Thursday, November 11, 2010

Illegal Activity

Apparently, it's "illegal" to take a photograph of court proceedings in my small town "municipal" court. I really don't believe that, though. I mean what about the press? They take pics all the time. But... that's what the judge told me.

Oh well, at least I was respectful enough to ask his permission first. When he asked why I wanted to take the picture, I explained it was so I could blog about my son's first ticket. He didn't get it. Meh~ I let it go. No biggie...

...even though secretly I just think the judge was having a bad comb-over day and didn't want his picture taken. By the way, that's a little redundant, isn't it?..... "bad comb-over"...

8 comments:

Susie said...

Good thing you asked before you flashed! You could be in jail right now.

Ruthykins said...

emma, just because the press can do something does not mean you can. it's called freedom of the press. also, sometimes even the press isn't allowed to take photos.

The Willeyes said...

Too funny...and yes...bad comb over...wrong on every front :)

The Blonde Duck said...

I want to know how come everyone wants to take pictures of us in stores and buildings, but we can't!

Kaye Butler said...

OH. MY. GOODNESS.

This made me chuckle out loud. I can so see you asking for permission!

It also makes me remember the good old days of working for the public defender attorney here in this small town...when a mom asked for her son's hand carved pot pipe back.

The judge chuckled ALOT.

Puphigirl said...

Uh, why didn't you hire a sketch artist to draw the proceedings?

Vickie said...

What a party pooper. But it would be cool to see you on my AOL news reel;)

Tamie said...

FIRST ticket!!! wow! and he went to court for it?!?! impressive....how fun for you guys!
and yes, thank goodness you asked first!