so i had jury duty this morning. the jury selection formula really likes me b/c i get called on a regular basis. so far, i’ve only had to serve once on a jury, and it was a horrible experience.
last summer i got a letter from the “big court” in columbia, sc. this is where they try all the federal cases that could last up to a year. it is an hour drive from my house.
the columbia people sent over a questionnaire for jury selection, lucky for me the questionnaire asked what type of stickers i had on my car.
i giggled b/c i have a 1997 toyota corolla that has hippie written all over it. it only has about 80K miles on it and it’s paid for.
i listed my stickers, “god bless the freaks”, “be who you are”, my beloved circle and triangle, and lastly a “magpies” sticker. the magpies were a local band in charlotte and one member is a very, very close personal friend of mine, more like a soul mate.
after i sent my questionnaire back to the columbia people, i was excused from court. woo hoo!
today’s court was actually fun (i live in a very small town, referred to as a “township”), it involved two women and one had a restraining order put on her by the other. over a man no less, a man that didn’t show up to court nor does he have a job. the judge came in and told us that we would only be there for a short time, he wanted to talk to us after the two case people left.
they left and he started explaining how the jury selection process works, types of cases that are tried at that particular location, etc. the judge didn’t want our trip there to be too much of a waste of time so he gave us a lot of information on how the whole things works in our county.
being the nerd that i am sitting on the front row, i actually enjoyed learning something that i didn’t already know about our area courts.
after the judge was pretty much done he asked if we had any questions about the court systems, etc. i piped up (as i’m wont to do) and asked him if he was ever naked underneath his robe.
the room erupted in laughter, and then i realized i said it out loud. why these things actually make it out of my mouth is beyond me. it’s like the thought process gets confused with the speaking process.
the judge said he was not naked and laughed, stating that i had managed to embarrass him.
i guess that was a good note to dismiss us on, he thanked us for our time, and told us to look for our $12 check in the mail.
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