[Gondring]

And I emphasise fanning the behind. The minute a parent picks up a weapon, any weapon, other than their hand, that parent's guilty of child abuse.

I hope you're at least smart enough to avoid jury duty.

[BluesDuke]

I hope you're at least smart enough to avoid jury duty.

Too late. Did my jury time in late 2004---a sad case, that. A respected video guy with a bunch of awards for his work losing his sight (he'd already lost his job) and suing over the device used in two laser surgeries he had. His attorney polled us after we returned a verdict against him and, to a one, we told her their big mistake was approaching as a product liability suit what all the evidence told us was a bona-fide malpractise suit. If it was malpractise, we'd have handed him a verdict in his favour no questions asked. I've since left southern California and haven't yet been called in Nevada, where I've lived since 2007 . . .