Ask A Stupid Question

I enjoyed the Private Eye poking fun at the 'first' Vicky Pryce jury who were dismissed by a trial judge after revelaing themselves to be as 'Thick as Mince' - see previous post dated 21 February 2013.

Those ten tell-tale questions the Vicky Pryce jury asked the judge

1 Your Honour, we've heard a lot during this case about "the Lib Dems". Who or what are they?

2 Someof us were reminded of the plot of a recent Midsomer Murders. Are we allowed to base our verdict  on that?

3 Is it a reasonable inference to decide that Miss Pryce must be innocent because her husband's new girlfirend looks like Wendoline out of Wallace and Gromit?

4 Does a majority verdict mean that most of us have to agree one way or another and how many is a mjority? Is it all twelve?

5 What is "marital coercion"? This one's got us really stumped!

6 If we can't make up our minds on a verdict, will we all go to jail for contempt of court, as it says on Wikipedia?

7 One of us was talking in the pub the other night to a guy who said he'd once fitted a new kitchen for the Huhnes and his opinion was that she was really nice and that it would be unfair to send her to jail. Are we allowed to rely on this as evidence?

8 If Mr Huhne is sentenced to time in prison, can he force his wife to serve the sentence for him?

9 Could you tell us, Your Honour, whether you think Mrs Huhne is guilty or not? This would really help us to make up our minds and then we could all go home.

10 Why doesn't the picture in the paper look anything like us?

A second jury sworn in the following week found Vicky Pryce guilty of course and unananimously into the bargain - which only goes to show that not all juries are as thick as mince.

But then again - some of them are.