All Episodes Talk: All Rise

[One Tough Cookie]

Made me choke on my coffee, Milz! :D

 

And I choked on my  "adult beverage".

[Ouisch]

And the first repeat episode was the  Detroit car towing scam and the Canadian RN.

 

Quite frankly, whenever I hear/read someone touting all the great free health benefits they have in Canada, I'm tempted to remind them of how many doctors and nurses who live near border towns choose to work in the US because they can earn more there. Salary caps for medical professionals in Canada leads to doctor/nurse shortages which results in long waiting times for many services (no offense meant to Canuckian JJ board members). I recall one Saturday morning when I'd driven my Mom to Henry Ford Hospital (located near downtown Detroit, which is also just minutes away from the Windsor Tunnel) for an MRI.....I started chatting with the many folks in the waiting room (mainly because they started asking questions aloud about a very prominent local news story  being broadcast on the waiting room TVs). Turned out that of all the folks in that waiting room, there was only one other local resident; all the others were from Canada. They'd opted to pay out-of-pocket for an MRI rather than wait for months for an appointment back in Ontario.I guess my point is that no matter how messed up our health care is in the US, Canada's system isn't some sort of Uptopia.

 

That said, I was SO pleased that the nurse had all her documentation in order to stick it to that Tom Larson's predatory towing company.and apparently her JJ appearance led to enough negative publicity so that the strip mall in question terminated their contract with Larson Towing.

Edited December 30, 2015 by Ouisch

[dustylil]

They'd opted to pay out-of-pocket for an MRI rather than wait for months for an appointment back in Ontario.I guess my point is that no matter how messed up our health care is in the US, Canada's system isn't some sort of Uptopia

 

Probably people from smaller communities in Ontario. Us city slickers rarely have to wait.

[Tosia]

Happy New Year all!

 

I had a student this year named, "Sharlett", which I kept mispronouncing as "Scarlett" due to the spelling weirdness. She was a sweet girl though.  Blame mom.

 

Also, I have been through the Windsor Tunnel a few times when my dad would go up to visit friends in Ontario and Michigan!  I love Canada and think I should be Canadian cuz I am/was overly polite (except anonymously online) and I like snow.  That's all it takes, ya?  

[Sarcastico]

That's all it takes, ya?

 

 

And hockey.  And saying "thank you" to ATMs.  Yes, it's true.  Happy New Year, fuckerbitches!

[rcc]

The Canadian healthcare system is superior to the U.S. IMO because when you need the care you don't have to worry about deductibles, showing your insurance card in the emergency room while sick and/or bleeding, or worry about the insurance company denying your claim. Canadians have the option of going over the border instead of waiting. In the U.S. you are at the mercy of insurance companies and/or the Republican Party who threatens to take away Obamacare to those who need it every chance they get.

 

I'm part Canadian, my grandfather was born in Quebec, and if I were born 15 miles north of here I would be Canadian too.

[lovesnark]

My favorite part of Leopoldone was if she felt threatened and attacked she was standing her ground, but them actually being attacked and responding was vigilante justice.

She was the best new litigant since Patricia Bean! It's perfectly fine for her to have her three little yappers off leash on this land that she doesn't own but, everyone else is supposed to have their dogs leashed. I guess she feels she's the queen of all and everyone is just supposed to kneel as she approaches. I wanted JJ to ask the plaintiffs more about how they were able to attack the old hag with the ball throwing toy with faces full of pepper spray. I thought Leopoldine's head was going to explode when JJ said more than once that she assaulted them. After the ruling, when she turned towards her husband with such a look of shock that JJ didn't tell her she was right, right, right! told me that her poor husband would have to listen to her go on about what a terrible injustice the whole thing was for days on end. Poor guy. I'm sure he loves the time he gets to himself when she's out walking her dogs.

Edited December 31, 2015 by lovesnark

[NYGirl]

Today's rerun.  Boy did JJ hate the plaintiff who loaned her dog Gonzo to the head shaking defendant who annoyed the crap out of me so much I wanted her to lose the case so bad.  JJ was quick firing questions at the plaintiff and unfortunately her answers did not hold up to JJs standards.  I still have no idea why she lost and it felt like Judy just didn't like her :(

 

BTW Happy New Year!

