All Episodes Talk: All Rise

[AuntiePam]

4 hours ago, AZChristian said:

No, this is "Queen Esther" - the lady with the long nails and the Dollar Store headpiece.  

ETA, just for grins, I did what some of us (come on, admit it) do.  I tried to look her up in Facebook.  I was amazed at how many people named "Kwahniqua" there are.  Must be the new "Mary."

Oh, I looked her up too.  If a particularly obnoxious litigant has an uncommon name, I almost always check 'em out on FB.  It's surprising when I can't find them.  They might not stay in a place long enough to have a stable internet connection, but they all have smartphones -- so why can't we find them? 

[SRTouch]

19 minutes ago, AuntiePam said:

Oh, I looked her up too.  If a particularly obnoxious litigant has an uncommon name, I almost always check 'em out on FB.  It's surprising when I can't find them.  They might not stay in a place long enough to have a stable internet connection, but they all have smartphones -- so why can't we find them? 

I've wondered in the past whether, when they are given the choice whether or not to use their name, they might not also be given a chance to make up a name.

[AZChristian]

9 minutes ago, SRTouch said:

I've wondered in the past whether, when they are given the choice whether or not to use their name, they might not also be given a chance to make up a name.

Some people just keep themselves really private online. I know someone from another reality board online, and her Facebook. In both places she has a different screen name, neither one of which is her real name.

[Quof]

You talkin' about me??  

I have Facebook, Twitter and Instagram profiles, in addition to PTV.  I use 4 different names, none of which is real.  (I don't connect with anyone I really know on my social media accounts, they're just to follow businesses, celebrities, etc, so no one needs to be able to find me. I don't post anything.)  I don't do social media in my real life. Googling my real name turns up only a very few professional mentions, and no photos of me.

[AZChristian]

6 minutes ago, Quof said:

You talkin' about me??  

I have Facebook, Twitter and Instagram profiles, in addition to PTV.  I use 4 different names, none of which is real.  (I don't connect with anyone I really know on my social media accounts, they're just to follow businesses, celebrities, etc, so no one needs to be able to find me. I don't post anything.)  I don't do social media in my real life. Googling my real name turns up only a very few professional mentions, and no photos of me.

Nope, not talking about you . . . but you have eloquently backed up my statement.  Thanks!  

I'm just a little old retired lady with no professional career to damage, so I do use FB with my real name.  And quite a few people on another reality board have met me, and they are friends also on FB now, so I'm not very undercover.  I think if I had it to do over again, I might be a little more concealed.

[AngelaHunter]

I admit I'm a bit OCD about online privacy. I signed up with FB only to communicate with far-flung family (it seems the only way anyone wants to keep in touch these days) but am not active there and probably check in once a month, if that. I am still amazed at how many people - like those on pornographic Reddit subs - will post a zillion pictures of themselves naked and in provocative poses with their faces fully revealed. Do they not realize that friends, family, neighbours, employers, etc can see this? I guess I'm just old-school, with the archaic idea that some things should be private.

Every time we see a female litigant here, crying because some loser ex-boyfriend sent around nude pics of her I have not one iota of sympathy. You want to bare all in texts or whatever, suffer the consequences, you foolish bitches.

[Florinaldo]

2 hours ago, AngelaHunter said:

Do they not realize that friends, family, neighbours, employers, etc can see this?

It has become standard practice for many employers, including our company, to check an applicant's social presence. I can't tell you the number of times we have been appalled at what content (not necessarily sexual) we found people considered appropriate for public posting (who knows what is on the restricted portions of their profiles). In such cases, it is an almost immediate reason to dismiss the application, because of a flagrant lack of judgment that could turn out to be detrimental in the course of their daily routine duties (unless the applicant has some rare specialized skills and we think it might be possible to discuss during the interview the need to reform some posting habits; even that does not always work).

