WATER PHOBIA

Canadian Waddah Mustapha was awarded $341,775 following a tragic incident that left him traumatized:

“He pictures flies walking on animal feces or rotten food and then being in his supposedly pure water,” Judge Brockenshire said. “He has been constipated, is bothered by revolting mental images of flies on feces, etc., can no longer take long and enjoyable showers and instead, after lengthy treatment, can only take perfunctory showers with his head down so the water does not strike his face.”

So, what happened to produce such profound results? Mustapha saw a fly floating in an unopened bottle of water. The award has been overturned on appeal with Mustapha ordered to pay $30,000 costs. Now I'll bet that really bugs him.

Mustapha can be glad he doesn't live in Australia, where everyone swallows a fly now and then.