An old age pensioner is to take the Apple computer giant to court in a case that could well be a landmark, a watershed and a sea change in Britain's legal system.
Roger Goodplums (74) used some of his Christmas savings and bought himself an iPod as he'd heard they were the best thing since sliced bread. He takes up the tale:
"Well I got it home son and when I finally got it out of the packet I couldn't make head or tail of it. The instructions may as well have been written in Greek for all the sense they made.
"Any old how, I finally got it working although I wouldn't sit on my nose properly but I persevered with it and what a disappointment! It did nothing to improve my sight at all, in fact it seemed to make the telly worse and there was some music coming out of it. What's all the fuss about? If you ask me it's a bloomin' swizz"
A spokesman for Apple said:
"Mr Goodplums seems to be a bit confused about what an iPod does but we will be defending our corner should this come to court. In the meantime we will send somebody round to show him how it works and hopefully that will clear up the misunderstanding."
