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Crazy things occur in court rooms every day, but that fact shouldn't really surprise us. When you assemble the explosive mixture of judges, lawyers and their clients under one roof, anything can - and sometimes does - happen. So kick your feet back, relax and check out the bizarre world of law in America. You've got the best seats in the house. Here's wishing you a lawyer free day! Bombs away. A Santa Cruz, California man won a suit against American Airlines. In his small claims suit against the airline, he alleged that one of the company's planes released two chunks of toilet waste, known euphemistically as "blue ice," onto the skylight of his boat. Butt of more lawyer jokes. A client sued her lawyer in 1999 for emotional distress after he allegedly spanked her bare buttocks. Causing quite a buzz. A man who came to a court hearing wearing a yellow striped bumblebee costume in protest what he called a "sting" operation by prosecutors almost left the courtroom in another type of garb -- jailhouse attire. Close but no cigar. You've got to give a St. Paul man credit. The enterprising chap, in what proved to be a futile attempt to have charges dropped against him, faked his own death in order to get pending charges dropped against him. But authorities soon realized the man was indeed alive and well and had him arrested. Dumber than he looks. A jewelry thief lost his temper at sentencing when a judge accused him of showing no remorse. "Are you gonna sentence me to the max? Is that what you're getting at?" Herminio DeJesus yelled. "Go ahead! You're going to give it to me anyway!" The judge proceeded to make his day handed down a maximum sentence of 3 1/2-to-seven years in prison. Fake lawyer sent to jail. It looks like a California convicted felon, who managed to pose as a lawyer and represent hundreds of clients, has been sent away on an all expenses paid 12 1/2 year trip up the river. Fools rush in. It's been said many times that a man who is his own lawyer has a fool for a client. A Canadian man learned that the hard way recently while trying to get out of drug convictions imposed after a trial two years ago in which he represented himself. Full moon shot. Jurors, who took a mere thirty minutes to find a man guilty of armed burglary and aggravated battery, were treated to an impromptu full moon display. Getting His Stash Back. Usually people go to court to fight a drug rap. But one California man is going to court to get his drugs back. Good old #2 lands man in legal hot water. Apparently fed up with being called for jury duty three times in the past two years, a man sent back his most recent summons with his own personal stamp — good old #2. His story checks out. It seems a man who fell asleep while driving and then crashed into a school bus was a bit too forthright when he came to court. He told a judge that the accident was a result of him being very tired. The man proceeded to tell the judge that the reason he felt so pooped was because he stayed up late the night before writing a bunch of counterfeit checks. If you snooze, you lose. After a juror was caught snoozing during a trial, a Cincinnati judge declared a mistrial in the case of a man facing cocaine charges. Jury Tampering. After listening to testimony in a murder case, jurors in Baltimore returned to their jury room only to find that they had become victims of a crime themselves: somebody had stolen their money, cell phones and car keys. Looks like a case of all bark and no bite. A state appeals court in Athens, Ohio has ruled that a man, who barked at a police dog, was simply using his freedom of speech rights when he barked back at a police dog. Moon shot results in more jail time. It was just another business as usual day in an Athens, Texas court room until 40-year-old Ray Mason decided to drop his trousers and moon the judge. Paper gun helps prisoner escape. A prisoner facing a life sentence escaped from a Tacoma, Washington area courtroom by using a fake gun he made out out of paper and cardboard. Peek-a-boo lawsuit. A Muslim woman, who claimed her religious beliefs prevented her from showing her face in public, has lost her case over her insistence of wearing a veil in her driver's license photo. Two For the Price of One. A judge, moments after sentencing a man to more time in prison for hiding marijuana in his underwear, performed a wedding ceremony for the inmate and his fiancée.
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