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Saturday, June 10, 2006

Judge orders game of rock, paper, scissors

A federal judge in Tampa, torqued at the inability of opposing attorneys to agree on even the slightest details of a lawsuit, ordered them to settle their latest dispute with a game of rock, paper, scissors.

The argument was over a location where the sworn statement of a witness in an insurance lawsuit should be taken. Imagine if this thing catches on. We could all be lawyers. Or at least art dealers.

Last year, officials of Christie's and Sotheby's engaged in the game to decide who would get to sell a $17.8 million collection of art offered by a Japanese electronics company. Christie's won, scissors cutting paper.

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