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Well, with 18 dogs, two small children and a household to maintain, defendant must excel with time management skills.

We noticed that hesitation too. My husband asked what plaintiff's response was, and I repeated her answer in the same reluctant way. They have different last names (as my husband and I do). Probably one of those common law type of arrangements which aren't recognized in many states. That show pays JJ a bazillion dollars, but she controls the tissues dammit. I couldn't understand her tears--she has, what, 4 poms, 15 beagles and a black mouthed cur? If she has to give back one dog, she's left with 18? My husband thinks when plaintiff goes to pick up her dog that the dog will have disappeared.

I have a lot of sympathy for plaintiff, because bad neighbors can make one's life hell. The plaintiff said the smell of the defendant's marijuana plants wafted into his bedroom and made it smell very unpleasant, and he confronted the defendant about the smell. Their relationship deteriorated from there. The color of defendant's florescent green shirt hurt my eyes, and I hated how he smirked throughout the proceedings. That said, did the plaintiff say he (the plaintiff) "moved" the property line over 7" to accommodate a fence and the trees were actually on defendant's property? Hope he uses his $5K to plant some mature trees, barberry bushes and fragrant shrubs on his side of the property. You just know the defendant is going to continue to play games by playing his music loudly every day and do every annoying thing he can think of. Didn't realize marijuana plants gave off a smell.

They had so many family members lined up to defraud the electric company that it made my jaw drop and head spin (picture that!). Speaking of jaws, what was wrong with plaintiff (defendant's son)? He spoke as if his jaw was wired shut. I believe she said she spent $5,500 on this unregistered dog. That's crazy. Poor little puppy that got shuffled around. It did seem that the new owner was caring for him/her (he took the dog to the vet for ear mites), but I couldn't understand what he was saying.

Yes, I kept waiting for JJ to stop her and say, “It sounds like a whole lot of ‘Who Shot John’.” Has anyone ever heard anyone but JJ use that expression?

JJ is sometimes so tight-fisted about damages, you'd think the money came out of her pocket. I think the invoice for removing all the trash was for over $1,700 alone. Whacko female defendant mumbled something about one of her boyfriends putting holes in the walls. I can't believe her children haven't been removed from that environment. Grandpa seemed odd, too. (Shakes head.)

I believe the defendant's son is one of the people plaintiff claimed was watching her. Defendant's demeanor was very calm during the proceedings. In the hallterview, plaintiff said something about the whole thing starting when she (plaintiff) refused or wasn't able to give the defendant a ride home from work, but defendant said she caught plaintiff in a lie about living in a big house. Strange case. Reminds me of an old "Knots Landing" I saw. Ah, I miss those nighttime soaps...

Well, Byrd will be dragging you out of the courtroom, too, alongside of me, grasping your cup of the water-no one-is-permitted-to-drink in your hand, sloshing its contents on Byrd's crisp, khaki uniform.

JJ acted as if she had never heard of PayPal. I don't understand why she didn't even question the defendant about the transaction. In his halterview, he said his defense was going to be that the plaintiff made an investment, and no investment is 100% secure. As for the scooter/car accident, why doesn't that community put a crosswalk near the bus stop or allow the buses to go up the driveway to the apartment complex? Why should any wheelchair-bound person have to risk crossing 3-4 lanes of traffic? That woman is very fortunate to have not been seriously injured. I work early in the morning and it's very dark outside. Around my workplace at that hour, there are lots of people on bicycles. They wear dark clothing and dark backpacks and I'm terrified I'll hit someone, because they dart in and out of traffic, cross against lights and drive on sidewalks (against the law here). Look for me on an upcoming episode of JJ. I'm going to put some masking tape on my forehead that says, "Brilliant." When JJ gets snarky with me, I'm going to pull my bangs away from the tape and snarl, "Does it say 'stupid' here?" Then Byrd will forcibly remove me from the courtroom and JJ will rule for the plaintiff/bicyclist.

Yes, it looked like a horse's tail or something and she kept stroking it. STOP IT!

Did anyone see the cases about the two caretakers? One was a young woman accused of putting over 30K miles on her client's car and was suing for reimbursement for repairs she made to the car and tires. Scammer. It's a mystery to me why she had to drive her client's car, because according to her testimony, she and her husband owned 3 or 4 other cars. The other case was a "family friend" who was caring for an elderly woman in exchange for free rent. She wanted to be paid for those nights off when she might have walked by and helped her client get out of a chair, or something. The client's daughter was counter-suing for rent because the caregiver stayed in the house for a month or two after the patient died. Judy would not even entertain the counter-claim. Seems she has no patience to hear anyone's counter-claims. Geez, I guess a billion dollars a year is not enough to hear counter-claims anymore. Oh, and I saw 2 or 3 instances this week of JJ drawing the four corners of a contract in the air, so I was just giddy as always to see the illustration.

This brings up another point about funeral homes: In my experience, they want their money pronto; perhaps they view insurance claims as an iffy proposition. It always makes us laugh when JJ gets on the phone. I wonder how long it actually takes to film the scene of her calling someone, because she ALWAYS is able to reach someone within minutes, and no one ever seems to ask her for an authorization from a plaintiff or defendant to speak with her about anything.

