Comments | nausicaa1: Do not want.

nausicaa1

Do not want.

Nov 17, 2008 21:25

Jury Duty. Tomorrow 8:45 am, Story County Courthouse, Nevada (pronounced ne-VAY-da here in Ioway).

What to wear that says "unfit juror"?

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yoshimi November 18 2008, 03:33:17 UTC

on behalf of all the lawyers, or maybe not on their behalf, i exhort you: STAY. get picked. we need people who can cry bullshit on the system, and i know you can.

nausicaa1 November 19 2008, 03:30:34 UTC

check, check. Am in for the long haul now. Too bad I'm not supposed to say anything. Is fascinating trial so far.

Suffice it to say: remind me not to represent myself if I ever have to go to court.

yoshimi November 19 2008, 03:56:15 UTC

oh NO! i'm sorry you got stuck with a pro se case. those can be downright painful. i want to hear all about it once it's OVER.

nausicaa1 November 22 2008, 16:50:08 UTC

This pro se horseshit just keeps getting worse! Am wanting to leap out of jury box and strangle all parties involved!

batteal November 18 2008, 04:01:38 UTC

two words: stirrup pants

nausicaa1 November 19 2008, 03:31:41 UTC

Dang! Why didn't I read this sooner? I went head-to-toe black and got picked anyway. Shoulda said my nickname was "hang-em-high".

name_omitted November 18 2008, 09:56:26 UTC

A surgical mask.

nausicaa1 November 19 2008, 03:33:01 UTC

Oh man, why didn't I think of this before? Too late now.

Haven't seen you around these here parts lately. Good to see yer handsome mug, man!

hatter_anon November 18 2008, 11:02:11 UTC

In Australia they say that carrying a left wing newspaper, or really anything beyond a trash mag, will probably knock you off the list.

nausicaa1 November 19 2008, 03:34:27 UTC

Left-wing newspaper? You mean such a thing exists? Not around these parts!

existential70 November 18 2008, 15:42:46 UTC

On the one hand, I agree with Yoshimi. Particularly if you get a drug case, and can pull off the old "jury nullification" bit. That would be hot.
On the other hand, if you really want to get out if it, I would go with Tina Fey's gambit on 30 Rock. Which is, wear a Princess Leia costume, and tell them that it's not fair for you to be a juror because you can see directly into the mind of the accused.

nausicaa1 November 19 2008, 03:37:33 UTC

Yeah, Yoshimi is right. I can't very well complain about "the man" if I'm not willing to step up when my name is called. I did give kind of a smart-arse answer during the juror-culling bit, but it didn't seem to do the job I had intended.

Hm, I do have a rather fetching Leia costume but it's too late now. I'm in for the long haul, it seems.

yoshimi November 19 2008, 03:58:17 UTC

we love the smart ass answers. it makes us like you. especially if we get the vibe that you were being smart ass because you think we're cool enough to appreciate it.

no good smart-assery goes unpunished!

nausicaa1 November 22 2008, 16:57:11 UTC

I'm beginning to suspect that my smart-ass remarks plus having the kind of face that every emotion I have might as well be close-capitoned on my forehead is the reason why the prosecutor picked me. I catch him staring a lot so we make accidental eye-contact and look away quick every five minutes. Either he thinks I'm an accurate gauge or we're flirting: he's kind of hot and I'm the only woman in the room under the age of 50. I can't tell. Is amusing.