Edited January 1, 2016 by NYGirl

[AngelaHunter]

when you need the care you don't have to worry about deductibles, showing your insurance card in the emergency room while sick and/or bleeding, or worry about the insurance company denying your claim.

 

I live in Quebec and for sure it's not Utopia (what place is, other than, you know, UTOPIA?) but when I needed emergency care, I just went to the hospital, was taken in right away, stayed for three days and got all testing, consultation with specialists and care possible. I walked out not having a clue as to what that might cost. I could just concentrate on getting better and not worry about having to sell my house to pay the bill.

 

Happy New Year, fuckerbitches!

 

Back at you, Sarcastico! Another year of the best snark ever under our belts.

 

I don't know why, but yesterday's reruns were older than a couple of months and I enjoyed them totally, especially the beastly senior Ms Wentz, who was badly in need of a shave (she had a 'stache that would inspire envy in Sam Elliot) and a BRA! I"m with JJ - if anyone I was driving called me an "idiot" I would also stop the car and boot them out.

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

I'd like to propose an informal poll among our lovely little PTV/ JJ family:

 

Who among you has "loaned" a dog to somebody? Maybe if I was planning to run the Iditarod and I needed a few extra Huskies. .. ..or I wanted to scare a few prowlers away I would borrow a pit bull or two (or maybe Pitbull himself - Mr. 305 who would rap the burglars away).  I've had dogs my entire life and I have NEVER asked to borrow a dog or been asked if someone could borrow my dog. That plaintiff today was truly a moron. She just got pissed because she was paying the defendant a pittance to babysit her kid (I'm always amazed at those who look for the cheapest "deal" when choosing child care - don't you get what you pay for?). I figure she got pissed because the defendant asked for more than $20 a day (which in an eight hour day is $2.50 to watch a baby) and found the gubment would pay to watch her kid. Then she got her panties in a big old wad because she was "unfriended" on Facebook (oh. . . the horror) and next thing it was Renta-Gonzo. No wonder JJ called her a moron. 

[SandyToes]

I'm wishing I'd tuned in today! Dang!

 

Happy New Year to all the bestest internet friends in the whole wide world. Be safe if you are out partyin' tonight! Hope to see everyone back here safe and sound.

[Rick Kitchen]

Gonzo was such a cutie.

[AngelaHunter]

[califred]

Happy New Year!! I'm on a mini vacation and couldn't find Judge Judy here.

[iwasish]

Gonzo was such a cutie.

Did he even look at his previous owner? I caught JJ giving him the once over.

[Spunkygal]

Gonzo was such a cutie.

He was so freaking adorable! And he seemed to be happy with the defendant and never seemed interested in the plaintiff. At one point the defendant rested him on the table and he closed his eyes as if to say "take me home away from this drama!"

[iwasish]

He was so freaking adorable! And he seemed to be happy with the defendant and never seemed interested in the plaintiff. At one point the defendant rested him on the table and he closed his eyes as if to say "take me home away from this drama!"

Remember Baby Boy? He couldn't wait to get over by his owner. By far one of the best JJs ever.

[Brattinella]

I thought Baby Boy was gonna jump out of his skin!

[Tosia]

OMG, Sarcastico! I forgot about hockey!  I love hockey and my son has played since he was 5 years old. My nephews and brother-in-law family play too.  I guess I really could be Canadian. I love touks too! 

[zillabreeze]

OMG you slackers!  Did I really have to come out of a holiday, carb fueled, couch tater coma to point out that nasty Leopoldine was actually a better "Tootsie" than Dustin Hoffman?  Am I THAT old???

 

AND how about the repeat with the poor kid needing some wornout couches & furniture from his dead mother. POS Meth Mouth Dad and and the crap GF were beyond reproach.  

 

We should all take a moment and be thankful that we pay our bills, insure our cars and "don't have to have a good memory" in 2016.   Happy New Year to the best snarkers on the planet.  Looking forward to new episodes on Monday!!!!! 

[Oinky Boinky]

I'll play.

