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Oh, dear God.

I have to share this. I was getting new tires today, so I was waiting for my car to be finished. There was a lady talking loudly on her cell phone. She also had two kids who were screaming and running all over the place - big surprise. Anyway, she was complaining about something the tire guys did. And she said, "They had tooken them off, and they were all messed up." That, my friends, is the first time I've ever heard anyone say "tooken" outside of a TV court show.

I did that as well. The summer before I turned 16, I worked full-time at Arby's to make enough for my first car. I bought my car, which was a stick shift, while I only had a learner's permit. My dad's car was an automatic, but he knew how to drive standard, so he taught me in my car. I also had a couple of friends who drove stick shifts, and they helped me as well, but never in their own cars - only in mine. You don't want someone learning to drive stick to drive your car!

Aww. I love Byrd, often more than I love JJ. I like their rapport with one another, especially when she needs him to explain something regarding this newfangled technology. I like Douglas from TPC as well. Sonia from Hot Bench... The less I say about her the better.Speaking of technology, JJ can't imagine a person not having any checks. I wish Byrd would've explained to her that lots of us don't use checks anymore. Hell, I dont even know where my checkbook is. To be fair, I don't go around purchasing money orders, but I don't carry around checks. Most of us have moved to electronic payments. If the bank can't pay it electrically, they'll send send out a paper check. She also doesn't seem to understand the concept of direct deposit. I can't remember the last time an employer paid me with a check. The money is in the bank, and you use a debit card for purchases. What year is she living in? I can't imagine she still does her own grocery shopping, but if she does I wonder if she's the one holding up the line to write a check.

Double Talk. As in, "Don't double-talk me" (usually said whenever JJ doesn't understand something). Speaking of whenever, we should add: whenever a litigant uses "whenever" when it should be "when"

Now that you mentioned cars, there is also the Jeep nod. I no longer drive one, but when I owned a Jeep Wrangler, for some reason I was expected to nod at anyone else driving one. The first few times someone gave me the nod I was clueless. But I eventually caught on. It wasn't for those fancy Grand Cherokees, either. This was strictly a Wrangler thing.

I totally get what you're saying and, like you, sometimes agree with that philosophy when it's murky about whether or not there's a reasonable expectation of repayment. In this case, I don't think the plaintiff was any better off financially than the defendant. But ability to pay shouldn't matter. Here's an anecdote I will tell because this discussion has made me think about it: One of my exes has a $10,000 judgment against a company that took her money and ran. The company filed abruptly closed and eventually filed for bankruptcy. So she'll never see a penny of her money back from it. But she still was awarded the judgment. Just because it's an interesting story, I'll share the details of the case. The company was hired to convert her minivan to make it wheelchair accessible. Against my advice, she paid for the work in advance. I believe it was because it was the end of the year, and she wanted to get some of it back in the form of a tax credit. Anyway, the guy shipped the van to another state for a third party to do the work but didn't pay for the work to be done because he'd spent all of her money on other expenses. She even had to pay to have the van shipped back to where we live. At the time, I told her to try a TV court show since she wouldn't be able to collect anything otherwise. Blood from a stone and all. At least she'd get half of what she was out.

I can't quote properly from this damn iPad, so forgive my lack of formatting. "In the "stolen" clothes case, I kept waiting for the real reason they fell out to come to light. " My money is on some dude they were both pursuing who wasn't actually interested in either one of them and was enjoying playing them against each other. Clearly, I watch too many court shows. "And I think when JJ says "he doesn't have two dimes to rub together" she probably means that the person that's suing had no reason to expect to be paid back by someone who was broke." But is it for a court to decide that someone who legitimately owes money doesn't owe it just because they're poor? You get the judgment, and then it's on you to collect it. It's even more egregious that she said that on a TV court show, where neither litigant is paying the judgment anyway. My frustration with JJ is that she's completely inconsistent about this. Sometimes she'll dismiss a case because the person was stupid for laying out their money or credit for a loser, but other times she'll award the money. I think it's cruel for her to deny a judgment to someone she finds has actually been wronged. The idea of TV court is that you'll get your money back if you're right.

