UK Keratoconus Self-Help and Support Association

Finally got around to opening my mail today ... it kinda backed up the last few days. But one, rather official looking big bold letters of a letter, ...you have been selected for jury service... got my attentions!
I find it a little creepy because now I'm thinking about the movie with, whats-her-face, Moore The Juror and Alec Baldwin - which I can't believe is over ten years old, but then again I just watched it last week when it was on TV so it's fresh. But weirder still, I have recently watched also, 12 Angry Men and Identity, so did I make this happen myself, or was I doing my homework?
Yet, when weird stuff begins to align like that, it has the propensity to concern me! So, who's trying to tell me what in a Final Destination sort of fashion? I wonder. Over-active imagination ...
The inside of my ear is itchy, do I use the car key to scratch it like normal or should I use the cotton-bud to be safe? Decisions, decisions ... and they want me to sit on a jury to determine the innocence or guilt of another individual! He just looks guilty your honour, is that reason enough? Never judge a book by its cover they say. Which, if that was the case then the Elephant Man was guilty of anything, from breathing to the looming Apocalypse, however if I continue this, and print it out, they might excuse me from jury service in the first place; reason, slightly insane! Nothing wrong in nurturing a healthy dose of slight insanity, so I'm off to commune telepathically with my God. Glory be to the bomb and the holy fallout, anyone recall what movie that's from?
Okay, I know, I watch too many movies, its only a problem if I try to leap tall building in a single bound and fall to my death in the attempt. With complete power comes complete responsibility; to throw a party every night! No, I don't hear voices emanating from the radiator, I just enjoy convoluted writing and posting random stuff while I dream up a reason to avoid jury service.
Anyone else?

Don't try and avoid it - it really is very interesting, when you have a case.

Most cases only last 1-2 days anyway.

On my case after day 1 the entire jury were telling each other how guilty the accused was. By lunchtime of day 2 we'd found him innoncent of all charges with a unanimous decision.

Besides, if you "get off", you're guaranteed to be called again, so it's only postponing the inevitable.

I cant wait to be selected! I find it well interesting!

You can get out of it permanently[or are not accepted] if you have a history of mental health problems. John is right, you're more likely to have a case which only lasts a couple of days.

I am afraid that due to the Clergy Disqualification Act I am forbidden to do Jury Duty or to stand for parliament, although I think I may be permitted to stand for the European or Scottish Parliaments.

I agree with the others. Turn up, sit about and you may not be 'empanelled", or, if you are, you'll probably get a short case. Very few seem to be detained on long cases.

Andrew

Ps I got a real telling off for sticking cotton buds into my ear! something to do with compacting wax against the ear drum ... (for my part, I prefer the key method, anyway)

My mother has gotten called for jury duty, the first time she did not have to do it because the day before they picked the jury for the murder by exorcism case, and the second time she was elected jury chair and it was a rape case, the jury was stood down when one of them was caught saying something they shouldn't to someone they shouldn't so she has never had to make a verdict.
I live in a town of 14000 people we dont have many interesting crimes but the woman who was exorcised to death was definitley a weird one and the case went for a couple of months.

Knight

I think that the apparent alignment of unrelated events is called synchronisity. It can be a bit scary, but when things stay in alignment in spite of your every effort to break the run of synchronous events, then it becomes positively weird!

Let me quote another film (I don't know which) "be afraid, be very afraid ..."

Then you look at the random nature of events and you realize that the chances of there never being any synchronisity are so remote that you have to expect it sometimes. Then again, maybe a higher power really is at work drawing you inexorably to the jury room and ...

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