२३ मे, २०१२

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

"Great moments in verbosity."

२९ टिप्पण्या:

Thorley Winston म्हणाले...

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

अनामित म्हणाले...

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

bagoh20 म्हणाले...

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

bagoh20 म्हणाले...

Ahh, Ken beat me to it.

Amartel म्हणाले...

Clerks. They're not paid to think.

अनामित म्हणाले...

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

Astro म्हणाले...

Derrick would have trouble, too.

edutcher म्हणाले...

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

Hagar म्हणाले...

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

JackOfClubs म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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

Chip Ahoy म्हणाले...

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

Tibore म्हणाले...

Another great moment in verbosity:

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

And from a cartoon, too! :D

ndspinelli म्हणाले...

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

Dr Weevil म्हणाले...
ही टिप्पणी लेखकाना हलविली आहे.
Dr Weevil म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

Is it possible the clerk was making a bad joke?

Astro म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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.

Rick म्हणाले...

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

David म्हणाले...

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

Penny म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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 म्हणाले...

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

John Althouse Cohen म्हणाले...

It was a verbal instruction, not a sign.

Leon म्हणाले...

My very first thought

Methadras म्हणाले...

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

Known Unknown म्हणाले...

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.