First,
on the lighter side. Here's an anecdote forwarded by an avid reader, Hermes Quijada:
A
lady church organist was in her 80s and had never been married. She was admired
for her sweetness and kindness to all.
One
afternoon the pastor came to call on her and she showed him into her quaint sitting
room. She invited him to have a seat while she prepared tea. As he sat facing
her old Hammond organ, the young minister noticed a cute-glass bowl sitting on
top of it.
The
bowl was filled with water, and in the water floated, of all things, a condom!
When she returned with tea and scones, they began to chat. The pastor tried to
stifle his curiosity about the bowl of water and its strange floater, but soon
it got the better of him and he could no longer resist.
"Ma'am",
he said, "I wonder if you would tell me about this?" pointing to the
bowl. "Oh, yes," she replied, "Isn't it wonderful? I was walking
through the park a few months ago and I found this little package on the ground.
The directions said to place it on the organ, keep it wet and that it would prevent
the spread of disease.
Do
you know I have not had the flu all throughout the summer?"
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Now,
the serious news about the Supreme Court's imposition of a P10,000 fine on Judge
Eric F. Menchavez of the Cebu City Regional Trial Court, Branch 21, for vulgar
and unbecoming conduct as a judge. He was also warned that a repetition of the
same infraction will be dealt with more severely.
An
investigation by the Office of the Court Administrator showed that Judge Menchavez
had a heated altercation with Atty. Antonio G. Cañeda and that the judge
brought a handgun into the courtroom and placed it on his table during a court
hearing.
Cañeda,
however, was given by the High Court an admonition that in representing his clients,
he should ever be mindful of the respect due to the court and avoid actions bordering
on disrespect.
"The
judge himself must observe decorum by acting with dignity and courtesy to all
those present in the courtroom. This, the respondent judge failed to do. The severity
of his violation is not tampered by his allegation that the complainant himself
contributed to the events that led to his show of temper," the Court ruled
in Cañeda v. Judge Menchavez, March 4, 2009.
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