Miscellaneous

Ham on, ham on, ham on whole wheat -- all right!

So there's this dude in Long Island who runs a little music shop. And he's been accused of selling fake Gibson guitars for $1,500 to poor, unsuspecting folks who thought these were the real deal. Last week, he was due to be arraigned, but State Supreme Court Justice Robert Doyle had to get a little creative because the accused was too fat to get into the courtroom.

How fat was he, you ask?

A svelt 500 pounds!

His lawyer brought in a doctor's note to explain that his "severe weight problem" was due to osteoarthritis. So the judge took pitty on Fatty and held the arraignment hearing in the courthouse parking lot.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on May 08, 2008 (boomark / email).