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gdanaher wrote:I have found that is helpful to carry a small piece of thin rope in my pocket. I palm it nervously and then during voir dire, proceed to tie a noose knot. Works every time.

...a great laugh...and I'll bet defense attorneys stumble all over themselves to remove your influence!!! More effective than Madam DeFarge's knitting...

...funniest thing I've had happen at jury duty was I walked up to the metal detector archway and put all my pocket stuff in the basket...and the little deputy grabbed my fingernail clipper on my keychain and said "You can't take that in there..."...I said "WHAT?"...she said..."There's a file on it...and you can't take a file in there...it might end up in the jail"...I expressed my opinion about that...then turned to go back to my truck..then said "No...I'm not going all the way back there"...broke off the little pot metal 1 1/4" file and gave it to her...and put the fingernail clipper...capable of much more personal injury or property damage...in my pocket and walked in...and she actually thought she'd done something...
...for an hour and a half after that...I watched people go to the men's room from the jury room...and hold the door open to let folks from the hallway walk straight into the "secured" jury room...and from the street to the bathroom and then to the jury room...completely bypassing the security checkpoint...strain at a gnat and swallow a camel...