Intocats

It's my lucky day! One of my favorite repeat cases that I fondly call Alethea Lamb and the Human Sponge. The Sponge (aka Benny Morales) evidently found JJ "spongeworthy" as he tried (in vain) to woo her with his red shirt and odd facial expressions. And it was followed by the hipster commune car crash case, featuring surprise witness Imogen Eddington, who was sporting the glasses my mother lost in 1982. Mom would have been thrilled, may she rest in peace.

I graduated in 1976 and it was the rule then, too. Not to mention their cousins Working and Lucky Stiff.

Word to this! The Washington guy (Brett?) living with the Golden Girls and engaged to the gal from the Philippines...when he said, "I'm not sure I'll MEASURE UP!" (wink wink) I almost spit my Crystal Light across the room. As for Danielle and Mohammed...there are no words. Those poor kids of hers. I am from San Jose, like Justin, who liked his "baaaaaaachelor laaaaafstyle" and I have no idea where he picked up that accent. He sort of reminds me of some Silicon Valley white boys who fancy themselves rappers from Oakland. I'm most intrigued by Chelsea and Yamir. If he is a big star in Nicaragua, why doesn't she move there? Unless he wants to try his luck in Hollywood.

Gosh, you guys. I was thinking the same thing. Frank or John (or whatever the heck his name is) was probably indulging his daughters' every whim with the embezzled money and they were annoyed that the cash stream ran dry. They seemed to have no compassion at all for their mother. I couldn't believe that his younger daughter wanted him to walk her down the aisle at her wedding, after what he did. And I thought the giggling and smirking both sisters were doing was bizarre, to say the least. "Beaverly", indeed. FrankJohn didn't want a divorce because he would have had to pay alimony to Nancy, and some of the illegal things he was doing may have come to light. I hope that Nancy can have a peaceful life after all this. I feel so bad for her.

ari333, I completely agree. Nancy Pfister sounds like she had deep issues with alcohol and possibly mental illness. At the very least, she lacked the filter that most of us (who work for a living) develop at a young age. When wealthy people act like jerks, everyone chalks it up to eccentricity. I saw the 20/20 episode, too. Usually 20/20 is a bit too fluffy, but they did more comprehensive job with this story. (It is still up on On Demand for another few days.) Nancy's friend Kathy completely put her foot into it during the Dateline interview when she said that she hoped Nancy's daughter could "forgive her"...then quickly backpedaled. Mr. Styler looked far too frail to pull off a violent murder, and his wife seemed believable to me. I hope someone finally figures out who did this.

Did anyone see the cell phone kerfuffle? Tavionne was quite calm and polite with JJ, but spitting on a friend's phone and breaking it? WTF? He admitted to spitting but not breaking. Mom had quite an attitude on her. It was visible even as she walked into the courtroom. Tavionne knew he was in the wrong, and I think his mother did, too. But she didn't want to pay for the phone, and thought that if she copped enough 'tude, she wouldn't have to. The lessons people teach their kids....

My take on FishTank Boy's girlfriend and Drunk Dad's fiancee is that they are both terrified -- of their rage-filled partners as well as of JJ. I hope there is a women's shelter in their town.

Maybe you could, if you live in Silicon Valley! In the land of Google, Facebook and Apple Computer, studio apartments in sketchy areas rent for as much as $2000 per month. A nice place would cost a lot more. It's not unusual for people to rent out bedrooms in their homes for $700 or more. Just don't find your housemate on Craigslist!

Word to this! Besides stay-at-home father or internet business owner, don't tell JJ you are: 1) a single mother 2) a tattoo artist 3) a pitbull owner 4) disabled (unless you are in a wheelchair or rolled in on a gurney) 5) over 25 and living with parents 6) over 22 and a full-time student Did I leave anything out? Oh, yeah...don't drink the water. Byrd paid for that water!

I caught the repeat of this episode last night, but the first 20 minutes were cut off by the football game running over. :( I'm glad they all made it home okay. But I can't help but wonder: Why do some parents of young kids feel that it is okay to take extraordinary risks just to break a record, or for fame, or...? Makes no sense to me.

Regarding the repeat case today involving Dave (who looked like an extra from Return to Amish) and his two feudin' wimmen: baby-mama Jamie and new "fiancee" Rebecca…did Jamie say that her son is "half-autistic"? How is that possible? I always wonder about these folks who stumble through life, hooking up with whomever is handy, and having kids willy-nilly. I pity the poor kids.

Florinaldo, I have to side with JJ on this one. Down in Palm Beach, she probably knows loads of rich middle-aged (and older) guys with trophy wives and small children. I think that if Mr. Green and Mr. Stein had acted like adults -- not younger than seven-year-old Luke -- she would have no problem with them. Instead, they come to television court to air their voicemail messages and dirty laundry. That is what disgusted JJ. Like some others have mentioned upthread, I was dying to see Lisa, the woman who found both of these nimrods irresistible!! And I also thought it was funny that we could see firsthand the "type" she goes for. Green and Stein could have been long-lost brothers!! (edited for intocats' lousy punctuation)

Word to this! Also today in JJ rerun-land: the smarmy Brent Zapf, who siphoned thousands from his ex-GF's checking account while she was working on a cruise ship. Watching JJ toy with Zapf was like watching a cat play with a three-legged fly. And then, Demi Moore and Robert Redford (eh, I mean Mr. And Mrs. Schwartz), of the purported "indecent proposal". The look of bitchy contempt that Mrs. Schwartz shot the ex, after he loaned her a bunch of money that she didn't repay. Heck, honey, YOU found him attractive enough to marry!

