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letter in the mail today

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Today I went to the post office to get the mail. One of the letters was from our county clerk addressed to my husband. When I opened it I couldn't stop laughing. They wanted him for jury duty. Now don't take me wrong I think everyone should have the experience of being a jurer, but the thought of my husband haveing been sent this letter, in his condition, was funny. All day I kept thinking of him siiting there in the court room, with his dazed look on his face, not knowing what is going on and the court asking him a question and him not responding. I love my husband with all my heart, I'm not making fun of him, just the thought, give me a break. yes, I called them and fax them his reports showing why he cannot be a juror. Just had a moment
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Something similar happened to me with my mother a few years ago...and I had EXACTLY the same reaction...it was just SOOO funny to me imagining her on a jury! What was even funnier is that when I told her about the jury summons, SHE WANTED TO GO! She got angry at me for seeing to it that she was excused.
Interestingly, about a year before that in Phoenix there was a high profile case in which a juror became a huge problem because it became obvious that she was demented...and, yet, it was very difficult to expel her from the jury, although this finally happened. So, now, the entire state of Arizona is VERY CAREFUL to weed demented jurors out.
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LOL! This explains why I haven't been called to jury duty in a long time! Now I know!
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Thanks for sharing that provided me with the laugh I needed! Last year my mother received a summons for jury duty saying if she did not appear in court she could be arrested. I managed to find the right number to call and inform them she has been deceased for the last 21 years. Apparently, this is not a good enough reason and by the end of the conversation my words to them were they could come over and arrest her for I was officially notifying them now she was not going to appear!

Some people's children ... too funny!
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This is too funny, but someone on the outside might not see the humor. Too bad! Once when I was doing home health I was seeing patients for someone else and there was a visit scheduled for one I'd seen before, but not for some time. When I walked in and asked her how she was doing, her reply was, "Pretty good, for a dead person!" Seems somehow Social Security had been informed erroneously that she had died, and while she was having a heck of a time getting her benefits back, she was laughing about it.

Bureaucracy...gotta love it!
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Yes paul (husband) got a jury summons.. it took 2 hours on the phone to explain he can not sit for more then 15 minutes without huge anxiety fron the PTSD.. Plus lask of 0/2 .. We just got another one tuesday.. Love D
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Thanks for sharing. I moved from Massachusetts to Florida. Recieved a jury duty notice. Called to say I no Longer lived in Ma. They asked me to bring in proof of my new address. I sent them a copy of my current Florida voter's reg. card, a copy of my lease, and Employers info. I got another notice to appear or else. Scary isn't it!!! Maybe you could have him arrested on a day your really busy and have too many appointments to be everywhere and can't find a caregiver. Smile your on candid camera!!!
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a sense of humour is a GIFT, isnt it.....and we laugh WITH people not with them....*big smile*.....(I havnt been called for jury duty yet, I think I'm too old now..:0(
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Had to write a letter explaing that Mommy would have to be a juror from heaven...They didn't see the humor...Just a very lack luster response...oh well.
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thats bureaucrats for you!!

btw - I meant, above, we laugh with people not at them....must have been too late at night...!
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