Oh God I had to resist a terrible urge to utube that old chestnut “Here come the Judge” by the Magistrates. (1968) 
Thankfully I never had to judge another person, I was called up for jury service twice, first time I was in my forties but I said I knew the accused so I got off that one, knew him to see that’s about all but it’s enough to get you off, they don’t like taking any chances.
Second time I was 66 so that meant I got off again because anyone over 65 here can opt out if they wished and I wished.
I go with Spitty, it’s a tough job the judging business, not for me if I can help it. Oh I know I know, somebody has to do it, but not me if I can wiggle out of it. Good luck with it anyway Sweetie, I hope you get an easy case.
I saw a program on BBC 4 a few years back and the medical experts of the time (1800’s) were convinced criminals had a certain shaped head and face and really looked like criminals, Phrenology I think it’s called, God help anyone who was just plain ugly or had the wrong type of head, yeh hadn’t a prayer of being let off.
I think some of that kind of thinking still prevails today, if he looks like a crook then he must be a crook, these implanted thoughts take many generations to disappear altogether, I wonder how many innocent people were hanged just because they had the wrong face? Them old geezers of yore have a lot to answer for.
This is what a ‘successful’ type head should look like.
Aww Jem I have a thread in General Chat now. I do know about previous Jury films and stuff. Gosh what is that film?
I will think.
Thanks to Garrows Law, we have fairer systems these days .
Now I am annoyed that I can’t remember the old film!!!
Twelve Good Men???
Grrrrr can’t think, I need wine. X
Jembo, can’t make any judgments about the character whose head profile is shown in your post, there is no frontal image so, most importantly, we can’t see how close together his eyes are.
Spitty have you not heard about bumps in the night?
Eyes indeed.
No, I’ve heard of Goose Bumps, and I used to “Bump” the odd thread.
Sweetie “Here come the Judge” was a song, maybe you were thinking about “Twelve angry Men” the film?
I still say a lot of folks judge others by appearances, even today.
Yes I remember that one Spitty “Beware of those who’s eyebrows meet, for in their heart there lies deceit”:shock:
Yes Jem that is the film.
Thanks it was annoying me.
Eyebrows???
Pluck em.
Umm…if I may?..
I remember one film about a bloke trying to save his reputation by making one last attempt at being a defence attorney. It starred Paul Newman.
I think it was circa 1981/2??? Called ‘The Verdict’-a really captivating film [sorry…‘movie’] I thought. Also-if anyone ever watched ‘Judge John Deed’ [Martin Shaw] there was one episode in particular that was really BRILLIANT. It was called ‘One Angry Man’-in which John Deed become a juror for a case,rather than a judge. REALLY worthwhile looking up and watching,if you like really good,plausible jury-room stuff.
The time I mentioned,when the others just wanted the ‘pikey’ convicted so they could go home,actually made me think of that episode. [sorry…do carry on]…
So many jurors, must be busting to check their lottery numbers, and zap off , regardless.
Ok enough of that stuff.
Nature is a wondrous thing
I yearn the days until we reach the Spring
The daffodils and thoughts of love
The winter chills, I have had my fill
So many that all fall ill
Now Valentine will wing its way
Before you blink, it will be that day
Then not long till Summer shows
The days when I hope my clematis grows
So come now scribbles lets embrace
A return to Scribbles and and all the grace. x
Good Night Possums.
Sweets,the time for Spring draws near.
Lighter evenings already here.
Sparrows are tweeting early dawn
and the first of this year’s squirrels are born.
I’me beginning to feel sick and yearn for the days of crims on every corner who shot the bloody squirrels!!
Gummy you can cheer up for starters.
I will pull that beard.
Hide your booze
Now put that in your pipe and try to smoke it. When is your Birthday???
You have now ignored my emails!!!
I will write soon! - but roasted squirrels are delicious!
I am not convinced:shock:
You could unlock your PMs. Xxxxxx
OK, my last few words on the court subject, honest to God, anyway it’s more like a tip really.
In all the films and plays I’ve seen I have yet to see a juror, a defendant, or any court official ask to be excused in order to go to the toilet, and the proceeding can go on for hours non stop, seems a bit unnatural to me.
The accused swayed uneasy in the dock
Surrounded by gowns and wigs
His eyes glued to the courtroom clock
For he drank too much Syrup of Figs.
Sweetie be careful what you drink before you are seated amongst your fellow jurors, ya never know how long you’ll be there, just sayin’ like, but as the TV ad says “Don’t let a weak bladder spoil your fun”;-)
Oh thanks for that Jem.
It is true though.
Maybe they all need Tena lady, and men
I thought they had potties in the chairs 
Nice poem Jem, you nearly inspired me.
My mate Tommy’s long head was a woeful disgrace
So I told him he needed a beard, just to round off his face
“No hair upon my chin shall I ever grow” he said with a frown
“Well grow it on your chops then, doesn’t have to be all the way down”
“You mean in a sort of Jimmy Edwards style?”
“Why not, it’s bound to improve the shape of your dial”
Indeed I can see why the shape of one’s head is so important to the person bearing that head for life, and in the course of that life more money is spent on the head than on any other part of the human body, especially the female head, what with hair do’s, cosmetics, face lifts, etc. one could be out the door financially succumbing to the needs of one’s head.
Hats have always been important in enhancing the human head, ever since the first cavewoman finished eating her Dodo bird and wondered what to do with the bones, why not stick them on your head? suggested her man. Thus began the creation of headwear, leading on to feathers, then furs, and the old wax ‘Fruit’ hats popular in the 20’s and 30’s.
No finer examples of ladies headwear can be seen like those at Royal Ascot in Summertime, I love all the hats almost as much as I love the Horses.
Men too started off wearing feathers on their heads, the bigger and brighter feathers to symbolise their place in the tribe, and where would the forces be today without their hat’s with the gold braid displaying ranks.
I can remember back in the 50’s when ALL men wore hats, you never heard them complaining of colds in the head back then, they also made the short man look that bit taller.
It’s a known fact in my game that if a woman with short stubby hands wears a ring with a long head it makes her hand look longer and more elegant, and a woman with long stringy fingers should wear rings with short round or square heads.
This is my favourite hat. 