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I’m out of order? YOU’RE out of order. THIS WHOLE COURT IS OUT OF ORDER! October 12, 2006

Filed under: Things That Bug — brandi @ 5:57 pm

So this is pretty awesome.

I have been called to perform my civic duty this month and am currently serving on a federal jury. The trial is expected to last two to three WEEKS, so I will be disconnected from universe for quite some time and won’t be updating here.

A tip for future potential jurors – if, in front of the judge, the lawyers and the defendant, you say, “Where I come from, people like that are shot or hung”, you will almost assuredly be excused from service. Just food for thought.

“When you go into court, you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren’t smart enough to get out of jury duty.” ~ Norm Crosby

 

5 Responses to “I’m out of order? YOU’RE out of order. THIS WHOLE COURT IS OUT OF ORDER!”

  1. jennie Says: October 13th, 2006 at 3:46 pm

    Something I’ve always wondered: Do you dress up for jury duty?

    That quote is hilarious.

  2. scott Says: October 13th, 2006 at 5:29 pm

    wow, my friend chad’s been on a grand jury, but nothing big like a federal jury. have you gone to rent ‘runaway jury’ or ’12 angry men’ yet?

  3. Amy Says: October 13th, 2006 at 10:22 pm

    Heh.

    Another option for getting out of jury duty, should you not wish to seem like a scary taking-the-law-into-your-own-hands kind of person, is to do what my elderly friend did when he was called for jury duty: intentionally leave your hearing aid at home, and keep shouting “WHAT? WHAT? WHAAAAAT??” at the court.

  4. katie Says: October 17th, 2006 at 2:39 am

    i would LOVE to be on jury duty, i think.

    the hospital probably wouldn’t love it…but eff ‘em.

  5. Amy Says: October 31st, 2006 at 5:25 pm

    Hey. Last weekend I was talking to my local diner operator, a rough character, about the time he was called for jury duty. One of the lawyers asked him if he had any prejudices. He said, “No sir, I hate everybody equally: ” and then preceded to very calmly rattle off every offensive term for every group he could think of.

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