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Apr. 15, 2006

'Bad Girl' Wins Round in Platypus Infringement Suit

LOS ANGELES - The author of the "Bad Girl's Guides" figured that if anyone sued her, it would be over the more provocative suggestions in her books that tell readers the 14 ways to open a beer bottle on a car, the "essential" drive-by datin

By Peter Zuckerman
Daily Journal Staff Writer
     

The author of the "Bad Girl's Guides" figured that if anyone sued her, it would be over the more provocative suggestions in her books that tell readers the 14 ways to open a beer bottle on a car, the "essential" drive-by dating hand signals and other techniques used when having an "auto-erotic adventure where you get to do the things you don't allow yourself...

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