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Post subject: Another Shining Example Of The Brilliance Of My Kids.....
 Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 12:01 AM
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Location: New Jersey USA
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Today, for the first time, my oldest daughter Mary was called to jury duty. We made the call last night to find out if her number had been called, and it was, so I told her to make sure she had plenty to keep her occupied. Unless your number comes up, you literally sit there watching a loop of CNN all day.
This morning she packed her art bag and headed for the train. The same art bag she carries to college. Pens, pencils, scetchpads, charcoals, etc. Tonight at dinner I asked her how it went. "Fine until I put my bag through the xray." I didn't know they'd be that picky about a little exacto knife. I forgot it was even in there." She tried to take a concealed weapon into a courthouse in Jersey.  Holy Cow! Her exacto knife looks like a pen until you open the end and it's like a 10 blade scalpel.
She was taken off to a room and questioned. TG my brother is a well known lawyer in this county, and she was smart enough to play that card. And she's nieve enough not to understand what was wrong with what she did. She didn't think anything of it, even thought it was funny.
When she finally convinced them she was just an air head and got to the jury room, some guy in RayBans and a pony tail called her "knife girl" and said "Just be grateful you don't look like me".  Of course they took it from her, but they gave it back to her at the end of the day.
What are these kids thinking? Or not at all?
TG she wasn't picked for a jury.....they would of had their hands full. |
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Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 12:15 AM
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Too bad we all have to suffer because some fanatics
use what little freedom we have left against us....
Otherwise, that was no big deal  |
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Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 12:26 AM
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| She was fortunate she was let go. |
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Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 12:28 AM
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| Hrmmm.. my Sarah is using one of those to make an etching for her print class. (leaves little plastic shavings all over my dining room table, but I digress...) It was an obvious oversight given the other objects she had with her and an overreaction on the part of security. A simple "sorry, Ma'am, we'll have to keep that item here with us until you leave." You know, like they do at a preview movie... (Cannot bring in cameras or cell phones, or recording devices... must leave with security...) |
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Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 01:00 AM
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Yeah, don't you hate those little shavings all over the place? 
Yes, it was just an oversight on her part, and I agree that things have gone way over the top because of a few nuts. They even gave me hassels renewing my gun license, and I've been licensed in this state for 32 years now.
I just can't believe that she's that nieve in this day and age.
And yeah Gorn. I remember the days when you could fly with your gun, as long as it was declared, licensed, properly packed, in your checked luggage and not in your carry on. How do you even go on a hunting trip these days in America? |
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Posted: Nov 29, 2011 - 01:09 AM
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| Paranoia knows no bounds Steve. |
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Posted: Nov 30, 2011 - 01:29 AM
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Location: Your daily life is your temple and your religion. Kahil Gibran
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| I am glad that she got it back. Someone once brought a measuring tape to the courthouse. It was a small one she had in her purse. It was taken away and never given back. |
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Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 08:26 PM
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She should have recited ,"The Lord's Prayer" and then asked them, "Do I look like a Terrorist?"
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Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 10:53 PM
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It's funny you should mention the Lord's Prayer. Yesterday, I had a situation where I almost completely lost it at work. One of my assistants was overheard (by myself and one other) saying something about another student that was totally and completly inappropriate. I got extremely angry, and I admit I have a really bad temper.
Instead of acting on it at that moment, I remembered that I had downloaded Andrea Bocelli's Christmas album to my Zune. It has a great rendition of the Lord's Prayer on it. I went my office, put the headphones in, listened to it 5 times through. Until I was calm enough not to kill someone.
Now, that person that said what she said is safe from my wrath........but no longer employed. |
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Posted: Dec 02, 2011 - 11:55 PM
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| CaptJTK wrote: | It's funny you should mention the Lord's Prayer. .
Now, that person that said what she said is safe from my wrath........but no longer employed. |
The Wrath of Steve
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