“ Fiorello: Hey, wait, wait. What does this say here, this thing here?
Driftwood: Oh, that? Oh, that’s the usual clause, that’s in every contract. That just says, uh, it says, uh, if any of the parties participating in this contract are shown not to be in their right mind, the entire agreement is automatically nullified.
Fiorello: Well, I don’t know…
Driftwood: It’s all right. That’s, that’s in every contract. That’s, that’s what they call a sanity clause.
Fiorello: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! You can’t fool me. There ain’t no Sanity Clause!
Driftwood: Oh, that? Oh, that’s the usual clause, that’s in every contract. That just says, uh, it says, uh, if any of the parties participating in this contract are shown not to be in their right mind, the entire agreement is automatically nullified.
Fiorello: Well, I don’t know…
Driftwood: It’s all right. That’s, that’s in every contract. That’s, that’s what they call a sanity clause.
Fiorello: Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha! You can’t fool me. There ain’t no Sanity Clause!
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- the above dialogue is part of the famous scene involving Chico (Fiorello) and Groucho (Driftwood) in “A Night at the Opera”
- it came to mind when the Stumblng Tumblr found this story via this
- two people work for the same employer; they enter into a personal relationship; the personal relationship ends; one sues the other for sexual harassment; for good measure, the one suing sues the employer too, alleging that the employer had a duty to protect the one suing from sexual harassment by the other employee, but failed in that duty
- well, according to the linked-to story, some employers are now making their employees who are in a personal relationship enter into what are called “love contracts”
- the employees both acknowledge that their relationship is a consensual one; the employer puts the love contract in his back pocket and waits for the relationship to end; if it does and if he’s sued, the employer then whips out the love contract