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Examples
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A woman sued the Cap'n Crunch people because her cereal didn't contain any "crunchberries":
Boing Boing 2009
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District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed a complaint filed by a woman who said she had purchased "Cap'n Crunch with Crunchberries" because she believed "crunchberries" were real fruit.
Boing Boing 2009
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District Court for the Eastern District of California dismissed a complaint filed by a woman who said she had purchased "Cap'n Crunch with Crunchberries" because she believed "crunchberries" were real fruit.
Nick Mamatas' Journal nihilistic_kid 2009
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Lies, Damn Lies, and Grape Nuts: failed consumer fraud lawsuit about "crunchberries": Turns out there are no actual berries called "crunchberries" in Cap'n Crunch, but that's not a problem, the judge ruled.
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Some of the more pungent examples include the father who called 9-1-1 because his son wouldn't clean up his room, the aspiring rapper who held up a convenience store to get some street cred, the wrecking crew that keeps knocking down the wrong houses, people suing a cereal maker because the "crunchberries" in Capt'n Crunch aren't real fruit, brawls at Chuck E. Cheese parties that are so common that they're hardly newsworthy, the woman hit by a train after lying on the tracks "to clear her mind" ... aw heck, you get the idea.
KIKO'S HOUSE 2010
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And should those be fresh crunchberries, straight from the vine? leftover
Banned books! Burned books! We have it all! « Dating Jesus 2009
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But I fear Ms. Burdick might have eaten too many crunchberries.
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Similarly, I would think that for crunchberries to be deceptive, a reasonable person would have to conclude that it in fact did contain crunchberries merely from the name.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Lies, Damn Lies, and Grape Nuts: 2009
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I can honestly say that they weren't very fun to eat (more of a chore really), and they usually did more damage to the roof of your mouth than a bowl of Cap'n Crunch, with or without the crunchberries.
The Toque 2009
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Why destroy the natural beauty of our countrysides when we could be growing crunchberries and apple jacks?
The Toque 2009
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