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Submitted by Frank Moffatt on Wednesday, 11 August 20102 Comments

JURY GOES APE OVER LAWSUIT
The courtroom was completely silent as attorney doodle stood and walked out from behind the prosecutions’ desk to face the Jury. The only one left seated at the table was a small, funny looking little guy, who was wearing nothing more than a brown coat and a tie that was too long. His name was Jako and most of his friends just called him Jake for short.

Jake was sure to be embroiled in a lengthy, complicated, and extremely controversial lawsuit against his employer, charging the company with kidnapping, cruel and unusual acts against him, and their failure to pay compensation to him for services rendered.

Apparently, Jake had performed several acts in a traveling show, during which time, he alleges to have been locked in a room against his wishes, and had received no pay for his services during the show or even after the show had ended.

Attorney Doodle cleared his throat and proceeded to deliver his opening statement in front of a packed courtroom. The courtroom was thick with anticipation and you could feel it choking the entire room.

“Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury,” attorney Doodle commanded with a deep authoritative voice, “Before we begin this case, I would like to inform you of a recent and an historical resolution that was approved by the Spanish Parliament’s environmental committee, and was subsequently passed into Spanish law in June of 2009.”

You could hear pins dropping, it was so quiet.

Doodle continued, “This law grants legal rights to all great apes within the jurisdiction of Spanish law!” The courtroom went wild! The Judge pounded his gavel on the bench several times to bring order to the proceedings.

Doodle raised his voice above the screams and shouts from the gallery and bellowed, “These legal rights now clearly entitle my client, just like humans, to life, liberty, and the protection from torture!”

The entire courtroom went Ape!

http://chronicle.com/article/Spain-s-Grant-of-Legal-Rights/41226

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2 Comments »

  • Kyle said:

    Ya why not - who knows maybe with a little twist of fate some 50,000 years ago the roles would be reversed.

    - 12 August 2010 at 11:50 am
  • Sally said:

    Monkey see monkey do! Amazing what we don’t know about what’s happening until someone digs a gem like this out of the weeds - thanks Technodoodle :-)

    - 12 August 2010 at 11:52 am

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