This morning I was reading an
article in the Wisconsin State Journal that was quite serious and proper for the majority of the time. It was a standard piece of court reporting regarding charges of distributing marijuana and contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The kid was 12, so we're really talking about a kid here, not some teenager.
Anyway, at the end of the article they report the previous convictions that this woman has. A couple of drunk driving arrests and distributing marijuana. And then comes the kicker, the final sentence of the article.
She was also convicted for possession of an undersized fish, court records show.
Unsurprisingly all subsequent comments refer to the fish. Nobody could ignore the non sequitur. The paper chose to publish this, but not the restraining order that was placed against her in 2000 or the multiple times she was taken to small claims court. The fish case had the same weight as those other records.
Ah well. It made me laugh. That's worth it for my morning!
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