Man sues strip club for getting whacked in the face with a boot

What is it about Ohio? During Jay Leno's monologue last night, he quipped about a man who is suing a strip club in Akron for getting hit in the face with a stripper's boot when it flew off her foot during a high kick.

That's more weird than the story I heard on Saturday Night Live last September about Sarah Palin's face being mowed into a corn maze in northern Ohio.

Here's what happened in Akron, according to this report on Ohio.com. When the man's cousin from out of town came for a visit, the bright idea of heading to a strip club for a good time came up. So off they went, perching themselves on chairs close to the stage.

Unfortunately, when "Tiara" did her high kick, her boot flew off, smacking Yusuf Evans in the nose, bending it a manner that it shouldn't have been bent. Because the boot was a platform-style boot, it did extra damage. Now Evans says he has a hard time breathing out of one nostril. It gets clogged, you see. He's asking for more than $25,000 compensation for his woes.

To avoid getting hit in the face with a stripper's boot, here are three suggestions for what to see in Akron if one has an out of town guest. You can see a stripper club anywhere, but these three places are one-of-a-kind.

• At Harry London Quality Chocolates you can tour the factory and sample chocolates. That might satisfy another type of craving since there are 500 different varieties.
• Learn about another type of rubber at the Goodyear World of Rubber Museum. Akron is the "Rubber Capital of the World," after all.
• Dr. Bob's Home--Dr. Bob Smith founded Alcoholic's Anonymous. His home is now a museum. Some people who go here say they feel calm.

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