tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968699.post1159268563163778701..comments2008-01-18T12:56:25.595-08:00smart kittyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01338533184636481119noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968699.post-27710245738766906362008-01-18T12:56:00.000-08:002008-01-18T12:56:00.000-08:00I feel like one of the reasons choosing a jury is so ineffective is because half the people there are trying to be as controversial as possible just so they don't get chosen (I know that's how I tried to play it). I'm more or less in favor of the French system of professional juries - and just think of the primetime dramas they could pull out of that system! Even more incest because there are 12 of them!!lenglihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04054730297960049529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968699.post-18815663537929760612008-01-17T10:24:00.000-08:002008-01-17T10:24:00.000-08:00As I am an employee of The Man, I can simply advise people to talk to my hand and get out of it. While it's true that I advise most people to hold lengthy discourse with my hands (i.e., strangers on the Metro, co-workers, telephone salepersons), it is particularly useful in cases like these, no pun intended.TWMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06955492254566355492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968699.post-27277898349664799992008-01-16T19:00:00.000-08:002008-01-16T19:00:00.000-08:00I would not be a good juror. I would spend all my time imagining things that might make the courtroom atmosphere lighter (or more chaotic, if that's what seemed necessary).<BR/><BR/>"What if I slip all of these other jurors ephedra pills?"<BR/><BR/>"Can I rig the judge's gavel so that it shatters on impact?"<BR/><BR/>"Who in this room would be most enraged by the use of a whoopee cushion?"<BR/><BR/>Besides, when faced with gravely serious or tense situations, I tend to get the giggles. Society is far better off barring me from the fate-deciding end of the legal system.Groggedgrogged.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8968699.post-78008454041719415362008-01-16T17:18:00.000-08:002008-01-16T17:18:00.000-08:00I've always wanted to be on the jury of a big trial that lasted for a long time. We'd be sequestered in a nice hotel. Juror number six would be a pretty woman with a lot of questions about the case. We'd sit up late at night, drinking wine at the hotel bar and talking about motive and opportunity. Eventually we'd fall in love and get married.<BR/><BR/>Isn't that a beautiful idea?<BR/><BR/>However, the one time I was called for jury duty I weaseled my way out of it because I had a work commitment. So much for fantasies.Jimnoreply@blogger.com