On mine, there was a woman in the pool who was rather...not all there. She kept getting lost in the courtroom. Seriously. I was surprised how many not-crazy people they dismissed until they finally got to her.

And then I sat on the jury of the Stupidest Case Ever.

When I had jury duty I begged off the first case because the brother of my Kiwanis Club advisor was the defendant. Probably going overboard, but I wanted an absolutely clear conscience about my vote being unbiased. Then I got rewarded with a damages lawsuit built entirely on the testimony of one expert witness, who changed his story in mid-stream on the stand. Needless to say, we didn't deliberate overly long on that one.

There were two lawyers on the jury I was on. One had to reschedule a trial of her own to be on the jury. And the one person who was really excited about being on a jury was the alternate, so that was sad.

Also, the judge's clerk gave us candy.

And then I sat on the jury of the Stupidest Case Ever.

Bwah! I was just going to post about how I was an alternate juror on the Stupidest Case Ever!

oh Baltimore (if that was where you were on the jury)

And, since I was an alternate and they didn't end up needing me, I got to sit through all the tedious testimony and couldn't vote on whether the dude was guilty or innocent. and didn't stay to find out. I could look up the lady who knew a friend of mine (Smalltimore) who on the jury to find out how it went but...I just don't care enough.

And the one person who was really excited about being on a jury was the alternate, so that was sad.

IME lawyers are suspicious of jurors like that, though I couldn't tell you why.

When I worked for the chief judge, I got a call from a juror who was a mental health professional. He was worried that one of the jurors was unfit to serve. Among other things, unfit!juror brought his girlfriend one day to "sit in" so he wouldn't get bored.

Did they bring popcorn the next day, Vortex?

oh Baltimore (if that was where you were on the jury)

Yup, city.

I like this, from UH:

Whenever the issue of residuals comes up, some on the other side of the bargaining table like to start talking toilets. Specifically, they just love to trot out a quip allegedy made by the late studio mogul Lew Wasserman which goes something like this: "I don't pay the plumber everytime I flush my toilet."

Nice try.

But if the plumber had set it up so Mr. Wasserman's toilet spit out a thousand bucks everytime he flushed, you can bet your ass that plumber would have been beating down the door looking for his cut.

I was both bummed and relieved when I got called, but never got picked for jury duty. Relieved because S was still really sick at the time, but bummed because I believe in the ideals of our country, and would love to fulfill my civic duties beyond just voting.