Court Demands Feline To Attend Assigned Jury Duty

[BrokenVisage]

lol even the cat can't believe it looking at that picture.

 

[JulesMaximus]

$10 says that cat is also a registered voter and has been voting via absentee ballot for a few years.

 

[rudeguy]

$10 says that cat is also a registered voter and has been voting via absentee ballot for a few years.

or at least he counted as a citizen in the census. I supposed that's one way to get the numbers to go in your direction....

 

[Krazy4Real]

LOL!!! Kittah says you're guilty!

 

[Jeeebus]

This is a Cat-astrophe!


Thank you folks. I'll be here all week. Try the veal.

 

[Schadenfroh]

$10 says that cat is also a registered voter and has been voting via absentee ballot for a few years.

My first thought as well.

 

[waggy]

yes, but they did list the pet's "full" name as if it was a member of the family.

I'd still chalk it up to the jury selection foolio as being the biggest idiot in this bunch, though.

meh. whenever i take the animals to the vet all paperwork on them has my last name as theirs.

some people take that adn keep it.

when we listed the pets on teh census we did list them with the last name.


this is funny but not really suprising. last year one of the papers had where they tried to get a dead guy to jury duty. even after the family sent back that they were dead and couldn't make it they were told if he didn't come he could be arrested.

 

[dullard]

Sal is quite an old cat! Considering that personal census data (such as names) are kept secret for 72 years, Sal must have been included on the 1930 census (or earlier).

 

[UberNeuman]

 

[zinfamous]

meh. whenever i take the animals to the vet all paperwork on them has my last name as theirs.

some people take that adn keep it.

when we listed the pets on teh census we did list them with the last name.


this is funny but not really suprising. last year one of the papers had where they tried to get a dead guy to jury duty. even after the family sent back that they were dead and couldn't make it they were told if he didn't come he could be arrested.

Oh, I guess I was just surprised that people would put pet names on the census. I would think that if you even bothered to mention them, it would be: dog, 1; spider monkey, 1; eskimo, 3. etc...

 

[Numenorean]

The whole problem comes when idiots like this give their pets a last name.

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

Bench warrant issued for Sal.

 

[waggy]

Oh, I guess I was just surprised that people would put pet names on the census. I would think that if you even bothered to mention them, it would be: dog, 1; spider monkey, 1; eskimo, 3. etc...

i seem to recall it asking for names too. i suspect it was a way to check for tags or something.

but whenever we got meds/vet records it would say dogs name then my last name. wich i found kinda funny.

 

[Eli]

$10 says that cat is also a registered voter and has been voting via absentee ballot for a few years.

How would this work? Does the cat have a social security number, too?

 

[PlasmaBomb]

Another vote for showing up with the cat in a carrier for Jury Duty. I'd also being the jury summons and the paperwork from the commissioner denying the exemption.

That would be fun... especially when the judge found out.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Maybe we should have a meet at the courthouse on that date.

 

[lupi]

another reason to list the minimum requried data on census forms.

 

[UberNeuman]

I think it would be bloody fantastic if Sal was entered into the jury pool and selected.

What bias would he have?

/unless it were a trial over cat abuse.....
//or the right to lick oneself in public....

 

[IronWing]

I only had to do the long form in the 2000 census but I do not recall any questions about pets. Therefore:
I have been to the mountain top and I have seen the promised land! I have seen the promised land. And I call shens!

 

[Patranus]

I only had to do the long form in the 2000 census but I do not recall any questions about pets. Therefore:
I have been to the mountain top and I have seen the promised land! I have seen the promised land. And I call shens!

Apparently the person who wrote the original (linked) article missed the date and this was from Jan 2010 not Jan 2011.

Here is a video of a TV station doing an interview.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELuGtIC1u78

100% real, just 1 year too late.

 

[DrPizza]

I can't remember how much it is, but when you show up for Jury Duty, don't you get some token amount of money?

Now, how's she going to cash the check?! I'd love to find out - my llama has a couple thousand dollars in checks (forgeries) made out to him. I'd gladly let him cash the checks, pay me for his room and board, then take the fall himself after the checks bounce.

 

[ultimatebob]

that's pretty awesome. i'd show up with the cat in a carrier just to see what happens

With the local TV news camera crew in tow, for maximum bureaucratic pwnage.

 

[zerocool84]

I can't remember how much it is, but when you show up for Jury Duty, don't you get some token amount of money?

Now, how's she going to cash the check?! I'd love to find out - my llama has a couple thousand dollars in checks (forgeries) made out to him. I'd gladly let him cash the checks, pay me for his room and board, then take the fall himself after the checks bounce.

Dress up as your llama and go into a bank.

 

[BrokenVisage]

I liked one of the comments left on another website: "The trial was progressing smoothly, until the defense lawyer brought out the laser pointer.."

haha priceless

 

[waggy]

so any updates? figured once this hit the news the person in charge would fix it.