Intocats

A Judge Judy three-fer! What a treat! Wow, is it my imagination, but did Devon Dionne (in the first case whose house sitter damaged her car and spilled Devon's wine all over the couch) and whiny roommate (third case) Caroline Kindred "your honor, the other girl used my bathroom so I moved out" look like long lost sisters? The car registration case...what a nightmare! In California we can't take off our license plates, but we can send in a bill of sale form to the DMV. The last time I sold a car I sent mine via registered mail, for this very reason. I'm glad JJ read the defendant the riot act.

Today's repeat episode was the charming and lovely Meesha Hill, third year ! LAW STUDENT! who bleached her ex-boyfriend in his bed and keyed his car because he failed to repay a $580 loan. The ex-boyfriend might have been a bit of a flake, but I thought he was quite easy on the eyes. How Sourfaced Meesha attracted him in the first place was a mystery to me. Did JJ ask her what law school she was attending? I missed that. "Preponderance of a doubt", indeed! "Well, in Texas it is", said Ms. Hill.

Did you hear the audience titter after about the twentieth "basically"? How about Mr. Basically Kaszmarek's wife/girlfriend who kept raising her hand and shouted out toward the end of the case? Then she basically reamed Basically out on TV…"You need to speak up!!"

Yes, it was news to me that Buddhists baptize their children at age eight (or at all). ;) Can you imagine a Brown-Williams special episode, where the Williams family takes a road trip to Vegas to visit the Browns? The Kodester, assisted by Brady, baptize the kids in a Doughboy, while the Williams wives bring a few bottles of wine to share with the Brown wives at Meri's wetbar.

Long Term Coma with Missing Car Mom looked like she had once been attractive, before the substances and whatever else took hold. Very sad.

Happy (belated) birfday, Sarcastico! Bad Haircut Boyfriend was a tool and richly deserved a JJ smackdown...BUT (and I'm playing devil's advocate here) I'm wearying of her "MY Americas" and her tendency to compare her intellect and her fabulous lifestyle to the assorted oddballs and cretins who appear before her. I'm getting the impression that, despite JJ's mega millions, she's not a very happy girl.

You got that straight, ItsHelloPattiAgain! This must be Odd Couple Week on JJ. First up, Cougar Barbara and Teenage Loverboy Harley. Then, Alethea Lamb and Rico Suave Of The Flexible Eyebrows. And tonight, we have Steve Urkel All Grown Up and his girlfriend Sparkle. JJ's syndication company has been saving these eps all season to spring them all on us at once!

Imogen's accent wasn't British (that was Alethia Lamb in the other case yesterday.) Imogen did that funny over-enunciationnnnnnn of the ends of words typical of some young women in central California, and possibly L.A...though I don't spend enough time there to know.

I thought Alethea Lamb was very pretty and I loved her accent. What made her desperate enough to hook up with Rico Suave? Flapping his eyebrows at JJ...wouldn't be surprised to see that case morphed into a YouTube video one day. That guy gave me the creeps. He looked like one of those serial killers on an Investigation Discovery program.

Word! I smelled a rat, too...and not the Hipsters' poor housekeeping. Fifteen adults in one house? It must be a really big house, which would cost a fortune in most parts of California.Ms. Eddington's over-enunciation drove me nuts, too. And Byrd having to convince Louise to go get her car registration was priceless. This case reminded me of one years ago, involving three roommates (from Seattle, I think...and dressed like Kurt Cobain and Courtney Love on a bender). There was a smashed TV and a dead cat and lots of wailing. Does anyone remember that case?

OMG…that was all kinds of crazy. I thought for sure JJ would toss Homeless Preggo Cougar and her entourage out when she made her speech about the injustice of teenagers serving in the military when they can't order a beer. What the holy heck does that have to do with a woman in her forties getting herself knocked up by a 19-year-old? Cougar expects her teenage Romeo to pay for some rented stuff that she continues to use! As if! And she thought Romeo's mother was "down with" their relationship? Mom might have been "down with" someone else dealing with her kid for awhile…until a baby came into the picture. I was puzzled by Cougar's comment about whether or not she would keep the baby. Did she mean adoption? She was clearly showing past the first trimester, so I'm not sure what other options she would have. That poor child.

I love Keith's voice. He should narrate horror and suspense books for Audible. But I don't love Keith as an interviewer. He interrupts the interviewees and finishes their sentences with what HE wants them to say.

