In response to a Wisconsin man's threats to sue his cable television company Charter Communications for conspiring to turn his entire family into a bunch of couch potatoes ... Charter's local public relations director, John Miller, said:

(And here's the quote I so dearly love ... )

"Even though we consider our services to be a very powerful entertainment product, I don't think it's reached a medical level yet where it could be proved to be addictive," Miller said.

(Exception to the rule ... watching Texas Hold'em poker ... which is as medically addictive as nicotine.)

Appropriate response ... or overreacting? You decide

A Tanzanian who thought his boss's bicycle had been stolen while in his care killed himself by diving into a cesspit -- only for a friend to return the bike a little later, a newspaper said Thursday. Samuel Boniface, 20, committed suicide Tuesday after telling his employer the bicycle had gone missing, police in Dar es Salaam told the Daily Times. Shortly after his body was found floating in the cesspool, his friend returned the bicycle, saying he had borrowed it.