I was named after a popular song in the 1950's, which says, "All day, all night _____________.  Down by the seaside sifting sand.  Even little children love __________. Down by the seaside sifting sand"

 

Ok, let's deconstruct this:

1.  Being born in the 50's I can no longer go "All day, all night" in any fashion imaginable

2.  Never liked kids, never babysat, (Have 1 accidental daughter though who is great)

3.  Ok I adore the ocean, my favorite place to be so there's something!

All day, all night Mary Anne. (geez I'm old)

OMG, Sarcastico! I forgot about hockey!  I love hockey and my son has played since he was 5 years old. My nephews and brother-in-law family play too.  I guess I really could be Canadian. I love touks too! 

You can't be a Canadian until you spell toques with a q. Weird isn't it?

[Spunkygal]

And how about the POS dad who sued his DIL (I think for his son's bail money.) I was just as appalled at this case as I was upon original viewing. Something was said about the dad being an alcoholic and he looked like he had something going on. Son had terrible substance abuse problems and eventually took a lot of pills and was hit by a train. The DIL said she was not strong enough to identify the body, so POS dad did it. However, he took a pic of the body and mailed it to DIL, writing that it was all her fault and other nasty stuff. DIL has four kids (wasn't clear if all were fathered by the son) and it appeared that the deceased man's mom and sister were sitting on the defendant's side. What miffed me was although the POS dad got his money, JJ denied the defendant's counterclaim for harassment and emotional distress. If receiving a nasty letter with a picture of your dead husband's body after he was hit by a train doesn't qualify, I don't know what does. You missed this one, JJ.

[Brattinella]

And how about the POS dad who sued his DIL (I think for his son's bail money.) I was just as appalled at this case as I was upon original viewing. Something was said about the dad being an alcoholic and he looked like he had something going on. Son had terrible substance abuse problems and eventually took a lot of pills and was hit by a train. The DIL said she was not strong enough to identify the body, so POS dad did it. However, he took a pic of the body and mailed it to DIL, writing that it was all her fault and other nasty stuff. DIL has four kids (wasn't clear if all were fathered by the son) and it appeared that the deceased man's mom and sister were sitting on the defendant's side. What miffed me was although the POS dad got his money, JJ denied the defendant's counterclaim for harassment and emotional distress. If receiving a nasty letter with a picture of your dead husband's body after he was hit by a train doesn't qualify, I don't know what does. You missed this one, JJ.

 

That father was beyond disgustipating.   Wow, dad, I know sonny probably did you wrong a few times in life, but to carry a grudge THIS FAR?  To wreak havoc on his wife??  That photo would have pushed me over the violence edge.  And to drive all the way to California from (Arkansas?) just to maybe get back TWO HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS from your dead (young) son's wife when it was BAIL FOR YOUR SON???  Who do you think made him that way,  Pops?  He truly is not worth saving, he can just go straight to hell.

[Spunkygal]

Wow, I had already forgotten that it was for only $250! I was so incredulous that POS went to that extreme to get his freaking money back. Odds are, at least one of DIL's kids is the POS's grandchild. Let her use that money for that kid. He was a vindictive asshole. I don't know how he sleeps at night. And I felt sorry for the deceased man's mom and sister sitting there...the mom had teary eyes throughout. But as I say, I am so puzzled why JJ denied the counterclaim. I'm ready for new dysfunctional episodes.

Happy new year, y'all!

[iwasish]

Wow, I had already forgotten that it was for only $250! I was so incredulous that POS went to that extreme to get his freaking money back. Odds are, at least one of DIL's kids is the POS's grandchild. Let her use that money for that kid. He was a vindictive asshole. I don't know how he sleeps at night. And I felt sorry for the deceased man's mom and sister sitting there...the mom had teary eyes throughout. But as I say, I am so puzzled why JJ denied the counterclaim. I'm ready for new dysfunctional episodes.

Happy new year, y'all!

I thought she denied it because she felt that the fathers actions, while horrendous and disgusting, stemmed from a lot of pain and probably guilt on his part. It was easier to blame and try to hurt the DIL than face his own failings. Granting her counterclaim, even if it seemed warranted, would give him justification, in his warped thinking, to continue to blame others instead of coming to terms with the cold hard truth. Judge Judy rarely displays a lot of compassion for people, and when she does it sometimes seems to come from left field or be undeserved. I don't know if I'd have any for this man, but I think she did. Edited January 2, 2016 by iwasish

[Guest]

Yesterday brought me the rerurn of the case of two "nursing students" fighting over some babysitting money or something. Then these two idiots engage in some form of text message war, escalated into a Facebook free for all, then the bigger idiot tried to run the Defendant off the road. (I was going to write that both of these ladies identified as "moms," buy I'm sure you all would have guessed that anyway because of course they are.)

