Jury Duty Tomorrow...

[NeitherExtreme]

...can I bring any tools at all? I should probably leave all tools at home, even my P4.  I guess it's not that big of a deal, but what am I suposed to do while I sit there all those hours with no tools to play with?

[Anthony]

ha that always gets me...it's like YOU'RE on trial when you go in a courthouse

[J-sews]

Take a SwissTech Utili-Key with you. They are easy to smuggle in on your keychain.

And not only are they fun to play with, but the pain from the cuts on your finger will keep you awake during the trial! 

[CQC-7]

Jury duty BLOWS!!!  I was on jury duty once.  I was the last person dismissed from the jury through the process of selection.  It would have sucked if I was on that jury.  The trial lasted a long time and the guy was guilty as sin anyway.  I would have been borred out of my mind.  It is suprising to hear and witness firsthand what people will say to get out of it.  My excuse was that I was a college student and did not have the time to take part in my "civic duties."  The answer that I recieved was "the court will appoint you a private tutor."  I ended up getting dissmissed anyway, thank God.     

[Viper]

I convinced my dad to get a utilikey, he always seems to ask me for a knife, and even though I got him a PST with a bit adapter and bit case (the all even came in the same pouch) he never wears it, because he's the manager and he wears a suit. Most days he just carries his K.I.S.S. in his pocket, but I'll get him into the habit of using a multitool, and out of the habit of using a blade from the scissors or anything else sharp. One guy in the warehouse sometimes cuts the tape on boxes open with his fingernails.   

BTW, my K.I.S.S. broke today, the little knob that holds it closed fell off. 

Mine was also around 3 dollars more than my dad's, because I got a black one.

[NeitherExtreme]

Whew... long day. Easier than work though  I have to go back tomorrow. I left all my tools at home, and was left playing with my wedding ring all day. The Utilikey would probably get through, but I know I'd end up playing with it and I'm not sure how amused the balif would be about it...

[CQC-7]

I have no doubt that a utilikey would make it through.  I once had a job where part of my duties required me to collect payments.  One payment that I had to collect was from a lady who worked at the courthouse.  They searched my briefcase the first few times that I had to go there, I also had to empty my pockets.  The small pen knife that I carried at the time never alarmed them whatsoever.  I guess that they figured that I used it to open mail and never seen it as a threat being that it only had a blade of about 1" long.   

[Grant Lamontagne]

If you really want to lighten things up, and make jury duty that much more interesting, you can jump up every now and then and yell OFF WITH HIS HEAD!

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[665ae]

I always like turning to my fellow jurers and asking kind of loudly " Does Michigan have the death penalty?  Can we sentence him to die?  I think he/she needs to die for that."

Of course, that could be why I haven't been called for jury duty in over 10 years

[Grant Lamontagne]

Or maybe they took offense to you smuggling Playboys into the courtroom so you could "read the articles" instead of listening to the testimonies?

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[665ae]

They we're all lying anyway.  I had already made up my mind that he was guilty

[Grant Lamontagne]

Plus the last thing you actually want to find yourself doing is listening to a lawyer!   

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[665ae]

Very true... plus I find that knowing what Miss March thinks are "turn ons" is much more important than paying attention in court

[Grant Lamontagne]

Unless of course you are talking about Night Court!



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