Some guy who is smart enough to go through several years of college and become a doctor yet stupid enough to not know how to eat an artichoke is suing a restaurant in Miami for "not teaching him how to eat it." Houston's restaurant in Miami served him a complete artichoke, and rather than ask the waiter the best way to go about eating an artichoke, he instead opted to eat the whole thing like Charlie trying a pear for the first time. Unsurprisingly, the spiny vegetable arti-choked him (sorry for that) and caused some medical distress, so you know what that means. Time to sue!

After experiencing "severe abdominal pain and discomfort" as well as extreme dumbassery, the man received a laparotomy and found artichoke leaves lodged in his small bowel. He's suing the restaurant because he'd apparently "never seen nor heard of" an artichoke and thinks the restaurant is at fault for not explaining how to eat it through a series of exaggerated hand gestures and yum yum belly rubs to indicate that it's tasty.

Here's a choice quote from the guy's lawyer:


I hope the guy never comes across a pineapple or a whole fish -- he's going to om nom nom his way into an early grave. Unsurprisingly, the restaurant rolled their eyes at the lawsuit, saying that posting warnings about the hazards of eating an artichoke whole is akin to warning patrons that they shouldn't eat the bones in the barbecue ribs they serve.

Now onto the question that burns more fiercely than a bowel full of artichoke leaves: is it the restaurant's fault for not explaining to the man how to properly eat an artichoke, or is it the diner's fault for not asking?

Whose fault is it for not knowing how to eat an artichoke?