One of Those Days

The only piece of mail I received yesterday wasduty again. This time it was the grand jury. When
from a funeral home urging me to plan ahead.questioned this time, she was asked if she had
Today, I got an ad trying to sell me a policy toany objections to being there. She replied, "In my
help with my funeral expenses. What a niceopinion, the grand jury is nothing but a witch hunt."
birthday!She was given a lecture and dismissed. She never
One advantage of getting older is you can sayeven got a donut and a cup of coffee.
things that you were afraid to say before. ALinda got called for jury duty a third time.
friend my age was called for jury duty a whileWhen the question went out, "Does anyone here
back. A woman was accused of shooting herhave a problem with anyone involved in this
husband. When they interviewed my friend, shecase?" Linda chimed right in, "I don't like that
said, "He probably deserved it." She was rejected.lawyer. He sold us down the river." Bingo! She was
We don't have a lot of time left and peergone. You would think that by now she would be
pressure takes a back seat to speaking one'sblacklisted or something and never summoned
mind.again.
Believe it or not, my friend got called for jury