# East Boston Cat Called For Jury Duty **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 13, 2010, 11:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777 "2010-01-13T11:08:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![muldoonthief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muldoonthief/32/3188_2.png) [@muldoonthief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/muldoonthief)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/41 "2010-01-13T20:24:07Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Don’t be so sure. When I was in college, the minute I registered to vote (in Georgia, where I was in school) I got a damned jury summons. Moved back home, changed my registration, there it was again. Some places just do the jury pool from registered voters. Sorry, I was unclear - I meant they don’t get the jury list **solely** from voter registrations. They use several sources. So you can’t duck under the jury radar just by not registering to vote. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/42 "2010-01-13T20:40:15Z")
This thread would not be complete without a link to the definitive [treatise](http://www.philosophyofdog.com/blog/images/cat.jpg) on the subject. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/43 "2010-01-13T20:55:42Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > Well, you want a verdict sometime this decade, so I wouldn’t make it that stringent. Even worse if one of the cats is owned by a guy named Schrodinger. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/44 "2010-01-13T20:59:36Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > Even worse if one of the cats is owned by a guy named Schrodinger. While the box remains closed, the defendant remains both guilty and not guilty. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/45 "2010-01-13T21:31:00Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > While the box remains closed, the defendant remains both guilty and not guilty. That’s assumed, until it’s proven and not proven. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/46 "2010-01-13T21:37:39Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > “Your Honor, will you please order Juror number 7 to not lick his butt in the courtroom?” > [@Swallowed\_My\_Cellphone](#): > > We call that “playing the cello”. We call it contacting the mothership. That raised hind leg is actually a cleverly disguised tranceiver! ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/47 "2010-01-13T21:38:43Z")
Good point. “Your honor, I’d like the laser pointer stricken from the record.” “Sustained. The jury is instructed to disregard the laser pointer.” ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bb73d2/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Joe\_Meager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Joe_Meager)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/48 "2010-01-13T21:45:10Z")
> [@Projammer](#): > > I thought jury pools everywhere in the US were drawn from **voter registration**. **ACORN !!** Yes, people, that was a joke. Move along. ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/49 "2010-01-13T22:04:04Z")
Bill, Garfield, Sylvester, Felix, Salem … who else could be called for this jury? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/50 "2010-01-13T22:30:25Z")
> [@Markxxx](#): > > Judge) So what makes you think that you’re not qualified to serve on a jury > > Cat) Well your honor, you see…uhm…well, I’m a cat > > Judge) Motion denied This is an example of an arcane legal rule in which a cat may be dismissed from jury duty by revealing itself to be a cat; however, a cat capable of speech has obviously revealed itself to be human, and therefore eligible for jury duty. That’s some catch, that Cats-22. ---
**Author:** ![Projammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/projammer/32/559_2.png) [@Projammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Projammer)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 10:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/51 "2010-01-13T22:31:13Z")
Cheshire cat from Alice in Wonderland. Pepe Le Pew’s paramour, Pussyfoot. Pink Panther if you stretch the definition of cat that far. eta: Thundercats, might round out the jury pool ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2010, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/52 "2010-01-13T23:07:55Z")
> [@Spoons](#): > > Bill, Garfield, Sylvester, Felix, Salem … who else could be called for this jury? [Here’s your pool.](http://www.faqs.org/shareranks/2001,Most-Famous-Cats-in-Literature) And, **Vinyl Turnip** , you’re under arrest in accordance with the Awful Puns Act of '46. You have a right to trial by a jury of your cat’s peers… ---
**Author:** ![rocking\_chair](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rocking_chair/32/2918_2.png) [@rocking\_chair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rocking_chair)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 12:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/53 "2010-01-14T00:08:36Z")
don’t forget get fuzzy’s bucky katt. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/54 "2010-01-14T00:32:41Z")
Ebenezer and Snooch… ---
**Author:** ![joyfool](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/df788c/32.png) [@joyfool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joyfool)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/55 "2010-01-14T00:40:33Z")
Fritz! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/56 "2010-01-14T02:15:14Z")
> [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](#): > > [Here’s your pool.](http://www.faqs.org/shareranks/2001,Most-Famous-Cats-in-Literature) > > And, **Vinyl Turnip** , you’re under arrest in accordance with the Awful Puns Act of '46. You have a right to trial by a jury of your cat’s peers… I got nothin’ to lose, screw—I’m already a lifer! ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 2:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/57 "2010-01-14T02:30:55Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Often there are local ordinances that control the number of dogs per household but not cats. What is the reasoning? That kitteh hoarding is not a problem until the neighbors complain of a stench? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/58 "2010-01-14T02:37:47Z")
> [@Beware\_of\_Doug](#): > > What is the reasoning? That kitteh hoarding is not a problem until the neighbors complain of a stench? Most likely noise and sheer number of animals for a given living space. Never had to live in an area with such, just came across references over the years. ETA: Might also to limit unlicensed/unregulated breeders. ---
**Author:** ![Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/malleus_incus_stapes/32/3293_2.png) [@Malleus\_Incus\_Stapes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malleus_Incus_Stapes)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/59 "2010-01-14T02:54:30Z")
I forgot- Mr. Scruffy! He used to be a [judge](http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0267.html), why not a jury? ---
**Author:** ![Monstera\_deliciosa](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monstera_deliciosa/32/109_2.png) [@Monstera\_deliciosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstera_deliciosa)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2010, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777/60 "2010-01-14T04:35:34Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Don’t be so sure. When I was in college, the minute I registered to vote (in Georgia, where I was in school) I got a damned jury summons. Moved back home, changed my registration, there it was again. Some places just do the jury pool from registered voters. On the other hand, I’ve been continually registered to vote since I was 18. I moved a few times over the course of 14 years (in NY and NJ) and always changed my registration. I didn’t get a jury summons until I got my first driver’s license at the age of 32. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/east-boston-cat-called-for-jury-duty/524777.md?page=4)