your brain is faulty wiring

[asimplechord]

So. Jury duty yesterday for my little 'burb. Municipal stuff, mostly traffic-related, involving fines and such but no jail time.

My questions:

- Do they seriously teach people in TX law schools to say "voir dire" as if it rhymes with "four tires"? Or was that just a personal pronunciation by the city attorney?

- Are the chairs deliberately designed to make ass-cheeks fall asleep?

Comments

[angela-snape.livejournal.com]

Never done jury duty, but I can sympathize about the chairs - some of the ones we have at school are pretty bad that way.

"voir dire" rhymes with "four tires"? *snort*

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

I didn't realize what the city attorney meant at first, I was so confused. :)

Institutional chairs must all come from the same manufacturer.

[angela-snape.livejournal.com]

We have staff meetings in the school cafeteria (the only place that seats 150 and everyone can hear everyone else), and after a long one, you can guarantee a case of numb-butt.

[ariadne1.livejournal.com]

Between "four tires" and your poor ass-cheeks, I'm tearing up with laughter loud enough to wake the neighbors... *laughs* Thanks for this, Iris. *raises glass*

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

Duh ree-en, ma'amzelle. ;)

[alafairnadia.livejournal.com]

I love the way voir dire is pronounced in texas. it's hilarious. especially back when we had to do that freedom fries bullshit. hilarious.

[asimplechord.livejournal.com]

The funny thing is I had jury duty for district court today, and there was a video about jury duty and one of the lawyers in it (member of TYLA, I guess?) specifically said "voir dire, or as we say in Texas, 'vor dyer' is literally 'speak the truth'." So it's like they're proud to be so backwards.