MYSTERY OBJECTS

[Big Kev]

MPs will vote later on bringing in new rules to curb which extra work they are allowed to do, amid the row about second jobs

[Tripps]

Is it a football World Cup draw thingy?

No sorry - more current than that.

[Tripps]

We seem to have run out of steam - so here's the answer. It's the 'rumbler' used to draw lots for the jury in the ongoing Kenosha murder trial. I thought it might be over by now. They have 18 jurors throughout the trial then six names are drawn out, and the remaing twelve retire to consider their verdict. On this occacasion the Judge allowed the accused to do the draw.

Kenosha Wisconsin

[Stanley]

I looked at the link David and was struck by the way modern American formal writing so clearly shows its 17th century origin. Jurors are 'stricken' from the panel.



What's going on here?

[Cathy]

Is it a body pillow?

[Stanley]

Hee hee! You've shot me down straight away Cathy. Dead right. A very strange Japanese custom if you look into it.
Next one?

[Tripps]

Mid way through reply and I had a power failure. Try again. . . .

was struck by the way modern American formal writing so clearly shows its 17th century origin

I noticed too. It reminded me of the trial of Michael Jackson's doctor, and the words uttered by the court usher/bailiff when the verdict was announced

"So say you one, so say you all?" That has a ring of history about it.

Seems not many trials in America have a not guilty plea. Most are plea bargained and negotiated before the trial. I recall being surprised that after the guilty verdict, whilst still in court, the doctor was immediately handcuffed and leg shackled.

[Stanley]

[Stanley]

Where and what is it?

[Tripps]

Sorry to interrupt but the Kenosha verdict is in.

"The accused will rise - face the jury and harken to its verdict"

NOT GUILTY on All five counts.

[Stanley]

The NRA will be rejoicing... A travesty in my opinion. The jury were quite right to acquit under the law as it stands. The problem is a law that allows a 17 year old to go into an area armed with a military semi automatic weapon without breaking any law. It is, quite simply, madness. ("Those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad")
As for the mystery, you've all seen it before....

[Gloria]

Is it the wreckage of a hull?

[Stanley]

No Gloria. You need a clue. That's the Manhattan Bridge in the background.

[Gloria]

No idea really Stanley, it was just a guess.

[Stanley]

I'll knock it on the head, it's a 'hooverville'. (Shack built by the homeless) It's in the middle of New York at the base of the west tower of the Brooklyn Bridge. I found it in the 1980s. Try this easy one.



What is it?

[Stanley]

Any offers?

[Cathy]

I’ll have a guess and say a Fig

[chinatyke]

A frozen mushroom?

[Stanley]

Sorry but no to both of you. I thought you'd pounce on this one cackling with glee!

[chinatyke]

A kidney?

[Tizer]

Sorry but no to both of you. I thought you'd pounce on this one cackling with glee!

Cackling? Is it a male bird displaying to a female?

[Stanley]

I thought you'd get it easily. It's a sea pansy. (LINK) Try this....



What and where is it.

[Tizer]

Sorry but no to both of you. I thought you'd pounce on this one cackling with glee!

Cackling? Is it a male bird displaying to a female?

I guess we're not up to speed on `species of colonial cnidarian in the family Renillidae'.

[Stanley]

You are forgiven. Neither am I! But what about the bit of grass....?

[Big Kev]

Is it the top of a well?