h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

~passes around the sherbert lemons~
*rummages around in shopping bag for other goodies*

*Hands over a paper bag full of boiled sweets all stuck together*

Help yourself.

*Attempts to disappear out of the court in a slippery fashion*

*wonders where coely is swimming off to*

*tries on ill-fitting gloves*


Sorry your honour! Wrong trial

*jurors start looking and at the defendent and start sucking lemons to improve their contemptous expressions*

Are those lemons tart?

Exactly! You're the prosecutor! Which means you have all the more reason for refuting my claims. And which means you DON'T have the right to tamper with the English language. ... and although you could object to my dictionary, you can't argue with the etymology of the word... and since, if you can't agree about the word itself, you most move to its roots, you have to look at the word as meaning "severe" which, I would argue, hugging and kissing people (Although I wasn't there and don't know) isn't.

And since this is all on a Point of Information, and I'm neutral, I'm even handed. :-p...

*Jurors look unconvinced and get ready for the next day of the trial*

*offers more sherbert lemons to the jury members*

~wonders whether she is going to be called for the prosecution or the defence~

*bangs gavel*

This court will come to order!

Can I have one of those sherbert lemons?
Thanks love!

~notices that his tea has gone cold, so tries to find more...decides that he was in the safe corner of the building in question that evening~

*Another note is being passed around the public gallery, but nobody is quite sure who wrote it.*

"I wouldn't trust the Judge. Despite claiming to be a journalist this week, she didn't even notice that one of the newspaper editors was at the aforementioned event."

tries to get a single Lemon sherbert out of the bag but ends up with 2....oh what a shame

Mel

There is a reason for that Coelie, i was asked specifically not to put a certain person on the list by that person...

*sucks on sherbert lemon*

Madam Prosecutor. I see where a flaw may lie in your question. You asked me if I was a tart in a built up area. We have discussed the fact that whether or not it was a built up area is irrelevant to the case. You also claim to have a witness who said that I 'tasted bitter or acrid' thus making me a tart. I feel that there has been some miscommunication between your witness and yourself, and that you may, infact, be taking their word out of context. There are two views to look at this. a) I 'tasted bitter'. True, I did 'taste' bitter, but from a personal perspective, for I was indeed 'tasting' bitter all evening, that being my particular drink on the evening in question.
b) I think you will find that I didn't in fact taste bitter, but taste /of/ bitter, with regards to point a).

Ouch! Nice one there...

*pinches a sherbert lemon, eats it, flicks the wrapper at Abi childishly*

You did taste bitter, you just admitted it. I rest my case.
*goes and sits in the public gallery*
I do love sherbert lemons, I can't resist them any longer AGB.