had to keep on life support for life. Also lobbied for seat belt laws for the same reason. Why is it hard to understand an insurance company would actively seek ways to cut liabilities? It's what they do for a living after all.
