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Judge turns rude lawyer into frog, no magic required

7/20/2012

The only thing better than a lawyer joke is being able to laugh at an actual lawyer. Today we thank Magistrate Adewunmi Makanjuola for giving us that opportunity. The Nigerian judge was irked after "middle-aged lawyer" Nnajite Okobie kept chattering to his clients, an interruption that repeatedly distracted the magistrate. He ordered Okobie and his two clients to choose whether they'd rather pay a fine for contempt or spend five minutes "frog-jumping" in front of the court. The talkative offenders took the leap, a punishment that attracted an audience, including several people who stopped by just to make fun of them. Makanjuola might be half a world away, but we're sending him a long-distance high-five. [Source]

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