I would like to remind everyone: NURSING students. Both of these morons had giant chest tats and seemed incapable of passing gas, let alone any state board exam that would be required to become certified. These are the people who are eventually going to show up in our homes.

We're doomed!

[Spunkygal]

Yesterday brought me the rerurn of the case of two "nursing students" fighting over some babysitting money or something. Then these two idiots engage in some form of text message war, escalated into a Facebook free for all, then the bigger idiot tried to run the Defendant off the road. (I was going to write that both of these ladies identified as "moms," buy I'm sure you all would have guessed that anyway because of course they are.)

I would like to remind everyone: NURSING students. Both of these morons had giant chest tats and seemed incapable of passing gas, let alone any state board exam that would be required to become certified. These are the people who are eventually going to show up in our homes.

We're doomed!

I thought the same thing! Oh Lord, please don't let one of these childish morons tend to me. And here's a tip from a seasoned member of society, don't lend $25 (a) if you are a struggling student and (b) if you are a struggling student who is also a mom!! My head spins with the decisions these people make. In case you are wondering, yes, I was a struggling young lady back in the day, was fortunate to never be unemployed and worked as a secretary, even at jobs I truly, truly hated. Because..a novel idea...I had bills to pay. But I never, ever loaned anyone, not even my best friends, money. They never asked because they knew it wasn't going to happen. I do doubt some of the claims on JJ because they can't be proven, but it is a show and I still hope I win the essay contest to meet her!!! Winner announced by Jan 7. Hope it is either me or Toaster!

[AngelaHunter]

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I would like to remind everyone: NURSING students.

 

Yeah, I've noted before that nearly every single person we've seen who is involved in any kind of healthcare is a brutal, violent, illiterate beast. It's utterly terrifying to think of any helpless patients at their mercy.

 

Goodluck, Spunkygal! May you and Toaster be tied and both get to go!

Edited January 3, 2016 by AngelaHunter

[Toaster Strudel]

Well there was once a decent health care provider who was litigating against another healthcare provider that was a brutal, violent, illiterate beast... I think they worked with patients with serious disabilities... one found the other to be abusive and complained the the brutal, violent, illiterate health care supervisor that did nothing... you guys remember that one?  I think both litigants were black if that can job your memories.

[Brattinella]

Well there was once a decent health care provider who was litigating against another healthcare provider that was a brutal, violent, illiterate beast... I think they worked with patients with serious disabilities... one found the other to be abusive and complained the the brutal, violent, illiterate health care supervisor that did nothing... you guys remember that one?  I think both litigants were black if that can job your memories.

I kinda sorta remember that one; was one team of health care providers family members?  I think they were squabbling over the money that someone would get if the poor dear passed on.

[Quof]

Most of the litigants who claim to be "nurses" are not really nurses. They are a variety of personal care workers, nurses' aides, etc, who think calling themselves "nurses" impresses people.  In reality, they do menial (but by all means necessary) tasks like emptying bedpans, helping patients to the bathroom, etc.  They don't treat patients, such as dispensing medication, giving injections, starting ivs, etc. Which is a good thing, because they couldn't pass a test in basic anatomy, let alone pharmacology, if their lives depended on it.

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

 

That father was beyond disgustipating.   Wow, dad, I know sonny probably did you wrong a few times in life, but to carry a grudge THIS FAR?  To wreak havoc on his wife??

That guy was COLD  (how cold? ICE COLD)  I get being all pissed at the DIL but damn, there was ice water in his veins. 

 

My daughter is an R.N. She is nationally and state certified as a registered nurse and works at a very busy trauma center ER. I remember a few years back when she was in nursing school one of her classmates was trying to expunge a marijuana possession charge from her TEEN record found during her nursing background check before she could see patients (her friend was in her 30s, married with three kids and had never had another charge since then). So they go through your criminal (and credit/personal) records pretty extensively. I'm guessing the majority of these tattooed morons claiming the "nurse" title couldn't pass the background checks much less the curriculum. 

