Mayo 23, 2012

"Would all jurors with last names beginning with the letters A through Z please turn in your forms?"

"Great moments in verbosity."

29 (na) komento:

Thorley Winston ayon kay ...

Somewhere out there, there’s a juror who has a last name that doesn’t begin a letter from the English alphabet.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

Cher and the this guy wouldn't have to turn in their forms.

bagoh20 ayon kay ...

The artist formerly known as Prince would be there all day.

bagoh20 ayon kay ...

Ahh, Ken beat me to it.

Amartel ayon kay ...

Clerks. They're not paid to think.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

3Pio could feel his oil boil from the obvious discrimination.

Astro ayon kay ...

Derrick would have trouble, too.

edutcher ayon kay ...

All the guys with names beginning in theta, psi, phi, and xi are exempt.

Hagar ayon kay ...

How about those with names beginning in æ, ø, and å?

JackOfClubs ayon kay ...

I'm sure there are some Bushman names that start with an exclamation point. N!xau is close, but actual examples are hard to find... probably because they didn't turn in their forms.

MikeR ayon kay ...

I'm wondering if E.E. Cummings is exempt?

Chip Ahoy ayon kay ...

I clicked the hyperlink with highlighted word Derrick and an advertising ran immediately where I was expecting content so I left.

Tibore ayon kay ...

Another great moment in verbosity:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Etjd0lEpkk

And from a cartoon, too! :D

ndspinelli ayon kay ...

George Costanza wanted to name his son 7. An homage to Mickey Mantle.

Dr Weevil ayon kay ...
Naalis ng may-ari ang komentong ito.
Dr Weevil ayon kay ...

Some Swedes and Norwegians would not turn in their forms. Each language has three more letters after Z: in Swedish å ä ö, in Norwegian æ ø å. Would they be excused from jury duty, or would they be stuck on the jury forever?

MadisonMan ayon kay ...

Is it possible the clerk was making a bad joke?

Astro ayon kay ...

Sorry Chip Ahoy. I'm not responsible for the ad. But the clip from Fry and Laurie that follows it is pretty good imho.

Jaske ayon kay ...

THX-1138 will be taken into custody at a minimal monetary expenditure. Total operation cost: six thousand credits under budget. Congratulations. Be efficient, be happy.

gadfly ayon kay ...

So where did your son find this quote? Google doesn't have it now, although it refers to this Legal Insurrection post - which does not now contain this phrase.

Hindi-nagpakilala ayon kay ...

3537. Superfluity does not vitiate.
Supposedly, per California's civil code.

David ayon kay ...

Jurors who can not spell their own names--stay where you are.

Penny ayon kay ...

Jury holding areas always remind me of airline boarding areas for large flights.

Filled to the brim with a bunch of unhappy people, they are!

Just think of the nice chunk of change you'd make if you got a dollar for every time someone looked at their watch or a clock.

Dave ayon kay ...

Someone said - "3Pio could feel his oil boil from the obvious discrimination"

Is it really that hard to figure out how to spell "C-3PO"?

And by the way, a whole lot of geniuses were so busy bashing teachers on the post about teachers in Janesville that they never realized that a "flier" is an aviator or a passenger on a plane or a bird - but it's NOT a FLYER.

(That's why they ask, "Can you use it in a sentence?" at spelling bees. Apparently, it wouldn't help with this bunch!)

So glad you're all smarter than those stupid, greedy teachers !!

Ann Althouse ayon kay ...

My son encountered the sign in person, in NYC, where he was called to jury duty.

John Althouse Cohen ayon kay ...

It was a verbal instruction, not a sign.

Leon ayon kay ...

My very first thought

Methadras ayon kay ...

100% of all people will die. True fact. You can look it up.

Known Unknown ayon kay ...

And by the way, a whole lot of geniuses were so busy bashing teachers on the post about teachers in Janesville that they never realized that a "flier" is an aviator or a passenger on a plane or a bird - but it's NOT a FLYER.

Yawn.

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