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I think his efforts would be more rewarded if he seemed to do anything that resembled being helpful around the house. He seems to spend an inordinate amount of time at the bar for someone who is married. The wife told him that the kids wear her out. Instead of offering to assist, he keeps bugging her for sex. This is not just a straight relationship issue. My ex was completely unhelpful around the house and left a path of destruction everywhere she went. But at nighttime, she expected me to be all hot and horny for her. You want to turn me on? Wash a dish or two once in a while; do a load of laundry; run the damn vacuum; don't leave your hair all over the shower and bathroom counter! I had no sympathy for him and his plight to get laid.

I much prefer shows on cable and premiums channels, simply because they can show "real" life a lot better. Also, shows on these channels seem to get more time to develop. It wasn't as funny as I expected based on the previews, but I'm considering that it's the pilot and will hopefully get funnier as it grows and the cast develops more chemistry.

Last night's game was just painful for me to watch. We had board jumping for no apparent reason and a lot of blank staring at the board. That was one of my least favorite episodes in a while. I wouldn't assume they didn't know who Copernicus was. My assumption was that they didn't know he was the answer to this particular clue. I think Hess is a regional thing. I'm from the northeast originally and knew it right away. However, I've not seen a Hess station anywhere on the west coast, where I've lived for almost a decade.

Whichever one keeps going back to the old "(blank) her, he hardly knew her" line needs to be tarred and feathered. Seriously, I can't tell you how much that annoys me.

I'm surprised that it's never happened, if it hasn't. Not that it'd be a valid suit, but we see frivolous lawsuits in the news all the time. And JJ loves to hurl insults and allegations at litigants. Outside of curse words, I can't think of anything she hasn't called a litigant at some point! Also, we've seen her accuse litigants of every type of fraud there is. I really am surprised no one ever sued her after being humiliated on national TV. The show must have some sort of disclaimer that protects her.

I think that's a fair point. There have been times when I didn't get FJ right and then came online only to find out I'm apparently a moron for not knowing something! I didn't get Tim Allen, probably because I spent most of the 90s avoiding him. I was just never a fan. I can see why others would think it was easy, but not everything is easy for everybody. I thought the football category, although enjoyable, was super easy. But I'm a former sports writer, so that's right in my wheelhouse. Regarding this FJ, the book and number 1 show part of the clue led me to wonder about Seinfeld. I didn't think Seinfeld was correct, but I was hoping he'd done some voice work in a Christmas movie I missed. I know he wrote at least one book and had a number 1 show. Tim Allen never even crossed my mind. I don't agree that we need to qualify why we think something was easy but it'd be nice if we cut down on the, "I can't believe someone didn't know something" talk. I don't think there's anything wrong with asking why a question like the one about the surgeon general should be an FJ question. Or why we're seeing more clues that are, basically, here's a picture; tell us who this is.

FJ was insultingly easy. That must really tick off contestants who aren't in first place. I mean, there's no chance for them to win unless the leader made a wagering error.

You could actually hear the audience gasp after she said that. Everyone was waiting for MM to go off on her!

She was so indignant about the prospect of having been with him. I didn't understand that, considering she'd been married to him. The cruise ship case had me begging for a JJ follow-up show. I'd seriously love to know if the plaintiff did file a police report. I'm sure she had to since she'd not receive her $5,000 verdict without doing so. I find I keep comparing JJ to the People's Court, which I only do because it's the only other court show I watch. However, one thing I like about TPC is that Harvey usually gives us an update after a case airs. Why, oh why, can't JJ do the same? I saw another old case that angered me. It had to do with a couple finding a woman's dog and, instead of locating its owner, they added it to their puppy mill. The plaintiff even accused them of mating the dog with its mother or some such. Crazy. Who finds a dog that obviously belongs to someone else and thinks, "Hey, this here dog will make beautiful puppies; let me breed it!" Of course, the dog's original owner should have had a tag and chipped it, which she claimed she didn't know she had to do. My beagle got away from its dogsitter's house. She had removed his tags when she gave him a bath and then lost them (it's why she's no longer my dogsitter.) Anyway, someone brought him to the Humane Society and they helpfully offered to let me get my dog back for a $95 donation. That's right; they were holding my dog hostage for $95. They said it was to cover their fees. Because apparently it costs $95 for them to read a chip, call me, and wait for me to pick him up ten minutes later. It was only when I threatened to come over with the police that they offered to waive the donation fee. My point of telling this story is that if I hadn't have had him microchipped, I'd have never seen my dog again.

