Judicial L'Awesomeness: 1995 Pepsi Commercial

This one needs a little preface. In 1995 Pepsi ran a commercial about their Pepsi Points merchandise. They humorously implied that for 7,000,000 Pepsi Points, you could get a Harrier jet. Someone filled out an order form and sent Pepsi a check for $700,000 (enough to purchase 7,000,000 Pepsi Points). When Pepsi refused, the guy sued for breach of contract. In part of the opinion of the court, it said the following. It's awesome because judges can be so eloquent about the most ridiculous things.

In reality, no school would provide landing space for a student’s fighter jet, nor would it condone the disruption the jet’s use would cause. Further, the callow youth featured in the commercial is a highly improbable pilot, one who could barely be trusted with the keys to his parents’ car, much less the prize aircraft of the United States Marine Corps. The teenager’s comment that flying a Harrier jet to school “sure beats the bus” evinces an improbably insouciant attitude toward the relative difficulty and danger of piloting a fighter plane in a residential area, as opposed to taking public transportation.

1995 Pepsi Commercial

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