Edited November 27, 2017 by Florinaldo

[AngelaHunter]

1 hour ago, Florinaldo said:

). In such cases, it is an almost immediate reason to dismiss the application, because of a flagrant lack of judgment that could turn out to be detrimental in the course of their daily routine duties

Exactly. I see men identifying themselves as doctors or teachers posting very explicit, x-rated pictures of themselves. Maybe they think no one they know will see them, and in that they are often wrong. I'm not saying that doing such negates their skill, but seeing their recklessness and wondering about their mentalities may very well make me decide I don't want them working for or representing me or the company I"m with.

If someone is so short-sighted, lacking in judgement and thoughtless that they don't realize they shouldn't post a picture for the world to see if they wouldn't want their mother or their child to see it one day - not  someone I'd want on my payroll.

[Florinaldo]

44 minutes ago, AngelaHunter said:

I see men identifying themselves as doctors or teachers posting very explicit, x-rated pictures of themselves. Maybe they think no one they know will see them, and in that they are often wrong.

There's also a good number of women who do the same.

But even if it's non-sexual, often the content gives you pause as to how discerning they are: they disparage their present colleagues or employer, criticize customers while the project contract is still running, expose in detail some sordid family feud or throw insults at prominent people or institutions in their field of work. All this readily accessible by anyone, including their targets. Their opinions may be perfectly valid in their eyes, but there are other more appropriate ways and forums to express them, unless you do not care about the consequences on your professional future.

[AngelaHunter]

11 hours ago, Florinaldo said:

There's also a good number of women who do the same.

Absolutely - just as many or maybe even more.  I just never see any of them.;)

[Cocoabean]

Oh my goodness...I just recently saw the Queen Esther episode. Wowsa, she actually thought JJ was impressed with her getup! 

Oh, hello! New here, nice to meet you all. JJ lover here! 

The car repo episode ended with the plaintiff getting all her money back. 

[Guest]

23 hours ago, AngelaHunter said:

I am still amazed at how many people - like those on pornographic Reddit subs - will post a zillion pictures of themselves naked and in provocative poses with their faces fully revealed. Do they not realize that friends, family, neighbours, employers, etc can see this? I guess I'm just old-school, with the archaic idea that some things should be private.

Every time we see a female litigant here, crying because some loser ex-boyfriend sent around nude pics of her I have not one iota of sympathy. You want to bare all in texts or whatever, suffer the consequences, you foolish bitches.

I stated something similar at our Thanksgiving dinner.  The subject came up because "someone someone knows" is thinking of leaving CT because of nude photos online.

The obnoxious girlfriend of a cousin called me (get this) an old fogey. 

I was completely surprised that she called me that in front of 30 plus people.  Not because it mattered but because I didn't think she had an IQ that would have processed and retained the meaning of fogey.

And on a side note - her contribution to the meal hit the floor like a sack of wet cement.  And no, I was on the other side of the room.

[AngelaHunter]

5 minutes ago, PsychoKlown said:

The obnoxious girlfriend of a cousin called me (get this) an old fogey. 

You need to tell her not to cry then, when her explict, porn-y photos are sent to her father (remember the case here where that happened and dumb girl shed many tears?) and her employers, etc. by some ex-boyfriend who's pissed at her. JJ told her the same thing - you make your bed, lie in it.

If having one ounce of common sense and self-respect makes us fogeys, I'm happy to join the "Old Fogey Club".

 

ETA: Welcome, Cocoabean! The more snark, the merrier in our little club!

Edited November 27, 2017 by AngelaHunter

[AZChristian]

9 minutes ago, PsychoKlown said:

I stated something similar at our Thanksgiving dinner.  The subject came up because "someone someone knows" is thinking of leaving CT because of nude photos online.

I'm such an old fogey that I don't even know what CT is.  LOL.

Welcome @Cocoabean.  Looking forward to your snark!!!

[Guest]

17 minutes ago, AZChristian said:

I'm such an old fogey that I don't even know what CT is.  LOL.

Welcome @Cocoabean.  Looking forward to your snark!!!

Sorry.  Connecticut. 

[AZChristian]

Just now, PsychoKlown said:

Sorry.  Connecticut. 

