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surprisedTopic: people who need help
Do me a favor...if you are going to take someone to court, try to make sure that what you are suing them for isn't against the law :)
I went home for lunch, as I usually do, and turned on Judge Joe Brown (as I usually do). Sure enough, the plaintiff was suing her friend for not paying parking tickets. The friends' defense was along the lines of she had already paid it or shouldn't have to or whatever. Problem was, the plaintiff continually loaned her car to her friend (who she was suing) even though the friend didn't have a license! Furthermore, the plaintiff attempted to have the defendant added to the registration of the car so that she could "legally" drive it around.
Furthermore, the defendant had already paid several parking tickets already; both agreed that this was true. Judge Joe Brown asked where the defendant got the money. "I get welfare," she said.
When the judge referred to it as "public assistance" she retorted "but I don't get public assistance."
"I thought you said you got welfare...?" he asked.
"I do," she said. Apparently she didn't know what "public assistance" meant...or..."public assistance" is too politically correct for her? lol
Anyway, the judge couldn't believe what he was hearing. The plaintiff was knowingly lending her car out to someone w/o a license and trying to add someone to her registration that did not have a license. And, just as bad, the defendant was using her welfare checks to pay other parking tickets!
The judge asked if they were sure they wanted to proceed considering they were both under oath and in danger of being convicted of felonies. They still tried their case, but the judge threw it out before it got any worse.
I'd say "it would be nice if people like this could get some mental help" but the Lord knows there are just too damn many of them in this world to help...