Angel McDaniel was a dental technician, which is different than a hygienist. Hygienists are required to graduate from a two-year college program, and some hygienists have bachelor's degrees or more. Technicians and dental assistants in many states can be trained on the job, with no education beyond high school. Certain expanded functions in dental offices will require special training or licensure. Whatever her level of education (and I suspect it's none too high), clearly she majored in Shit Stirring.

Yes! And she was arrested for "trying to save someone's dog"! Yeah, right. There was obviously a huge backstory to this case, but the show couldn't delve into it due to time constraints. This guy, Mr. Miller, is a network engineer with four children with his estranged wife and a new baby with the current girlfriend, and credit so bad he could only qualify on his own for a 12-14% car loan and needed to rent out his car to strangers on the weekends to make extra money? And why was his mother's boyfriend a co-defendant when he is not listed on the title of the car? JJ sure made him sit down in a hurry. I would love to find out exactly what was going on there.

I loved the hipster Stern brothers of Minneapolis today. The exquisite hipster ennui on the face of the defendant's witness brother...sheer perfection! I must have missed this gem when it ran for the first time. When Ben (?), the plaintiff, complained about the volume of his brother's girlfriend's stereo, I flashed back on This is Spinal Tap, where Nigel Tufnel's amp "went up to eleven"!!

Ack! Onemoretime, many moons ago (in pre-Internet days), I placed an ad in the "Casual Encounters" section of a dating paper for my cheating ex-BF, with his phone number listed. Immature, but oh, so satisfying!

Oh, I forgot about the magazines! And he had a big pile on the table in front of him. I think Crazy Dish Ex signed him up, too. Shame he couldn't prove it was her.

About the repeat case yesterday involving Dish Network, bikers, nuisance texts, and an engagement ring: I was only half paying attention since the litigants weren't very interesting. JJ usually homes in on the jewelry, but this time she didn't dwell on the ring very long when faced with that potpourri of madness! The male litigant adamantly denied they had been engaged, and the woman was insisting they were. If the woman had played it cool and described the ring as a "gift", not an engagement ring, she would have gotten to keep it. Then to top it off, in the hallterview she admitted sending the nuisance texts!

How about the foster mom and former foster daughter repeat today? Foster daughter was too "disabled" with her asthma to hold a job, but that didn't stop her from pushing out a couple of kids. That said, Foster Mom was a real treat! She let slip that she was "paying for life insurance" on her former foster daughter, like she deserved a gold star. When JJ asked, "And who is the beneficiary?", Mom replied "I am!" Nice of Mom to set it up so she inherits a nice chunk of change if Former Foster Daughter dies while having her next baby. Seriously, I wasn't aware that insurers will sell life insurance policies to persons who aren't the spouse or the child being covered.

I think what CuriousParker is trying to get at in a roundabout way is that it's okay to make fun of bad grammar and malapropisms but not to mock ethnic or racial speech patterns.

A new one for the lexicon! "Passengers-by" -- as uttered by the defendant in the San Francisco Baby Sling Chihuahua case. "I always keep my dog from interfering with the passengers-by on the sidewalk." Obviously it didn't work that day. You guys might not be as old as I am, but these three litigants reminded me of Peter, Paul and Mary, with dogs instead of guitars. (edited because I can't spell "chihuahua"!)

Re. The new case today...where in the U.S. are there subsidized three-bedroom apartments for $99/month? No wonder none of the litigants work when they are getting a deal like that. Their Internet bill was almost as much as the rent! The defendant's wife was sitting on the plaintiff's side. I wonder what the story was there. Poor thing, she couldn't possibly get a job because her husband made her do all the housework. Never mind the wife, though. I was mesmerized by the defendant's beard. That thing put the "goat" back in "goatee"! And did Weepy McPlaintiff say that she couldn't possibly do drugs because she isn't skinny? I had to rewind and listen to that a second time.

Repeats today: scamming uninsured San Diego consignment jewelry/pawnshop owner whose car was coincidentally broken into at a gas station on the day she was transporting a "locked" bag full of thousands of dollars' worth of consigned jewelry. She was with her "security guard", an unarmed, middle aged female friend. Yeah, right! I'm glad JJ ruled in favor of the plaintiff, and I hope the plaintiff has alerted the police to possible larceny. That one stunk to high heaven. And another hipster angst phony-as-a-four-dollar-bill case! Roommates Abish and Ashley, out on a drinking date, Ashley was texting too much which irritated Abish, so he threw her cell phone out the window. They weren't even good actors...they could hardly keep their story straight. Ashley's exaggerated eye rolling and "fer real?" at JJ. The Judester rightfully dismissed the case without prejudice so they could go back to San Francisco or Seattle or wherever and file there.

Oh, my goodness...Katherine and Delaney. That case was all kinds of phony. I was surprised that the case was about a vet bill instead of stilettos and a stripper pole. Boy is in WAY over his head.