Employers have complained for 15 years about employees playing computer games when they should be working and have occasionally sacked them. But what do you do when you’re in the middle of a murder trial and you catch sight of the judge playing Solitaire? Apparently the Guardian Angels founder was a witness in the Noo Yoik retrial of John Gotti - founder of Mafia Pizza Inc. “We’ll make a pizza you can’t refuse” - when he saw the telltale green square on the judge’s laptop.
Geeklawyer confesses to having done crosswords in boring court cases during his pupillage, many years ago, rather than taking notes for his pupilmaster. But when the judge is doing it … well that’s piss poor. Grounds for appeal? doubtful.
Of course since phones are now mini-computers Geeklawyer is no longer limited to the Times crossword puzzle: when Quake 3 comes out for Windows Mobile 5 he’ll totally be playing that. The judge may however express surprise and displeasure when Geeklawyer yells out: “YES!! DIE YOU STROGG MOTHERFUCKER!!!” just as the witness takes his oath.
You mean Geeklawyer doesn’t do that already? Another urban legend dies…
Hey, there’s judges playing solitaire and there’s judges playing solitaire…
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