Thanks - LOL.  I was trying to figure it out in the context of leaving something because of the nude photos online.  Like, does this twerp know that online photos can be sent to ANY state?

Thanks, from AZ.

[AngelaHunter]

Oh, come on, you guys!  I"m a Canuck and even I know that CT is "Connecticut." ;)

[Guest]

16 minutes ago, AngelaHunter said:

Oh, come on, you guys!  I"m a Canuck and even I know that CT is "Connecticut." ;)

I suppose I could have really set things in a spiral by saying that CT meant "Church Theology". 

[Florinaldo]

1 hour ago, AZChristian said:

Like, does this twerp know that online photos can be sent to ANY state?

From talking to the job applicants I mentioned upthread and to younger colleagues who know similar people, it appears that many social media users seem to believe that through a strange, almost mystical, process their posts are protected by a bubble and that only the people who are part of their circle of intimates will access them. In this instance, the person probably thinks there is an Internet Cone of Silence around CT.

That level of technical ignorance or naiveté appears to be shared by many of the JJ litigants. Including those dumb women who post pics of themselves in revealing poses expecting to clinch the seduction process, and are then shocked when they spread all over the Web.

Full disclosure: I am nearing my mid-30s, so I guess I qualify as an "old fogey" in the eyes of the silly young thing PsychoKlown mentioned.

Edited November 28, 2017 by Florinaldo

[Guest]

Hats off to the producers from today's case of the mother suing her mouth-breathing, mountainous daughter for damages to her rental property:

Judge Judy (to Defendant Daughter): And where do you live now in Kentucky?

Defendant Daughter: I'd rather not say...I don't want my mother to know.

[five seconds later]

TITLE CARD UNDERNEATH DEFENDANT: Amy Fruth, Madisonville, Kentucky

Dead, y'all! D.E.A.D!

I was also quite distracted by Asian Tilda Swinton who was sitting directly behind the Defendant in this case and in the Snake in the Motherfucking Basement case from the other new episode. While she was quite striking in that Tilda Swinton kind of way, I couldn't get past the 14 coats of self tanner she had applied to her face. 

[AngelaHunter]

38 minutes ago, Florinaldo said:

it appears that many social media users seem to believe that through a strange, almost mystical, process their posts are protected by a bubble and that only the people who are part of their circle of intimates will access them.

There's also a large number of people - not youthful either - who seem to think that if someone advertises on Craigslist it automatically means that person is nothing but ethical and beyond reproach. What a  disappointment it must be to find that is not always the case.

 

21 minutes ago, Giant Misfit said:

 

TITLE CARD UNDERNEATH DEFENDANT: Amy Fruth, Madisonville, Kentucky

Yes! The title card writers are right up there with the announcer and the camera people in the "Awesome" category. "Says he's a musician" and "Stay at home 21-year old mother of four."  They all make me so happy.

[SandyToes]

38 minutes ago, Giant Misfit said:

Hats off to the producers from today's case of the mother suing her mouth-breathing, mountainous daughter for damages to her rental property:

Judge Judy (to Defendant Daughter): And where do you live now in Kentucky?

Defendant Daughter: I'd rather not say...I don't want my mother to know.

[five seconds later]

TITLE CARD UNDERNEATH DEFENDANT: Amy Fruth, Madisonville, Kentucky

Dead, y'all! D.E.A.D!

COMPLETELY  missed this!  OMG!  That's hysterical.  And yes, the production crew gets top  marks for all the special touches (like the long, wide-angle view of Queen Esther's, um, "other" side).  They are really getting into the spirit of the show!

[AZChristian]

1 hour ago, AngelaHunter said:

Oh, come on, you guys!  I"m a Canuck and even I know that CT is "Connecticut." ;)

Well, Canada is closer to CT than AZ is.  LOL.