 

Anybody remember that freaking yahoo with the big mouth that claimed to be an EMT student? The one that wouldn't shut up? I imagine being a "student" of whatever certainly doesn't mean you'll pass the class or the certification. 

 

Went to a funeral recently where an acquaintance (relative of one of my relatives but not related to me) was talking about working at a nursing home and her great job. After a few minutes of questioning about whether she had her CNA (since she has a criminal background) she mentioned she worked in dietary - so basically she called herself a "nurse" for bringing trays to old people in bed. 

[Milz]

 

Anybody remember that freaking yahoo with the big mouth that claimed to be an EMT student? The one that wouldn't shut up? I imagine being a "student" of whatever certainly doesn't mean you'll pass the class or the certification. 

 

 

 

The one who doesn't eat goose?

 

[AngelaHunter]

one found the other to be abusive and complained the the brutal, violent, illiterate health care supervisor that did nothing

 

Yes, I remember. The person in charge apparently abused - punched him in the face, IIRC -  one of the mentally disabled patients, but the person who complained only did so when questioned about the incident and was forced to relate what happened. He never reported it at the time.

 

My SIL is going through this now. Her sister has Down's Syndrome and has reached an age where it's combined with senility. She's in a long term care facility and my SIL has to go several times a day to make sure her sister is fed and is not being harmed by other patients or by the staff.  The way society's most vulnerable people are often treated is an outrage.

[Brattinella]

Yes, I remember. The person in charge apparently abused - punched him in the face, IIRC -  one of the mentally disabled patients, but the person who complained only did so when questioned about the incident and was forced to relate what happened. He never reported it at the time.

 

My SIL is going through this now. Her sister has Down's Syndrome and has reached an age where it's combined with senility. She's in a long term care facility and my SIL has to go several times a day to make sure her sister is fed and is not being harmed by other patients or by the staff.  The way society's most vulnerable people are often treated is an outrage.

Oh My God.  This breaks my heart that people are treated this way.  Prayers sent for your SIL and her sister. 

Edited January 4, 2016 by Brattinella

[Guest]

Unless you're super rich or super lucky, if you need to be confined in a typical nursing home, expect the kind of "quality" care provided by those two losers from last week's case. angelahunter's assessment of how our most vulnerable are treated is sadly accurate.

They don't treat patients, such as dispensing medication, giving injections

Didn't one of those idiots says that the class they were in, or were going to, was one where they were to learn how to give injections? Edited January 4, 2016 by Guest

[AngelaHunter]

Prayers sent for your SIL and her sister.

 

Thank you. It's very distressing. Watching the ghastly people we see on this show caring for the incapacitated makes me think that if you have a hair-trigger temper, no self-control, and are so dumb, uneducated and totally lacking any inhibitions about physical violence to the point where you can't get any other kind of job, go into "health care" where none of that seems to matter, and most of all try to get patients/clients who can't complain, as in the situation I mentioned.

 

Remember the other nurse we saw here who was suing her co-worker when the former was the one who was supposed to give a child an injection, but couldn't be bothered because it was her lunchtime? She was hungry! And that was supposedly a real nurse.

[CoyoteBlue]

From my understanding, the apostrophe represents the missing diacritical mark, a long accent that goes over the "O" before Irish names were Anglicized.  While the "O" represented that someone was a descendant of, the apostrophe does not represent missing letters, it's just a modern way of spelling a name that formerly had an accent.  That all goes to my point that when it comes to names, people have made all sorts of changes throughout history.  I'm just not seeing why the name "C'Andre" deserves scorn just because it isn't traditional, run-of-the-mill or typical.  For a lot of American names with apostrophes like his, the apostrophe denotes that it's not pronounced "can-drey" and that the "c" is pronounced just like someone decided the "O" in "O'Donnell" means descendant of and when it was anglicized that the apostrophe was replaced by the accent mark.

