The Sound and the Jury

What do you call someone who serves on a jury?

If your name is Anna, you might say a "jury duty server." If you're anyone else, however, the answer is "juror." Say it aloud, but don't go out of your way to enunciate. Juror. Juror. Jrurr. Jurrrrr. The quicker and more frequently you say it, the more absurd it sounds. Plus, it's guaranteed to make Michael Michael and I giggle, because when you get someone to say "juror" aloud, ey look like an idiot. Sucker.

For a while, this word has been an inside joke of sorts. Like any inside joke, however, it takes a different amusing path when it somehow hits the mainstream or pop culture. Sort of like when we found out that lots of people used Laura's famous "poop on a stick" comment, though in an entirely different context.

I started watching some of the first season of 30 Rock on DVD these past couple weeks and was positively delighted by these clips:


Adding "rural" to "juror" is a brilliant, brilliant move. Rural juror -- I can't stop saying it. Or, hell, I can't stop trying to say it anyway. You try saying it five times fast.

Rural Juror is the new Toy Boat.