[AngelaHunter]

Ellamae is another one whose reasoning is, "Just because I didn't pay for the car doesn't give him the right to repo it." Yeah, it does you moron. Ellamae, whose voice made my ears bleed,  had to take her daughter for an emergency visit to her aunt and yadda yadda and he knew I'd pay for it, except I didn't and... sigh. Another deadbeat who couldn't even have a job without being fired. Larry says in the hall that he's learned a lesson. If at your age you're just learning stuff like this, I don't know how much hope there is for you, Larry.

Ms.Englund (i'm not sure about her wardrobe choice here which exposed her arms) is suing her erstwhile Lovah Boy, the geeky, trout-mouthed Ichabod-ish Johnathan for some old camera of hers he has. In return he wants his old stereo back, along with his 30$ portable barbeque grill (30$? I don't think so) and whatever other junk of his for which he pines. Hats off to you Johnathan - TWO women want you. Wonders never cease. Only good part? "Byrd, go take that camera from him." Byrd does it, while Johnathan's fish-mouth gapes.

Oh, boy! Got a preview where a litigant says, "EggaZACKLY!" Can't wait.

29 minutes ago, AZChristian said:

Well, Canada is closer to CT than AZ is.  LOL.

Hey, it's part of YOUR country!! Hee! But, yeah - I've been to CT a few times. Lovely place.

[Cobalt Stargazer]

17 minutes ago, AngelaHunter said:

Oh, boy! Got a preview where a litigant says, "EggaZACKLY!" Can't wait.

And she followed it up with 'unlegal', so bonus!

[Brattinella]

@Florinaldo, every time I come across the term "Cone Of Silence", I get the giggles.  Thanks!

[galaxychaser]

On 11/24/2017 at 9:06 PM, chenoa333 said:

I missed this one. Can someone fill me in?  I almost want to send this creature a sympathy card.

Wow poor lady.  And I thought Jay Leno had a big chin. 

[jilliannatalia]

4 hours ago, galaxychaser said:

Wow poor lady.  And I thought Jay Leno had a big chin. 

I thought of Jay Leno as well. Leno once reached out to an unfortunate young girl who was teased about the prominence of her lower mandible. Some of her peers addressed or referred to her as "Chinny-Chin-Chin." I was mature and didn't cite that here. Until now.

 

I suppose I'm not so mature after all.

[Quof]

Yeah, the chin was unfortunate and couldn't be helped.  But she chose to enhance it with multiple piercings, freakish hair colour, and posture to rival that of my great-granny.   Not to mention the attitude.

[jilliannatalia]

3 hours ago, Quof said:

Yeah, the chin was unfortunate and couldn't be helped.  But she chose to enhance it with multiple piercings, freakish hair colour, and posture to rival that of my great-granny.   Not to mention the attitude.

She didn't exactly do herself any favors, cosmetically or otherwise.

[AngelaHunter]

3 hours ago, Quof said:

 Not to mention the attitude.

It's all in the attitude and (lack of) character. There have been plenty of ordinary or physically attractive people here, but lack of a moral compass or basic decency makes them ugly, to me anyway. Even (insert name of good-looking actor) would be repulsive if he stood there talking about how he scammed and cheated everyone from the taxpayers to some desperate woman, and worms his way out of supporting his own kids.

[AngelaHunter]

*double post. Weird*

Edited November 28, 2017 by AngelaHunter

[Cocoabean]

12 hours ago, AngelaHunter said:

Ellamae is another one whose reasoning is, "Just because I didn't pay for the car doesn't give him the right to repo it." Yeah, it does you moron. Ellamae, whose voice made my ears bleed,  had to take her daughter for an emergency visit to her aunt and yadda yadda and he knew I'd pay for it, except I didn't and... sigh. Another deadbeat who couldn't even have a job without being fired. Larry says in the hall that he's learned a lesson. If at your age you're just learning stuff like this, I don't know how much hope there is for you, Larry.

