Free Bird!

My day in court finally arrived. Being the law abiding citizen that I am I showed up almost 45 minutes early. While waiting for the court house to be opened a crowd began to form. Near the door was a wasp nest, with three "guard wasps" on the prowl. It was rather entertaining to watch people swat at them and run off. Don't forget the wasps they will come into play later in the story.

Around 5:50pm the doors were finally opened and the Hundred plus crowd made their way in. Very much like a cattle shoot. Everything was to take place at 6 pm, however the judge did not arrive until almost 6:30.
Sidebar: If I had been 30 minutes late to court I could have been in serious trouble. Why does the judge have the right to show up when he pleases?

Back to the story....Things were getting started when all of the sudden a large black lady starts screaming and climbing over people. You guessed it....the wasp. She was causing a rather large ruckus, when all of the sudden a poor bystander got stung in the forehead. He had to spend the rest of the evening with an ice bag on his forehead.

After things calmed down, about an hour and a half later my name is called it is my chance to tell my story, show how I had been wronged. The judge looked at my stuff and promptly told me to sit down, asking one of the policemen to go and get some information. I was left hanging for almost another hour and a half while everyone else in the court room met their fate. At the end it was me and 5 other people, they were all wearing orange jumpsuits.

My name was once again called, this time I wasn't feeling as good about things. I had watched a few people get fines in excess of $700 for the same thing as me! I feared what Brooke would do to me if I called her saying that we owed another $300-400. He began looking through the papers and started to ask me questions. He kept saying that things didn't make sense and he couldn't figure out why. Finally, he had come to a decision....my future hanging in the balance....what was going to happen?

He quickly told me what I owed for the speeding ticket and then paused...seemed like another hour, and said that the Driving with the Suspended License was DISMISSED! WOOHOO, I screamed (in my head).

So those of you who laughed, made me shirts, poked fun......Justice has been served!