I had one of those cards when I had an FSA, and it wasn't supposed to work for non-approved purchases. For instance, if I went to Walgreens and used it, I had to swipe that card first, and then the cashier would ask me for alternate payment for the non-covered items.Then, all of a sudden, it started working for everything. I only found that out when I purchased some items at Walgreens that were covered (I think it was contact lens solution and aspirin) and some that definitely weren't. I swiped my FSA debit card first, as I'd always done, and the cashier thanked me for my business. I asked about the remaining balance, and the cashier said there wasn't one. After having this happen a few times, I finally just started having them ring up my covered purchases separately because, clearly, something was off. And I had no interest in getting in trouble for misusing my benefit. I assumed I'd have to settle up at some point and reimburse my FSA account later on for the items that shouldn't have been covered. They never asked me to.

I would have gotten more amusement from the clothing exchange case had the plaintiff not called the police. Does she not understand the ramifications an arrest could have had on her daughter's no-longer best friend? I hate that we have become a society that calls police for even the silliest of offense, and we see this shit on court shows too much. Someone hurt your little feelings? Call the police. Landlord won't return your deposit? Call the police. Someone calls you a bad word? Call the police. When did we become a nation of whiney little bitches? I have called the police three times in my life: once when a crazy ex stabbed me (yes, I'm stab-worthy); once when i was in a rollover car accident; and once when I witnessed a car accident from my office window. That's it. Where do these people live that it's appropriate to waste the police's time on this silly shit? No wonder there's never a cop around when you need one. They're too busy investigating borrowed leggings!

Absolutely. Where I live we a huge problem with red-light runners, despite the myriad of red light cameras the city has installed (for our safety, of course). I've learned, even when I'm in the intersection waiting for my turning arrow, to wait to make sure the traffic going straight actually stops. Sometimes I get a jackass behind me throwing up his hands in frustration, but I'm not going to get hit just to prove I had the right of way! Switching gears for a second, I have a question about a rerun I watched this week. JJ found the plaintiff to be in the right but refused to award any money because the defendant didn't have, as she put it, "two nickels to rub together." So my question is, are they seriously trying to convince us that the litigants pay the judgments? I thought this particular ruling was ridiculous. Isn't one of the benefits of going on a TV court show that if you lose it doesn't cost you anything? Why in the world would a judge - any judge - dismiss a case just because a litigant is indigent? Even if this were a real court, judgments are good for a while, are they not? Who's to say someone's circumstances won't change down the road? JJ often leaves me scratching my head, but this ruling had me screaming at my TV.

I tell people all the time - save your money, go to the courthouse, and spend the saved money on an awesome honeymoon. That may be why I don't get invited to many weddings!

That was my thought process as well. I did manage to come up with Washington. It was the only answer that made sense to me based on the birth year.

I don't think anyone could have a real friendship with someone like Korina because Korina will always need to have someone else around to bully. She needs to feel superior. Looking back on this season, there was always a target for her: Amanda, Sandhaya, and then Char. I think Korina is a talented designer, but her massive ego impedes it. Maybe she'll eventually look back on this season and grow from it. For her sake, I hope she does.

I agree with you about her being sexy. I think she's very attractive and love her curves. That being said, her gait is really distracting. She walks in heels the same way I do, which is not well. It almost looks as if her ankles are buckling or something. I recently watched The Help again and noticed that same walk.

I respectfully disagree. Char said she picked it because it had the most fabric. There was nothing she did to make me think she did it out of some sort of spite for Korina. Lord knows, there was a ton of fabric in that mess Korina had made!I really don't think Char did anything wrong here. She even seemed up to working with Korina, who could have left on a positive note if she possessed an ounce of class.