Ms.Englund (i'm not sure about her wardrobe choice here which exposed her arms) is suing her erstwhile Lovah Boy, the geeky, trout-mouthed Ichabod-ish Johnathan for some old camera of hers he has. In return he wants his old stereo back, along with his 30$ portable barbeque grill (30$? I don't think so) and whatever other junk of his for which he pines. Hats off to you Johnathan - TWO women want you. Wonders never cease. Only good part? "Byrd, go take that camera from him." Byrd does it, while Johnathan's fish-mouth gapes.

Oh, boy! Got a preview where a litigant says, "EggaZACKLY!" Can't wait.

Hey, it's part of YOUR country!! Hee! But, yeah - I've been to CT a few times. Lovely place.

This car repo case had me slack jawed! You were supposed to pay him $100 every two weeks you moron!! Even if you could prove to JJ that you paid once a month he could still take your car. WHAT DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? In the hallterview she was still saying her car was stolen!

Then in another episode we had two yoobs with the "I own the car but registered it in his name 'cause I don't have a license but wanted to take a title loan and he got some money too and he 'gave' me the money, ya honah!" (run on sentence, exactly how the def spoke). Back and forth at each other and JJ. JJ yelling about fraud and how they deserve each other. 

At the end JJ awarded $600 to the loan company....why? Did she just want to do right by the loan company? Did she find the plaintiff actually had a case? 

[Angeltoes]

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many social media users seem to believe that through a strange, almost mystical, process their posts are protected by a bubble and that only the people who are part of their circle of intimates will access them.

I wish there was a bubble around the posts of egotists who take a selfie in their bathroom while they make what they think is a sexy face.  It actually makes them look like they have the IQ of a houseplant. Go find something better to do with your time says the old fogey.

[TresGatos]

16 hours ago, PsychoKlown said:

I suppose I could have really set things in a spiral by saying that CT meant "Church Theology". 

I actually had to check to make sure I wasn't in the Challenge thread! You really piqued my interest there for a minute!

[AngelaHunter]

23 hours ago, Cobalt Stargazer said:

And she followed it up with 'unlegal', so bonus!

I missed that part, but that would be appropriate for a "Criminal justice student" who texts things like, "Avery don't live here." Byrd did not look happy when informed that plaintiff - whose only money is student loans - took defendant, who quit her job, to do the only sensible thing in those circumstances which was dropping a bundle at the hair salon and that he was paying for it. Not happy at all did he look.

Chanelle Karnes - who appeared to have very greasy hair, but maybe the grungy look is stylish now (what do I know?) and sporting an inappropriately skin-tight, short skirt, is suing her former FWB, Joshua, for breaking her front door. Joshua, who can barely form a sentence, swears he didn't break the door. He only pled guilty to it because he has so many other charges against him - including gun charges and domestic violence - that he figures, "Why the hell not plead guilty to another charge? No biggie." Chanelle swears she had no idea of his lengthy rap sheet. Okay, whatever. I gave up there.

[jilliannatalia]

11 hours ago, AngelaHunter said:

I missed that part, but that would be appropriate for a "Criminal justice student" who texts things like, "Avery don't live here." Byrd did not look happy when informed that plaintiff - whose only money is student loans - took defendant, who quit her job, to do the only sensible thing in those circumstances which was dropping a bundle at the hair salon and that he was paying for it. Not happy at all did he look.

Chanelle Karnes - who appeared to have very greasy hair, but maybe the grungy look is stylish now (what do I know?) and sporting an inappropriately skin-tight, short skirt, is suing her former FWB, Joshua, for breaking her front door. Joshua, who can barely form a sentence, swears he didn't break the door. He only pled guilty to it because he has so many other charges against him - including gun charges and domestic violence - that he figures, "Why the hell not plead guilty to another charge? No biggie." Chanelle swears she had no idea of his lengthy rap sheet. Okay, whatever. I gave up there.

If the grungy look is in now, someone PLEASE tell me. I spend entirely too much time washing and drying my full head of Cuban hair. If I could shave a few hours off my hygiene routine each week, maybe I could take up online gaming or ebay scamming.

