Do I own Poppy Montgomery or does my friend?

In My Humble Opinion (IMHO)
#1

Apparently, jealousy has goaded my pal Jimmydude into a litigious rage.

My LJ (link below) details the removal of Christina Aguilera from my List of Five and her replacement with Poppy Mongomery of “Without a Trace.” Upon learning of this, Jimmydude immediately protested.

His argument: Miss Montgomery is not in my traditional demographic (early twenties/baby-faced/curvy), and that he has watched the show longer than I have (it’s on his TiVo list).

My argument: She was not on his list when I put her on mine. In fact, he denies even having a list. Furthermore, his awareness of Miss Montgomery without adding her to his list is de facto denial of her listworthiness. Plus, I called her first (known in legal circles as neener neener neener).
We have submitted this to binding arbitration (in other words, we e-mailed the argument to another friend of ours and asked for his ruling).

But I submit it to you, O Teeming Millions:
Who owns Poppy Montgomery?

I await your judgment.

(and my inevitable Pitting for endorsing slavery)

#2

Oh obviously you. You have written proof of the object of your affections, whereas he can only make claims. After the fact, nonetheless.

So you win the Internet Argument.

#3

I thought that the ability to own another person was outlawed years ago.

#4

Looks like you’d better call the cops on me, then. :rolleyes:

#5

I submitted it to the most authoritative court I know.. Good news: you won!

#6

Unless he specifically called dibs, you win. These are the rules my friends and I use, and I am therefore the proud owner of Heath Ledger, Matt Damon, Hayden Christensen, and Tom Welling–but I wasn’t fast enough to snap up Christian Bale. I can live with my defeat. :slight_smile:

#7

I own Poppy.

BTW: She is in a recent issue of Stuff magazine lookin’ fiiiinne. No, you can’t borrow it. I’m not, uh, done with it yet.