Monday, June 08, 2009

Help!

Sitting in jury duty ... Mr. Instructions thinks he is a comedian. Wish I could stab myself in the eye and get out but they wouldn't let us bring in knives. Too bad I didn't wear shorts. Two people have already been dismissed for that.
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2 comments:

KB said...

Thanks for the tip. Shorts it is. Seriously, I served for three weeks two years ago on a very disturbing murder trial. I need a little more time before my next trial. (Have a summons for next week.)

6/8/09, 11:57 AM
Brian o vretanos said...

Sounds ghastly. If you don't have any shorts, you could try turning up naked.

Jury trials are a British invention (The Magna Carta in 1215), and so are pretty much only used in Britain and it's (ex) colonies. The rest of the world seems to manage just fine with judges actually doing the judging. Maybe we should follow their example, and leave this sort of thing to professionals?

6/8/09, 5:42 PM

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