Although there were some TS's I didn't understand, I thought he had a broad range of knowledge and was happy to see him win.

I see what you're saying. I don't think JJ follows the letter of the law, though. I think if someone owes you money and you have proof that it was a loan, your chances are better in a real small claims court than they are on a court TV show. JJ is just too all over the map when it comes to how she rules. But I think a lot of what fuels her rulings is the behavior of the party supposedly owed the money. Continuing to lend money after not being paid the first time is a big problem for JJ. As is continuing to sleep with someone who's done you wrong.

I think the law should protect people against scammers, but I also think people need to use a little common sense. I think JJ's rulings, though sometimes contradictory to her previous rulings, use a combination of law and common sense. It's one thing to loan someone money on the promise that they'll pay back when they receive money that's owed them. I wouldn't do it, especially with someone I'd been dating only for a month, but it happens. It's a whole other thing to continue to throw good money after bad money. People need to adopt a rule that the first time they loan someone money and it's not returned should be the last time they loan that person money. What was particularly stupid about the plaintiff in that case was that she was taking out payday loans. Payday loans! Seriously? She was lending money she didn't even have. That's one of the dumbest things I've ever heard of a person doing. Usually on these court shows, we see people who received a settlement or tax refund and then "loaned" all their money out to the sharks that were circling. These people need to adopt two rules. One: Don't loan people money. Ever. If you want to gift someone money that's fine, but don't expect to get it back. The few times I've made loans to friends I've always been the bad guy when I expect to be paid back. So I just stopped doing it. I even had a so-called friend tell me I had some nerve asking her to pay me money she owned me because I'm better off than she is! Two: Never tell anyone about a financial windfall. Just don't do it. It's amazing how many friends you have when you have money as opposed to how many friends you have when you're broke. In fact, it's best not to tell people about your financial situation anyway.

I was hoping MM would come back out after the idiot plaintiff yelled at her following the verdict. I've seen her do that in the past. I think she said "roachtrocious" meaning (in her mind) full of roaches. She lived there for four years with those deplorable conditions, and her landlord should pay for her to move because he wants her out after she hasn't paid rent for five months. She was completely delusional. I think MM was just sick of her attitude an decided to just rule and get away from her.

The plaintiff did herself no favors during her testimony. JJ likes litigants to get to the point and leave their emotions at the door. I thought if she's presented her case more calmly and less like a crazy person, she might have at least gotten a portion of her money returned. It's like some of these people don't even bother to watch the show before they go on.

Amen. I'd go work a street corner to raise enough money to get out of a place with rats. Just the thought of them makes my skin crawl.

That's how I got it, having never seen Evita.

I'd watch the hell out of a talk show featuring Red and Sister Ingalls.

Ok - I'm dying to know what you meant by that sentence. I agree that TPC sometimes has boring cases. I like the auto accidents because of my profession. I'm fascinated with how different people act immediately after a car accident as opposed to later on. For the record, not a single one of my clients has ever been at-fault for an accident, in their opinions! Just like with my corporate clients who think anytime one of their employees files a comp claim it's a scam. My least favorite cases are boyfriend/girlfriend, loan/gift. I don't like those cases, regardless of which show I'm watching. But I digress. The mothers in that stolen toy car case both needed some sense slapped into them. They were both insisting that neither of their children did anything wrong. Of course, they were much more emphatic about it in the hallway than they were in front of JJ. These parents are raising monsters that they've already unleashed on society. I was trying to think about how my parents would have reacted had a stolen something from a neighbor, and I couldn't even imagine because it never crossed my mind to do that. Not because I was a great kid but because I had a healthy fear of the wrath that would've come down on me from Mom and Dad if I stole. Instead of appropriately punishing their children, these two nitwits were making excuses for them. They're not doing the kids any favors. Also, I got at least six cases (in a three episode span) yesterday involving broken leases and security deposits. Did anyone else get those cases? I wondered if that was the theme of the day. ETA based on the post above, it may have only been one mother that was making excuses. For some reason I thought it was both.