The only reason I'm happy that Char made it through is because I know how much it will piss off Korina. What a classless jerk. She could take lessons from Emily on how to lose with grace. Yes, she may have still been upset about the previous challenge, but she completely screwed up her chance to to make up for her horrid behavior. For the millionth time, Char did not vote to eliminate her. Why she has a problem with Char is completely beyond me. Char may not be a great designer, but she has class. I believe, if given the opportunity, she'd have spoken with Korina and tried to iron out their differences I would say I don't know who'd hire Korina after this display, but we all know she'll be back to bring more drama to another season. So I can't even say good riddance to bad rubbish. And I'm this show's bitch because I'll be there to watch it, too.

I haven't seen the episode yet, but I do the same thing you do and would piss off everyone behind me if I didn't. Where I live (Tucson) you are pretty much expected to pull forward into the intersection. In fact, some of our intersections have lines telling you where to pull forward to. The lines are marked "Wait." Also, we have mostly trailing left turn lights (traffic going straight gets the green light first), so if you don't pull forward, there are two to three cars behind you that won't have a chance to make the light.

You may be right. I should have clarified in my post that I think my parents took us to church because that's just where black folks went to congregate. They weren't particularly religious, and nor am I. Maybe in a future episode they will address that, since the church often plays a big part in black families. The show has done itself a favor by having plenty of stories it can tell. Like you, I'm interested to see what issues they tackle. There is enough diversity in age and experience with the characters that the possibilities should be endless.

This was the first episode I felt the need to comment on because it resonated so strongly with me. I remember as a kid walking through the mall with my mom and she'd say hello to every black person we saw. She didn't do the nod (my father did), but she actually said hello to every black person we passed. I asked her if she knew all those people, and she had to explain to me that we are supposed to say acknowledge each other, whether we know each other or not. The funny thing is that she and I were just discussing this recently because when we moved from the east coast to AZ, one of the first things we noticed was that the black folks here don't speak to each other. It may just be the area we live in, but we've both noticed it. The other thing that resonated with me (and the show does this well in general) is parents worrying that their children aren't "black" enough. I remember many instances of my parents trying to inject a little more soul in me. Although I played sports and was popular, I was at my core a huge nerd who'd rather have my head in a book than be out with friends. I am the child of an engineer and an accountant, so I'm not sure why my being a nerd surprised my parents. Anyway, my parents' solution was church. I made most of my black friends through church. In fact, I was telling that to Anthony Anderson via my TV. "Take them to church!"

It comes on at five where I live, which is when they used to air my old JJ episodes. The old JJ episodes now air at noon, and new JJ episodes air at six.

I got Walter White immediately, but I remember reading about that obit somewhere else, and that was my favorite show when it was on. I swore they had a clue about that previously, but I might have confused it with another show. The TV questions don't usually bother me (although I prefer when they ask about older shows for some reason), but I could see how some would see that as dumbing down the show. I didn't get the How I Met Your Mother FJ the other day because I've never watched the show, so I could see how something like that could be frustrating.

Snopes de-bunked the Ladasha thing a few years ago. I think your daughter was pulling your leg. http://www.snopes.com/racial/language/le-a.asp That's not to say that people don't name their kids crazy names. Remember our recent litigant, Toshiba?

I do, I do!!! It's not a color I wear often, but my skin (which is - like they sing in the song - the color of cafe au lait ) looks amazing when I wear orange. Also - red, green, and yellow. Unfortunately, when I get dressed for my soul-sucking job in the morning, wearing black, beige, and gray is usually all I can muster the energy to do. As usual, you guys make me anxious to get home and see these cases. Damn this west coast time zone.

I didn't know it was a girl thing, but I've absolutely done it. I lived with an abuser for a while, and after I finally got her out of my house, I was paranoid she'd return. Yes, I'd changed the locks, had an alarm, and owned a gun, but that chair under the door helped me feel a little safer. That being said, her reasoning for doing it was BS. She didn't do it out of fear. She did it as a ploy to get sole custody. That's what makes her despicable.