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    Denzel WashyourtongueKelly Conaboy
    7/26/14 4:15pm

    Note to judge: These "glasses," are not expensive and they at least show that you are attempting to not look like you are fucking sleep!

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      RangoUnchainedDenzel Washyourtongue
      7/26/14 4:22pm

      This is why I cannot be a judge. Love to steal me some z's.

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      WineCriticRangoUnchained
      7/26/14 5:30pm

      always been a fear of mine, if I was ever charged with a crime I would most definitely fall asleep during the trial. Nothing says nap time more than sitting listening to people talk for hours on end.

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    Don KeedikKelly Conaboy
    7/26/14 4:34pm

    Kelly - what's your email address?

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      NefertittiesDon Keedik
      7/26/14 5:02pm

      That's a little forward of you, don't you think?

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      Don KeedikNefertitties
      7/26/14 5:03pm

      The fool wonders, the wise man asks.

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    snowKelly Conaboy
    7/26/14 4:25pm

    Could be a medical complaint, such as sleep apnoea. I have an uncle who reputedly almost crashed a car, had it not been for his wife who noticed that he was nodding of, and grabbed a hold of the steering wheel and shrieked, the story tells, loud enough to wake the dead. (Apparently that was the last straw that finally convinced him to seek medical help.)

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      Sargesnow
      7/27/14 11:38am

      Do you mean Narcolepsy? I had an English teacher who'd nod off from time to time while speaking, and then wake up and continue speaking as if nothing happened.

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      snowSarge
      7/27/14 12:26pm

      No. Narcolepsy is a bit of a different kettle of fish altogether. Sleep apnoea is a sleep disorder where the sufferer cannot breathe properly when s/he's asleep, and has more or less frequent pauses in their breathing some tens or sometimes even about a hundred times an hour, each pause lasting from several seconds to even something like a minute. That, in turn, stops that person from sleeping properly, and as a consequence they are chronically sleep deprived and exhausted. It's like spending years on end sleeping just a couple of hours a night. Thus these are the people who tend to have trouble staying awake, and frequently fall asleep in e.g. a theatre while a play or a film is on, in public transport, and also while e.g. driving themselves.

      The insidious thing about sleep apnoea is, that the disorder has a habit of sneaking up on you (frequently, but not always, weight gain is a factor in how severe an individual case happens to be, and age also quite naturally tends to lower one's tolerance for sleep deprivation) and it can take a long time to diagnose. As my uncle has said, you just kinda get used to being tired all the time, and think that it's normal, and a part of getting older.

      It's not really something that can be "cured" per se, but it can be treated with a machine called CPAP that forces a person to breathe properly while asleep. My uncle has one, and since the diagnosis several years ago he's been like a new person.

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    PootMcFruitcakesKelly Conaboy
    7/26/14 4:17pm

    A "point of law" was raised after attorneys spotted Judge Philip Cattan allegedly sleeping while a victim was being cross-examined.

    Given this was in the UK, I suspect an attorney spotted no such thing.

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