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Boston cat called for jury duty

post #1 of 21
1/17/11 at 9:03am
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http://www.thestar.com/news/world/ar...jury-duty?bn=1

There's video with that story, too.
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post #2 of 21
1/17/11 at 9:35am
Oh my the Goverment should be smarter
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post #3 of 21
1/17/11 at 10:32am
Now if cats were allowed in the jury room, I wouldn't have minded being there

That would be so funny if they made this cat sit on a trial
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post #4 of 21
1/17/11 at 11:04am
LOL -The owners marked off the box saying "Can't speak or understand English"

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post #5 of 21
1/17/11 at 12:03pm
I think the woman should have written in "because I'm a cat" after the form said "Can't speak or understand English" sice courts in Massachusettes apparently obviously barely glances at these forms.
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post #6 of 21
1/17/11 at 12:15pm
Am I the only one that thinks the woman was extremely foolish to include her cat on her census form?
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post #7 of 21
1/17/11 at 12:25pm
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Originally Posted by AbbysMom View Post
Am I the only one that thinks the woman was extremely foolish to include her cat on her census form?
It was most likely a city census, where they do ask about dogs for rabies tag verification, etc.

"“I just wrote ‘Sal Esposito’, scratched out the ‘dog,’ and wrote, ‘cat,’” said Anna. "

To answer your question though, YES I do agree she was being very dense at that moment. Just because I love my cats as much as people doesn't mean I would include them in a census.
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post #8 of 21
1/17/11 at 12:32pm
I hope it was the city census, but the article said US census:

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The problem arose after Sal’s owners, Anna and Guy Esposito of Boston, Mass., filled out the latest U.S. census form listing him as part of the family but as a cat
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post #9 of 21
1/17/11 at 12:55pm
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Originally Posted by AbbysMom View Post
I hope it was the city census, but the article said US census:
I don't remember questions about any kind of pets on the U.S. census form.
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post #10 of 21
1/17/11 at 1:01pm
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Originally Posted by AbbysMom View Post
Am I the only one that thinks the woman was extremely foolish to include her cat on her census form?
I agree! I think this comes close to lying which is against the law.
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post #11 of 21
1/17/11 at 2:17pm
oh jeez. And I wonder if the city is thinking "Sal" is just trying to get out of jury duty now.
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post #12 of 21
1/17/11 at 3:05pm
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Originally Posted by My4LLMA View Post

That would be so funny if they made this cat sit on a trial


This part cracked me up!!!

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If not, Anna said she’ll have to bring the feline to court.
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post #13 of 21
1/17/11 at 3:13pm
Imagine if it's a case involving a dog bite or something. Headlines would read "Cat says 'Bad Dog!'"

Or if it turned out to be a hung jury based on 11 jurors agreeing, and one either sleeping or licking himself.

I can imagine the field day a lawyer would have in appeals court after this case.
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post #14 of 21
1/17/11 at 3:43pm
I pity anyone, man or beast, who gets Daisy for a jury member.
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post #15 of 21
1/17/11 at 3:55pm
Yeah, I would feel for anyone or anything that would have my girls on jury duty.
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post #16 of 21
1/17/11 at 8:10pm
[quote=Tara & Rob;3007491I wonder if the city is thinking "Sal" is just trying to get out of jury duty now.[/QUOTE]

Probably
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post #17 of 21
1/17/11 at 8:12pm
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Originally Posted by rad65 View Post
Imagine if it's a case involving a dog bite or something. Headlines would read "Cat says 'Bad Dog!'"

Or if it turned out to be a hung jury based on 11 jurors agreeing, and one either sleeping or licking himself.

I can imagine the field day a lawyer would have in appeals court after this case.
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post #18 of 21
1/17/11 at 9:27pm
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Originally Posted by rad65 View Post
Imagine if it's a case involving a dog bite or something. Headlines would read "Cat says 'Bad Dog!'"

Or if it turned out to be a hung jury based on 11 jurors agreeing, and one either sleeping or licking himself.

I can imagine the field day a lawyer would have in appeals court after this case.
Too funny!!
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post #19 of 21
1/17/11 at 9:28pm
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Originally Posted by AbbysMom View Post
Am I the only one that thinks the woman was extremely foolish to include her cat on her census form?
Yeah I was trying to figure that out myself. Glad I wasn't alone!
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post #20 of 21
1/17/11 at 9:37pm
If he gets jury duty I'm so going to start up a "SAL FOR SENATE" campaign... lol, he deseves it!
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post #21 of 21
1/17/11 at 9:39pm
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Originally Posted by MoochNNoodles View Post
Yeah I was trying to figure that out myself. Glad I wasn't alone!
Our form asked us to list pets. Maybe hers did too.
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