My favorite JJ classic today! Ms. Shampree, who flooded her apartment because she ran a baff while cooking breffus nekkid! The mental image alone gives me the giggles! And her boyfriend, Mr. Mann! Classic!

I don't get where the Buddhism comes in, either. I have a feeling that they are still affiliated with the polygamist church but want to keep it all on the down-low while the show is filming. The only two wives who seem kind of happy in their situation are Paulie and Rhonda. Nonie makes sure that Brady notices her, Rosemary seems the most marginalized. And I forgot that Robin was even there….betcha Brady does, too. But adopting a baby into that mess?? Holy Moroni, Batman! I don't think so.

No WAY!! Seriously, a woman in her 60s who lives in my area was recently scammed out of either $500K or $300K (I've heard both figures) by a Nigerian con man on Christian Mingle. The Christian Mingle commercials that bug me most are 1) The woman who sobs, "He's my second chance!" and 2) The one featuring the blended family, with the little blond girl who was obviously coached to say that the hole in her heart was filled by two very special people. What eight-year-old would come up with something like that?

Hmm…let's see….besides Strudel Boy, Creepy E-Harmony Dude and Cawowine…there is Flo from Progressive Insurance who is becoming rather tiresome, the supposed "real people" who gush about "different positions, different speeds" in the Trojan Vibrations commercials (not the actors whose hair blows back), the Yoplait Light teenaged girl being snotty with her mother about "swapping" her inarticulate boyfriend for a grungier model. The two guys from the Sonic commercials who sit in their car and bicker. I can't decide if they are a nerdy gay couple or a pair of socially awkward cousins hiding out from their nagging wives.

So true! I joined for a short while a few years ago, and was matched with someone who is deathly allergic to cats, and I had three at the time. I hope TWOP Howard doesn't come along and censor us for being off-topic! :)

Hottie McHotterson! And he was soft-spoken and polite -- very atypical for a JJ litigant. Juneboy44, I was confused by his figures, too. E cigs don't appreciate in value as far as I know. Is there a shelf life to those refills? No doubt Vapor Lady puffed some of the merchandise herself and sold most of the rest. But unfortunately Hottie didn't have enough evidence to win the whole thing. E-cigs are very popular here in northern California, too. There is almost nowhere that permits smoking here, even outside. So the e-cigs fill a big niche.

In regard to yesterday's New York landlord/tenant case...I am always amazed when people describe themselves as "entrepreneurs" (as in Donald Trump) but can't pay their $600 monthly rent and have to move back in with good ol' Mom. I wonder when the last time was that JJ ate a $5.95 tuna fish sandwich?

When I hear folks like Doug talk about "saleable items" it makes me think about eBay in a whole different light. <shudder>

Didn't they say that Doug and Susan have been going together for ten years? I wonder where Susan lived before. It's sad that a lady her age needs to be dependent on an old hoarder like Doug. The voiceover clearly said that Susan could only stay with her daughter "while she recovered." I wonder what the story was there. So many unanswered questions. On a side note, I thought Susan's daughter hit the nail on the head when she said that Doug had always lived with his parents and never needed to grow up. His emotional age seemed to be about 10.

[quote name= Good, honest craftsman get $75-100/hr.. It does fucking count. Word, zillabreeze! Keep records, take pictures before and after, and have a clear-cut agreement that work is in lieu of rent, not "pay what and when you can."

LMAO!!! Thanks, dougfir! Good to see you in this neck of the woods. Makes me nostalgic for the Golden Age of Judge Judy! "The Babies" Karina Roy, Kelli "eBay of Pigs" Filkins and Polefaced Joe, where art thou?? Oh, and !Jack! !Jack! We came close a couple of weeks ago with The Rabbi, the Mennonite, and Deadpanning for Gold, but JJ was too quick with her gavel on that one.

Delurking to say "hi" to Toaster Strudel, AngelaHunter, stephinmn, Major Misfit (you will ALWAYS be Major!), Wormlegs, milz and WattDFark. Over on TWOP you guys had me spewing coffee out my nose more than once! Major, I am jealous of your five JJs a day! We get two reruns and a new ep here, when basketball isn't going on. Someone (I don't know if it was here or on TWOP) thought it was rude of JJ to ridicule the "almost-married" Mr. Eagan about his substantial girth. Well, it is obvious that he (and probably his new girlfriend) are eating quite well, but he doesn't bother sending grocery money to the mother of his kid. I think that is what JJ was getting at. Looking forward to more awesome snark right here!!