Missed Opportunity...

[rynomatic]

Via Cosmic Variance and the BBC, we learn that noted legal scholar Florentino Floro has lost his appeal and is now officially removed from the Filipino bench. I note this partially because it's fun to laugh at the idea of a judge consulting three mystic dwarves to help him perform psychic healings during downtime in the courtroom. It's also

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There's a reason

[anonymous]

Well, to be fair, dwarfism does exist and people have been known to have the job title of mystic, so I think the word imaginary was thrown in there so people would get more of a Tolkien feel about this guy's courtroom advisors instead of a Man Show vibe.

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[dixomatic]

Damnit, forgot to sign in.

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[rynomatic]

Well, I'm not a professional headline writer, but I would think that that would be "dwarven mystics" instead of "mystic dwarves". Either way, that's gotta be the sort of story that makes those boring nights putting the paper to bed go by just a little bit quicker.

Maraming Salamat PO (thanks in Filipino)

[judge_floro]

My comment is very long and cannot be contained here, so may I please paste the site here

Part II comment -

[judge_floro]

Dismissed judge, elfin pals claim immortality