Just in time parking

I parked my time machine in the municipal courthouse lot.

Jury duty.

It took hours for everything to be explained, then my group went to a courtroom.

Voir Dire. Question time. They try to weed out the biased and smart aleks.

It wasn’t until they brought in the defendant that I asked to be excused.

“That’s me,” I said.

The judge didn’t believe me.

“Fine,” I grumbled.

As foreman, I made sure the jury found me not guilty.

Excused, I went back to the municipal lot, saw the parking ticket, and growled.

I’ll just pay the fine this time, okay?