Judge chided by Vet for losing control of his dog
I had to stop by my vet's today to pick up some meds for my dog. While waiting in the lobby, another client exited the exam room led by his small dog at the end of a very long leash with an oversized collar attached. As he tried to rein in the dog, the dog, who had already reached the lobby, slipped out of its collar. As I was standing between the dog and the door, I reached down and restrained the dog while the owner slipped the collar back over its head, telling the dog "He's got you now.".
Whereupon the veterinarian owner remarked "I hope you can maintain better control of your courtroom than you do of your dog." The judge replied "I have a big burly bailiff to help me in court." He then proceeded to tell a short anecdote about the stupidity of an individual who had appeared before him on a bank robbery charge. "He wrote his robbery note on one of his deposit slips."
The judge, it turns out, is a Circuit Court Jurist in Newport News who lives just down the block from me. I guess it's a good thing I was OCing, as this judge doesn't like to sign CHPs.