[SandyToes]

18 hours ago, AngelaHunter said:

I missed that part, but that would be appropriate for a "Criminal justice student" who texts things like, "Avery don't live here." Byrd did not look happy when informed that plaintiff - whose only money is student loans - took defendant, who quit her job, to do the only sensible thing in those circumstances which was dropping a bundle at the hair salon and that he was paying for it. Not happy at all did he look.

Chanelle Karnes - who appeared to have very greasy hair, but maybe the grungy look is stylish now (what do I know?) and sporting an inappropriately skin-tight, short skirt, is suing her former FWB, Joshua, for breaking her front door. Joshua, who can barely form a sentence, swears he didn't break the door. He only pled guilty to it because he has so many other charges against him - including gun charges and domestic violence - that he figures, "Why the hell not plead guilty to another charge? No biggie." Chanelle swears she had no idea of his lengthy rap sheet. Okay, whatever. I gave up there.

 Missed yesterday's eps, but that sounds like an instant classic!  Future Darwin Award winners...

[AngelaHunter]

43 minutes ago, SandyToes said:

Future Darwin Award winners...

Could be, but only if they start reproducing soon.

[jilliannatalia]

11 minutes ago, AngelaHunter said:

Could be, but only if they start reproducing soon.

They probably will [start reproducing soon]. Isn't it a pity that reproduction isn't a slightly more cognitively demanding undertaking? As it stands, any literal submoron with working equipment can and usually does get the job done, thereby dragging the mean level of intelligence of the species down with each act of conception.  Wouldn't it be ideal if conceiving a baby were at least as complicated as inserting a Foley catheter or a breathing tube? Time existed eons ago when the Earth needed every body its inhabitants could reproduce, but that time has come and gone. I wish sex for actual procreation could be transposed into something at which a physical adult with the intellect of a four-year-old couldn't be guaranteed to be so damned successful.

[popcornchicken]

Is it me, or are the litigants getting trashier as the show ages? I watch a lot of the older episodes on YouTube and the degenerates on the show in 2017 are on a totally different level. At least back then, there was at least the tiniest bit of shame from litigants about not working, frequent jail sentences, living off of Byrd’s money and popping out children. Now, litigants just admit it like there’s nothing wrong with it.

On a positive note, the first defendant (Ms. Urrutia) was good enough to wear an outfit that hid most of her titty-tat of a horseshoe. Or is it discolored bananas? Monster horns? Who knows.

The second plaintiff with that stunning hot pink sparkle overall dress hybrid clearly got lost on her way to the Victoria’s Secret fashion show. She wanted the plane to Shanghai, not Los Angeles. She’s gorgeous. And she knows it. She told us herself!

[SandyToes]

22 minutes ago, popcornchicken said:

On a positive note, the first defendant (Ms. Urrutia) was good enough to wear an outfit that hid most of her titty-tat of a horseshoe. Or is it discolored bananas? Monster horns? Who knows.

Coke out the nose......

[jilliannatalia]

9 hours ago, SandyToes said:

Coke out the nose......

It looked to me like one of those banana slugs that inhabit the Santa Cruz Mountains, though why anyone would want a tattoo of such a thing is a mystery. Maybe she attended UC-Santa Cruz. The banana slug used to be or maybe still is their mascot. Then again, the odds of her having attended any  4-year institute of higher education would seem to be slim to none.

10 hours ago, popcornchicken said:

Is it me, or are the litigants getting trashier as the show ages? I watch a lot of the older episodes on YouTube and the degenerates on the show in 2017 are on a totally different level. At least back then, there was at least the tiniest bit of shame from litigants about not working, frequent jail sentences, living off of Byrd’s money and popping out children. Now, litigants just admit it like there’s nothing wrong with it.

On a positive note, the first defendant (Ms. Urrutia) was good enough to wear an outfit that hid most of her titty-tat of a horseshoe. Or is it discolored bananas? Monster horns? Who knows.

The second plaintiff with that stunning hot pink sparkle overall dress hybrid clearly got lost on her way to the Victoria’s Secret fashion show. She wanted the plane to Shanghai, not Los Angeles. She’s gorgeous. And she knows it. She told us herself!

