Shauri- 1, The Law -0

I'll keep this short and sweet. Meaning less than 10 paragraphs.

Today I won a victory for all civilians.

I got two speeding tickets in the same week back when I first moved to Utah. I didn't realize they didn't have enough crime here to keep their cops busy and off the streets - my bad.

Anyway, I went to traffic school for one ticket to make it "disappear." 8 months later I get a letter from the court that my school time and money wouldn't count because I got another violation after I did traffic school. Wrong- I got it the same week, that hardly counts as "after." I mean, I've clearly learned my lesson with an 8 month long clean record. I called the court and they said, No, no, no. Too bad. Finally the lady told me my only option was to come in to court this morning and ask the judge, but she didn't see any way he would agree. I disagreed with her and I went to court this morning.

I got called up to the podium to plead my case. I realized I had no idea how to explain my case so I just started talking a lot of gibberish about "Well, I don't know what...legal language..confusing..you know, all in one week..this 'aint right." Finally, I stopped, looked up at the judge and said:

"Look, I realize nothing I'm saying is making any sense to either of us. Let me be clear - I got a ticket, I went to traffic school. Judge, I did the time, there is no crime. Can we agree?"

I thought it was kind of funny, but after the words came out of my mouth (which is when I usually realize these things) I thought it might not go over so well in say, a courtroom.

The judge stopped shuffling through his papers, looked down at me and said with a hint of a smile, "I think we can agree. Abeyance granted."

I'm pretty sure I confused him so much with the first monologue he was just relieved to be given an option we could both understand.