Repelling blandomness with randomness.

[Andrew_TSKS]

he's saying that it's a tragedy that the only people who still do their jury duty anymore are those who aren't resourceful enough to come up with a scam to get out of it, and that the country's legal system would be improved if everyone would just do their jury duty without complaint.

at least, that's how i took it.

[Greg Nog]

That's how I read it.

I wish I got selected for jury duty.  I sure do like judging people.

[nonotyet]

I have never been selected and I think it's because I've never actually filled out a census form or been counted during one. However: there is a very good chance I am making things up, here. Regardless: I am not a citizen.

[milesofsparks]

I like jury duty--it's in an interesting neighborhood, and you always meet *really* interesting people.  also, last time I was on jury duty I read all of ana karenina.

when I was being sorted they made an announcement "anyone who does not speak english, please report to desk 23."  then they yelled at all the people who lined up there that that clearly spoke english and to sit the hell back down.

also, I had something in my bag I had to check--a swiss army knife?  scissors?  I don't remember, but it meant I got to talk to the dude in charge of the room full of checked weapons.  he showed me all the weird stuff.  it was awesome.

[RoyBiggins]

Last time I got called for Jury Duty, I got to the part of the day where they asked if I knew anyone involved in the case, and I learned that the defense attorney was a friend of my dad's.  Told 'em I'd still be happy to be on the jury, though.  They liked that.

[ellaguru]

I was selected for jury duty once, but since I had moved 3 time zones away from that town about a decade prior, I felt pretty comfortable not turning up.

[dumbfish]

When Andrew catches your drift and Pollo does not, your drift is strange indeed.
Yeah, jury duty's a drag but it's necessary. People who serve on juries deserve respect. It's unfortunate that the people who end up on juries are the ones who (1) don't have the wherewithal to get out of it, and (2) seem non-threateningly dull to both sides' attorneys. Being an academic has gotten me booted each time I've been called (twice by defense, once by prosecution).
nonotyet-- Are you a registered voter? That's the jury pool in lots of places.

[SPACERACE]

he's saying that it's a tragedy that the only people who still do their jury duty anymore are those who aren't resourceful enough to come up with a scam to get out of it, and that the country's legal system would be improved if everyone would just do their jury duty without complaint.

at least, that's how i took it.

if they can do it without fucking up my whole shit i'll do it no problem, i don't mind sitting in a courtroom listening to some dudes for a while, i just mind when they try to force you into a nearly impossible situation. again, today was a day i couldn't miss at work, and i'd gotten out at 2 the day prior, so it has nothing to do with actually serving on a jury, just the whole being forced into it regardless of what's going on in the rest of one's life.

[Andrew_TSKS]

i agree with you on that, reese. jury duty would definitely work better if there was some effort made to work with people's schedules and lives. that would probably require a decent-sized increase in budget, though, and we all know that when we're spending a trillion plus per year on wars, we can't afford that kind of thing. [/cynicism]

[Greg Nog]

I was thinking about the word "proop", and Google pointed me towards this.

[C of heartbreak]

I was 18 the only time I got called for jury duty. Jury duty actually paid more than I was making at my job at the time, and I was fairly enthusiastic about it, and showed up and answered all of the lawyers' questions with "yes" or "no" or "I don't think so." The case I sat on was an old lady suing a grocery store of some exorbitant because she got knocked over by an automatic door. They ended up settling, but I did get the chance to draw some funny comics about the judge and the attorneys.

[Good Intentions]

A Gmail ad above a Christmas letter my mother sent me:

http://www.blankeforum. org/index.html
Maak 'n verskil deur onderlinge ondersteuning. Die Tyd word Min.

The link is broken so you have to copy and paste it and fix it, so LPTJ wont refer to there. The site is called White Person Forum. The tagline reads: Make a difference through mutual support.Time is running short.

Hmm.

[dumbfish]

So much for "Don't be evil."

And also: What the hell kinda letter did Mommy dearest write? the most scandalous thing I ever got was an ad bragging about Weimeraners.

[Good Intentions]

The letter wasn't even Afrikaans. She was forwarding me some Christmas joke. It's probably because all the other correspondence between the two of us is in Afrikaans.

[Augo]

I have lost 12 lbs. in December.  Twelve is a lot on me.  My daily diet has consisted of about half a can of Pringles, and maybe a cup of soup. And that is only on days I work.  When I'm at home, I don't eat, and I rarely feel hungry.  This behavior is new and scary to me.

[Doctor Bob]

I was thinking about the word "proop"

[das kranke Tier]

That's exactly what I thought of as well

[jebreject]

Who thinks about Greg Proops. Seriously.

I got called on for jury duty once but it was for Price County, where I lived before moving to Milwaukee, which is six hours away. Sorry dudes!

[dumbfish]

I think about when Greg poops.
All the time.

[santaclaustral]

I have lost 12 lbs. in December.  Twelve is a lot on me.  My daily diet has consisted of about half a can of Pringles, and maybe a cup of soup. And that is only on days I work.  When I'm at home, I don't eat, and I rarely feel hungry.  This behavior is new and scary to me.

12 is a lot on anyone, Augo, especially in just one month. I don't know if it's related to the other posts you've made about things not being so happy right now, but please take care of yourself - eating is good.

[Augo]

It is definitely related.  Today I ate a large bowl of mac and cheese and tonight I'm going out to my favorite Mexican restaurant where I will eat a huge meal.  I have self-drilled notches in my belt already, and this morning when I buckled up and the front of the belt flopped down, simply hanging from the belt loops on my pants and not actually holding anything up, I was like, "Fuuuck I gotta get some food in me."

What I really gotta do is get the fuck out of this town, which is what I'm doing in a couple of weeks.  When I get to Lincoln, I will be around A LOT of viking-esque lumberjack dude friends and we will eat heartily every hour on the hour.

[YojimboMonkey]

There was a film crew on the back of a truck with a bright spotlight and a police escort filming a very fancy silver car (my brother recognized it but I don't remember what he said it was) southbound on Lake Shore Drive earlier.  It was cool.  The only thing the Chicago Film Office web site says is filming in town right now is some TV pilot starring Patrick Swayze.  Much less cool.

[Anne the Man]

Carols by Candlelight is tres odd. The worst part of it was when they started playing the Thunderstruck riff and going "Santa! [etc]". I started yelling things.

[santaclaustral]

What I really gotta do is get the fuck out of this town, which is what I'm doing in a couple of weeks.  When I get to Lincoln, I will be around A LOT of viking-esque lumberjack dude friends and we will eat heartily every hour on the hour.

Awesome - happy to hear it 

[DCDave]

I have never been selected and I think it's because I've never actually filled out a census form or been counted during one. However: there is a very good chance I am making things up, here. Regardless: I am not a citizen.

Yeah, this is totally erroneous.