What would I do if I didn't see JJ draw with her index fingers the four corners of a contract in the air at lease once a week? The plaintiff seemed so old-worldly; every time he spoke I was distracted by the image of him in a KISS costume with bat wings. What a secret life he leads.

JJ asked her a couple of times and Smurfette's response was always something to the effect of "[Defendant] wouldn't pay his girlfriend's dues so it was affecting my Burning Man experience." Your husband's theory makes much more sense. Yeah, I'll sign up for a road trip with five random strangers in an RV. What could possibly go wrong?

I told my husband that I hoped Ashley and her husband didn't have any children, because she would clearly use them as a pawn if things didn't work out between them just as she used that beautiful dog as a pawn. We couldn't help but notice the dog was VERY happy to see the defendants, so I have to believe he went to the right home. $1,500 per puppy...wow. The son of a friend of mine raises some kind of mountain dog and he sells the puppies for the same price. They had a litter around Christmas time of 8 puppies. I assume one is supposed to report this as income to the IRS?

We were amazed the usually omniscient JJ confessed to ignorance about horses. I know very little about horses, but that horse didn't get those cuts and sores riding around in a trailer. Do I understand the caretaker cut back on the horse's feed because the owner was two weeks behind in fees? Great! Let's make the horse suffer through no fault of its own. I wanted to punch her smirky little face. The first picture of the horse showed it in natural light with the sun shining on it, but you could see some ribs. I'm concerned the horse is ill. Why is no one having a vet come out? The owner needs to find a new home for the horse. Signing on for any animal or child's care means that I go without food before they do.

Did anyone see the episode where the dog was attacked while under the care of the Rover dogsitter? Rover apparently paid the plaintiff's vet bills (about $2,800) but she was suing for the deductible (about $250). The attitude of the dogsitter was disturbing. "I was entitled to a break! I was taking a break!" So while she was taking a break she let a dog play unsupervised with two pit-mixes. I wouldn't let my two dogs play with any unknown dog, unsupervised. Rover's been getting a bad name lately; just saw a story of a Rover dog walker accused of abuse. Scary world.

(In the voice of Ricky Ricardo): Someone needs to "splain" to me the Princess Cruise commercial where they play "White Rabbit" and the female passenger seems to be on a magic mushroom trip. What is the cruise line trying to say? I've never been on a cruise, but I hear a lot of stories about mass foodborne illnesses, people disappearing off of ships, people "falling" off of ships, and other disasters. I can go to the mall for similar experiences for less money.

They used to have those commercials, and they would show a man and woman looking at the test result thing-a-ma-bob. In one of the ads, the woman was weeping because it was negative, and the man rubbed her shoulders, sighed wearily and said, "We'll just keep trying," all the while thinking that it was probably her fault and he should have married the sturdier stock his mother tried to fix him up with. Just kidding about that part.

Funny you would mention the wedding rings. In the past whenever there was a commercial for a mattress featuring a man and woman in bed, the ads always showed--and not so subtly either--the actors' left hands with gold wedding bands intact. Seems as if they did it on laundry commercials, too. The "housewife" would be stacking laundry and she always had a gold wedding band on, because in TV Land single people just buy another pack of underwear rather than do a load of laundry.

I don't follow your reasoning, SG11. I happen to agree with the statement that talent is equally distributed but opportunity is not. Lori Loughlin is a prime example of someone who took away the opportunities others might have had by using her wealth to ensure her daughters ("Instagram influencers"?) would gain entry to USC. I know a woman who cheated on an exam and got a full ride, four-year scholarship to another university. This took away another opportunity someone else might have had. You might look at the woman I knew and judge her successful because she got her degree more quickly than I, but personally I could not live with the guilt of cheating on an exam as she did. "Success" is in the eye of the beholder. If one enjoys one's vocation and contributes some measure of good for society, I consider that success.

My computer crashed each of the three times I tried to watch the video. Is that the creepy commercial with the weird interaction between the brother and the sister? I despise that commercial, but then, my family is more like the Griswold family at Christmastime. Did you notice the family in the video doesn't lock their front door? Peter walks in easily without seeming to have a key or a key chain in his right hand (presents in the other hand). Plus, "Peter" seems to have accepted a ride with a stranger. He didn't disarm an alarm system, either. Don't these people watch ID? (Just kidding.)

Glad to see Janet go. Scooped out fruitcake is still a fruitcake. I have nothing against Canadians, but it seems like FN goes for the same types of people all the time. I think the Canadian contestants are prodded to talk in a very pronounced Canadian accent and talk about their love of maple syrup and Canadian bacon until I'm nauseated. The dessert prepared by the culinary instructor with the fruitcake ten ways looked like cat food to me with a green blob/pickle next to it. Hoping Dwight is next to go. He always looks lost. Is Jennifer the baker that put lights on her roof and Santa underneath? She's remarkably talented and inventive. Aren't we all over Nancy's booze schtick?

Has to be better than one of the prescription medication ads that plays Fleetwood Mac's "Go Your Own Way."

Right! Like Dow Chemical and Agent Orange. I believe Bayer used concentration camp victims to work in some of their factories. I was shocked to hear about all the ovarian cancer claims from talcum powder. We were raised to put that stuff all over ourselves after a shower or bath.