Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 139. The verb phrase today is to
slap with. So usually to slap somebody with something. All right let's take a
look at the note here. If someone is slapped with something, he or she
receives a punishment from someone. Usually someone in authority, especially
a fine or lawsuit. So yeah usually only somebody like the police or somebody
from a government agency could probably give you a fine. Or a lawsuit too. A
regular person could do that to you too. But that's also kind of a punishment. All
right. Let's look at a ... we have three examples here. All right. Example number one. He
was slapped with a fine of two hundred US dollars for urinating in public. Yes.
this is if somebody peed in public. Even though some people do this they can get
away with it, technically it's illegal. If you get caught by a policeman he can
actually write you a ticket. You're not supposed to pee in public usually if it
is, it's usually usually a man. And then you know maybe, maybe he had too much to
drink. That's one of the reasons why sometimes that might end up happening.
All right. Let's look at number two here. Over the years McDonald's has been
slapped with numerous frivolous lawsuits. Yeah. Well a frivolous lawsuit is one of
those lawsuits you think is ridiculous. That maybe ...nobody should bring a lawsuit
like this because it almost seems to be too stupid. But, but they did pay up on
some. I don't know, I don't know if McDonald's made a mistake the first time.
They paid that lady money for spilling coffee on her own lap and you know, kind
of nearer genital area too . But anyway she was an old woman and they, they ended up
settling. I think they settled out of court, but, but, but since somebody got
money for this, I think some others tried to follow in the future for other cases
of trying this. Now I don't know if any of the others were successful but others
did try. I remember there was a woman once that was trying to sue
McDonald's because she bit into those hot apple pies. Actually, their apple pies
are very hot. They usually microwave them and she said she burnt her lips and she
wanted compensation for that and I remember, I remember that article a long
time ago and her husband was actually asking for money too because he says
because his wife's lips got burnt that they could not be romantic for a long
period of time. So but anyway there's something like this is usually thought
of as a frivolous lawsuit. All right. And let's look at number three here. You
can be slapped with fine of up to 250 u.s. dollars for not picking up your
dog's poop or your dog's poo poo in New York City. So that's... I think that's one
of the most recent numbers as far as the fine is concerned. Yeah. I remember when ... I
remember when I was young and I was a kid and it first started, I think they used to
call it the pooper scooper law. You know the law where you first started having
to pick up the dog's poo poo after walking it. Anyway, I hope you got it. I
hope it's clear. Thank you for your time. Bye-bye.