The Realist school of acting :)

He slashed himself with a knife for real on stage. The audience loved it and applauded him. Actor and audience performance? Touche. Before you know someone will go ask him for a signed autograph spilled with his blood and auction it on eBay. Touche Memorial. With the move of a knife he just pioneered a) the realist school of acting b) the fast road to acting fame c) the too sick for sick leave guild d) the no volunteers to replace the lunatic, please! e) a knife-sharp increase in actors' life insurance premiums and f) a critics debate as to whether the play falls under genres 'Live Horror' or 'Noh Harakiri'. He also succeeded in keeping a theater fully booked by staying alive inspiring the next season's blockbuster play titled "We'll let him die this time...satisfaction guaranteed or his throat back". Touche Grand! Granted!!

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Restrain order for calling too much!

I just read an article about a mother in Austria who got a restrain order from her son for calling him on the phone too much. The son claims his mother would call him up to 49 times per day to check on him so he decided to take the case to court to get a break. And he did, the court found the mother guilty for harassment and gave her a 360 euros fine. I think it's funny. Is this reasonable? And how many times does a mother have to call to be considered a harassment? Besides it's a mother's most basic right to care for her kids, right?

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