10 November 2006
1. Sitting about drinking tea.
2. Sitting about eating biscuits.
3. Sitting about drinking tea and eating biscuits.
4. Advising others on how the tea making machine works, and how it only accepts 20 pence pieces if you lick them first.
5. Sitting in court feeling like those times at primary school when you were cross legged and quivering in assembly as the headmaster used his gravest, most sonorous voice to tell the school just how disappointed his was with someone's behaviour which although never you, left you feeling guilty for hours.
6. Headache.
what kind of biscuits were they??
posted by lostboy | 10 November 2006Monday: garibaldis
posted by Jack | 10 November 2006Tuesday: jam rings
Wednesday: Tunnock's caramel wafers
Thursday: chocolate digestives
Friday: those curious little shortbready ones with the currents, scalloped edges and sugar sprinkles
How many other things did you try with the 20p pieces before you tried licking them?
posted by WIIIAI | 10 November 2006I never read quite so many books as I did sitting in the waiting room during my fortnight of 'jury service'. I saw the inside of a courtroom for no more than three hours during that time. And also ate a lot of biscuits.
posted by diamond geezer | 10 November 2006Mmm pie. Chart.
With non-narrative communication goodness.
I was summoned for jury service once but escaped it because I was moving house. I still fear the knock on the door.
posted by overnighteditor | 11 November 2006Perverting the course of jaffa cakes is a criminal offence you know, so go easy.
posted by Noosa Lee | 12 November 2006What, no reading? That's all I've ever done when on jury duty.
posted by PoliticalCritic | 14 November 2006It is unwise for one with such appalling physical co-ordination as myself to attempt to read and dunk biscuits at the same time, especially when in company.
I played Scrabble on my phone instead.
posted by Jack | 14 November 2006I believe Friday's biscuits were garibaldi's, although I have to admit that I don't know how to spell that at this time.
posted by Jon | 14 November 2006Hilarious post....Ithough licking 20pence pieces sounds disgusting!!
posted by Karen Mc Cullagh | 14 November 2006Blimey. My jury service was two hours, into court and then told to go home as the bailiff/lawyer (someone official) had mistakenly told us that the accused had been found guilty of something before (or something like that, all legalese) at which point the judge stopped him, and told us that we were no 'prejudiced' and could leave.
Pfftt .
I had to go back work the next day, rubbish!
posted by Gordon | 17 November 2006