01-13-2007, 12:06 PM
I attended a murder trial a few years back.
It involved one co-worker strangling another co-worker. Yep, the bastard got off (he hired San Francisco's top defense attorney, and is probably in debt for life after the two trials).
I was fascinated by the court recorder, a lady whose fingers danced about a very strange keyboard during the proceedings. During breaks she would be stretching out her fingers. I sensed she was good, but didn't realize how good until the defense attorney asked if the record could be read back for the past half-minute, as the witness's answer had been a bit convoluted.
When the lady did so, the audience chuckled, the attorneys chuckled, even the judge chuckled. Because she had recorded every hesitation, stutter and pause. You know, like, uh, well, the way some of us really talk. And she read it very well.
I was extremely impressed by the lady. And for months afterward I had these sexual fantasies in which she was recording my every utterance while dressed in a tutu and jumping on a trampoline.
--cranefly
It involved one co-worker strangling another co-worker. Yep, the bastard got off (he hired San Francisco's top defense attorney, and is probably in debt for life after the two trials).
I was fascinated by the court recorder, a lady whose fingers danced about a very strange keyboard during the proceedings. During breaks she would be stretching out her fingers. I sensed she was good, but didn't realize how good until the defense attorney asked if the record could be read back for the past half-minute, as the witness's answer had been a bit convoluted.
When the lady did so, the audience chuckled, the attorneys chuckled, even the judge chuckled. Because she had recorded every hesitation, stutter and pause. You know, like, uh, well, the way some of us really talk. And she read it very well.
I was extremely impressed by the lady. And for months afterward I had these sexual fantasies in which she was recording my every utterance while dressed in a tutu and jumping on a trampoline.
--cranefly