 

That's where an apostrophe denotes a glottal stop. This keeps the O from changing the sound of the following name once the space is removed. (O'Donnell vs. Odonnell) Mac doesn't get an apostrophe because it kinda makes its own glottal stop. So yeah, if C'Andre actually pronounces it Ceh-Ahn-Drey - good use of an apostrophe. "Candrey" - no. A lot of names with apostrophes tend to act like they don't exist, and that bugs me. They actually have a purpose and if you use them as window dressing to prettify your name, you deserve the response you get.

 

If you want a "special" version of a standard name, then I reserve the right to pronounce it just like it looks. And I include foreign names - they should be readable by natives of that language. Like Jacques "Jah-queese" the Fourth. There's no way you get an 'eee' sound out of that - in English OR French, I believe. 

[teebax]

Did anyone else get a new case today? We had the rare instance of JJ changing her mind about the bachelor party that trashed a limo.

The plaintiff had drug tests to submit for six of the seven of them to prove they weren't doing lines of coke. Unfortunately, that was more damning since it was the seventh dude that was the problem! They were from Fargo, which I just finished marathoning on FX. I guess there is a market there for drugs.

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

My cousin was named Joquin (which is pronounced Wa-keen, not Joe-Quinn). He found it easier to go by Jackie so that his name wasn't mispronounced. 

 

I work at a pediatric doctor's office - we have entire families of children who have a random letter-apostrophe deal going, i.e. 

D' Andre 

D'Anthony

D' Anita

D' Cedric

D' John (as in the mustard, yes MA'AM)

D' Marques

 

 (these are not actual names because then I would violate HIPPA laws but you get my drift). Some have a random Z' at the beginning. I guess they take the initial from the father's first name and use that in front of all the kids' names - even the girls

 

Wow, I hadn't imagined Fargo was such a wild place to hold a bachelor party. I was waiting for the plaintiff to call the unfortunate stripper(s) that were most likely riding around in the nasty limo. 

Edited January 5, 2016 by ItsHelloPattiagain

[27bored]

Did anyone else get a new case today? We had the rare instance of JJ changing her mind about the bachelor party that trashed a limo.

 

The plaintiff had drug tests to submit for six of the seven of them to prove they weren't doing lines of coke. Unfortunately, that was more damning since it was the seventh dude that was the problem! They were from Fargo, which I just finished marathoning on FX. I guess there is a market there for drugs.

 

Yeah, that was interesting. She seemed less cranky than normal. I have no choice but to conclude that Jerry put that act right on her over the holidays. She probably had more than a little dreidel for the holidays, is all I'm sayin'.

 

Girl...I'm too tired for this shit...

 

What day is it? And in what month this clock never seemed so alive. Damn. Shit. Fuck.

 

I wish I felt more rejuvenated than I do but dammit I don't. S'bullshit.

 

The old case today was the one with the drunk guy and the tall guy who looked kind of like Ernest from those Ernest Goes To Blah movies back in the 90s, but maybe a little better looking and more polite. He was drunk, but it seemed like he was a class act because he tried shaking the dude's hand at the end of the trial, even though he lost.

 

Sidenote: I'm going to try to broach this sensitive subject tactfu---fuck it, I'm tired of motherfucking pisspoots. Pissfarts. Whatever. I'm tired of going to a stall, taking a leak, then some dude comes in next to me, start pissing and then passes gas. It's like tsssssssssssss BURRRRRRRRRRRRR. Now I have to stand holding my breath until I can finish and walk away from his stanking ass. And I feel some kind of way about it, not just because it's gross and you need to slow your goddamn bladder down so the exertion doesn't cause you to drop an air biscuit on my life, but I also feel like it's my job to make fun of your motherfucking ass but I can't because it's not professional for a grown ass man to do that. Well how professional is it for you to be flatulent in public? Shit.

 

Anywhoodle, uh, yeah, JJ seemed nicer today. She even called the chick who gave the dog back to its owner and wanted her money back a "sweet girl". Like I said, Jerry must've got-r-done over the holidays. In between watching episodes of Wendy Williams.

[Guest]

"PISSPOOTS." Fucking hell I laughed like one of Nurse Ratched's patients. What made it more amusing is that I had no idea you were a guy.

PISSPOOTS.