I agree with you, which is why I'm still watching. It's just not as viewer-friendly when we don't know why she's doing what she does. Case in point, my post a few days ago when I didn't understand the ruling in the dental office alleged assault. Would it have killed her to say, I just realized that you DO in fact have a reason to make up this story; you're suing the dentist? That's when she frustrates me; when she doesn't explain her ruling or her hostility toward a litigant.

They always seem to miss the most obvious solution to the problem of not having a job. He was really snarky with MM, at least in the beginning. I was surprised she kept her temper in check with him. I wanted to punch him in the throat.

What a horribly bad wager Maire made. I wasn't watching the screen for the first part and swore Alex was saying "Camel" instead of Campbell. Anyway, I liked him. None of the contestants bugged me tonight, save for the FJ wagering. I loved the mention of Notre Dame's BCS loss. My boss is an ND grad and flew to Florida just for that game. We teased him mercilessly upon his return. He's a Jeopardy watcher, so I'm looking forward to some more ribbing tomorrow.

I also like that JJ gets to the point, although I think she gives a lot of cases the short shrift in her effort to be efficient. Even if she knows all the background of a case before she comes out to "hear" it, she needs to understand that we the public do not have this information. In those cases, she ends up coming off as judgmental (ha!) and rude. There have been a few cases where I'd like a little more detail, but JJ is just not interested. And I absolutely hate when dismisses counter-claims without even hearing them or giving a reason for doing so. We've also seen her be nasty to litigants for no apparent reason. Sure, a lot of her litigants are gaming the system, but JJ seems to have decided that everyone is. It seems if you have the audacity to be disabled or collecting unemployment you are automatically discredited. So I take my JJ in bits in pieces. Sometimes I have to take a few months' break from her. I much prefer MM over at People's Court. She gets through three cases in an hour fairly efficiently and rarely feels the need to berate a litigant. Short version: I like JJ too, but sometimes she gets on my nerves.

I missed that, thanks. It makes more sense then that she would be so invested. I thought she was extraordinarily concerned for being just an employee!

The wig on the TV repairman was hilarious. I could barely see the case through the tears that were rolling down my face from laughing so hard. He seemed to have an odd relationship with his employee, who seemed like she really ran the place. My goodness that lady was mean. I've heard of taking your job seriously, but calm down; it's not that serious. I think wig man was trying to reel her in, to no avail. She seemed personally offended that someone had the audacity to sue them. The crazy landlord made me wonder if the tenants met her before they moved in. You can't hide that level of crazy, not even for a moment. They had to know something was off with her before they agreed to rent from her. She wanted $50 a month extra + labor around the house for a tiny closet? MM was right - how can you enforce something so ambiguous? My definition of helping around the house does not include installing doors and moving fences. Then she claimed she spend 25 hours cleaning a 600-square-foot apartment. Seriously? I have a 2,000-square-foot house, and it's never taken me anywhere near that long to clean, even when I've done a top-to-bottom deep cleaning.

My cousin is in the Secret Service My cousin is in the Secret Service now, and I am surprised at the stories he tells me. I guess they're not so secretive. I know way more than I should know about several high-level political figures. He does have great stories. I didn't get FJ, but also slapped my head once it was revealed. I just had an issue recently in which I received a counterfeit $100 bill from a bank. Yes, a bank. The clerk at the store where I tried to use it thankfully gave it back to me so I could return it to the bank. It all worked out, but the whole thing was a bit scary.