I don't think it's you. The producers know we've seen and heard a whole lot by now, and there is competition, weak though some of it may be. They have to pull more rabbits out of hats for shock value. That's all fine, but they should do it by finding more of the Kelli Filkins (may she rest in peace)-types of the world, and fewer ordinary low-life types who have little to offer other than abysmal syntax and trashy clothing.

[Sarcastico]

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It looked to me like one of those banana slugs that inhabit the Santa Cruz Mountains, though why anyone would want a tattoo of such a thing is a mystery. Maybe she attended UC-Santa Cruz. The banana slug used to be or maybe still is their mascot. Then again, the odds of her having attended any  4-year institute of higher education would seem to be slim to none.

She was from Bemidji, in the lovely land of Minny-soh-tah. Seems like there are a lot of Native Americans there, and she looked as if she could have been N.A.  She'd probably never been out of the state before, let alone gone to school.

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Full disclosure: I am nearing my mid-30s, so I guess I qualify as an "old fogey" in the eyes of the silly young thing PsychoKlown mentioned.

I'm in my 50s and just let me say that when I was young, I was one of the Young Fogies, and damn proud of it. 

Edited November 30, 2017 by Sarcastico

[Brattinella]

I don't think UC Santa Cruz has changed their mascot; that creature is virtually everywhere you go in SC.  If you haven't had the pleasure, do an image search on "banana slugs".  They used to crawl up my redwood stairs and be a nuisance.  I never did anything about them except move them to another area.  And, yes, the tattoo shops there do feature banana slug tats.

[AngelaHunter]

For those of you pondering the deteroriation of the intellects of litigants, paired with their incredible fecundity (and wondering if perhaps they're born pregnant, like Tribbles),  here is the definitive explanation:

 

[bad things are bad]

I LOVE that bit from Idiocracy. Sadly, it explains a lot about things...

Mike Judge is an underrated genius IMO

[Guest]

5 hours ago, AngelaHunter said:

For those of you pondering the deteroriation of the intellects of litigants, paired with their incredible fecundity (and wondering if perhaps they're born pregnant, like Tribbles),  here is the definitive explanation:

*Perfection* 

Idiocracy, I seem to remind myself on a daily basis, was not a documentary. 

Are there two new episodes a day this week? I think the hillbilly channel on which I record my JJs codes their episodes wrong. There are four episodes aired daily -- one in the morning and three at night. Two of them are marked, "NEW," but one of the two is always some rerun. Not to mention the 'series recording' I've set (to record both new and repeat episodes) does't work and won't record one of the four episodes -- I have to manually set the episode to record. The Comcrap customer service person had no idea what I was talking about so, after 30 minutes on the phone, I just hung up -- somewhat out of frustration but mostly humiliation that I spent 30 minutes trying to justify to another human being my annoyance about not being able to record two hours of Judge Judys a day.

[SandyToes]

1 hour ago, Giant Misfit said:

mostly humiliation that I spent 30 minutes trying to justify to another human being my annoyance about not being able to record two hours of Judge Judys a day.

Welcome home, GM.  You are safe and loved, here, among your own kind.

[Guest]

2 hours ago, Giant Misfit said:

The Comcrap customer service person had no idea what I was talking about so, after 30 minutes on the phone, I just hung up -- somewhat out of frustration but mostly humiliation that I spent 30 minutes trying to justify to another human being my annoyance about not being able to record two hours of Judge Judys a day.

If you'd like Giant Misfit, we would be happy to travel to your home, pick you up, then the three of us (you, me and my bat) could visit Comcast and get the point across that recording Judge Judy has nothing to do with entertainment and everything to do with cooperative group behavior (aka previously tv). 

The customer support person does not need to know the particulars, and frankly, with me tapping the bat on the floor, I am not sure he/she would want to know. 

It's a foolproof plan.  Well, almost.  As long as Comcast can take a joke....

Just say the word.