SO, yeah. I was yelling at the TV today when JJ seemed all ready to rule for the shady plaintiff simply because he and his Lurch-like friend claimed no one smoked in the limo -- despite photographs of the beer can with cig ashes all over it* and testimony from the guy who cleans the limo saying it reeked of smoke. The f with that?! And the Shady Party Guy whips out those hair follicle tests?! Who paid for those? Those cant be cheap -- even in Fargo. And how would he even know the Defendant had evidence of coke use? I didn't think the defense had to turn over their evidence to the plaintiff.

Also, I have no idea why anyone would own a limo company and think that an 18-hour bachelor party booking would be anything other than a bad idea.

*I smoke and that pic of the beer can with the ashes looked EXACTLY like all the beer cans I've ever used as de facto ashtrays over the years.

[chenoa333]

27bored...I am getting so excited about calling somebody, (ANYBODY for that matter) PISSPOOTS.

I'm going to do it first thing tomorrow! I love it!

[iwasish]

That's where an apostrophe denotes a glottal stop. This keeps the O from changing the sound of the following name once the space is removed. (O'Donnell vs. Odonnell) Mac doesn't get an apostrophe because it kinda makes its own glottal stop. So yeah, if C'Andre actually pronounces it Ceh-Ahn-Drey - good use of an apostrophe. "Candrey" - no. A lot of names with apostrophes tend to act like they don't exist, and that bugs me. They actually have a purpose and if you use them as window dressing to prettify your name, you deserve the response you get.

 

If you want a "special" version of a standard name, then I reserve the right to pronounce it just like it looks. And I include foreign names - they should be readable by natives of that language. Like Jacques "Jah-queese" the Fourth. There's no way you get an 'eee' sound out of that - in English OR French, I believe.

Was reading the sports page and saw a name "Cleanthony" and thought of this forum/discussion. Does he have a brother named "Dirtytony"?

[AngelaHunter]

Yeah, that was interesting. She seemed less cranky than normal. I have no choice but to conclude that Jerry put that act right on her over the holidays. She probably had more than a little dreidel for the holidays, is all I'm sayin'.

 

OH, god. Stop. I'm choking.

 

Limo rider - hated his smarmy, lying little self. He looks like a generic momma's best boy, of the type we see way too often. I thought his big buddy looked like the Friendly Giant.

[AZChristian]

Must confess I wasn't paying real close attention when the segment came on.  I heard the words "bachelor party" and when I saw the defendant, my first thought was, "OH MY!"  I thought maybe she was the stripper who showed up, so the plaintiff stopped payment on the check.

 

Seems to me one of the court shows had a case similar to that a few years back.  Plaintiff wanted a refund because (as he put it), "We wanted a hot chick, and got someone old enough to be the mother of the groom."

[27bored]

I don't blame them for suing. No one wants to make it rain for nana.

The More You Know

[EtheltoTillie]

Wow stupid puppy girl returns dog after only two days. I'm glad JJ told her not to have children anytime soon.

[Milz]

My cousin was named Joquin (which is pronounced Wa-keen, not Joe-Quinn). He found it easier to go by Jackie so that his name wasn't mispronounced. 

 

I work at a pediatric doctor's office - we have entire families of children who have a random letter-apostrophe deal going, i.e. 

D' Andre 

D'Anthony

D' Anita

D' Cedric

D' John (as in the mustard, yes MA'AM)

D' Marques

 

 (these are not actual names because then I would violate HIPPA laws but you get my drift). Some have a random Z' at the beginning. I guess they take the initial from the father's first name and use that in front of all the kids' names - even the girls

 

Wow, I hadn't imagined Fargo was such a wild place to hold a bachelor party. I was waiting for the plaintiff to call the unfortunate stripper(s) that were most likely riding around in the nasty limo. 

 

So all these kids have the same father? :0

 

I thought the limo guys were toast when they submitted 6 of 7 follicle tests.

[ItsHelloPattiagain]

 

So all these kids have the same father? :0

I never said they had the same baby mama though  **blinks***

 

PISSPOOTS. That's the most brilliant verbiage I've heard in forever. Although that's a lot better than the old folks that "crop dust" in Publix while their carts are blocking the aisle with one lone can of cat food and a pound of coffee (along with a 24 pack of paper towels cos they were on sale).