This is a true story, that I first heard about while reading "The Case For Christ" by Lee Strobel.
In 1995, New Mexico state senator Duncan Scott, suggested this amendment to state statutes:
When a psychologist or psychiatrist testifies during a defendant's competency hearing, the psychologist or psychiatrist shall wear a cone-shaped hat that is not less than two feet tall. The surface of the hat shall be imprinted with stars and lightning bolts. Additionally, a psychologist or psychiatrist shall be required to don a white beard that is not less than 18 inches in length, and shall punctuate crucial elements of his testimony by stabbing the air with a wand. Whenever a psychologist or psychiatrist provides expert testimony regarding a defendant's competency, the bailiff shall contemporaneously dim the courtroom lights and administer two strikes to a Chinese gong.
I just thought this was interesting. It made it all the way to the House of Representatives.
This is a short story that I wrote a few years ago. Like it or not, it was fun to write.
Timothy Standing up for Justice!
One day, Timothy was walking around his town, when he saw a suspicious looking person. So he walked up, and offered him a stick of gum. Mister suspicious took the gum, blew a giant bubble, walked up to a little girl, and popped it in her hair. Tim said "apologize now!" Mister suspicious was like "go away, before I throw a Rubik's cube, or a roll of duct tape or something at you." Tim, terrified by this, ran. He didn't stop running until he was in a cave, high on a mountain. In this cave, he met a ninja, who trained him for a week and a half. Then Tim walked down the mountain, into town, and straight up to mister suspicious! He was like "you will apologize to that little girl now."
Mister suspicious said nothing. All he did was throw a Simon at Tim! But Tim dodged the Simon, then ran up, with incredible speed, and gave mister suspicious an Indian sunburn that made him cry, like a little girl. Then Tim said "are you ready to apologize now?"
So in the end, mister suspicious apologized to the little girl. Tim found out his name was Jim. Jim swept up the pieces of the Simon, and Tim and Jim, became best friends.
PS: Jim never popped another bubble into someone's hair again.
THE END