"I'm here live . . .
I'm not a cat." Well, that's what attorney Rod Ponton insisted upon when
he logged into the Zoom court of Judge Roy B.
Ferguson of Texas. Ponton, like a true professional, was
willing proceed despite his feline transformation.
Fox 13 News quotes
the Judge's prudent advice to all people working from home from shared
computers:
"If a child used your
computer, before you join a virtual hearing check the Zoom Video Options to be
sure filters are off."
Now for my sitcom
pitch: Kitten Attorney tells the tale of a lawyer who, despite a
terribly cute accident, continues his legal career with a cat's body. I
want Clancy Brown in
the lead role.
UPDATE
2/9/20: Slate has an interview with
cat attorney Rod Ponton:
Are you worried that it
made you look unprofessional?
No, no, it’s just one of
those little computer snafus that happens in our age where we’re trying to take
care of everything by Zoom. It’s now apparently gone viral, so that’s
pretty funny.
Yeah, I think a lot of
people were pretty amused.
We have a sense of humor
out here in West Texas. If I can make everybody smile for a moment, today I’m
happy to do it, even at my own expense.
I am dreading the zoom.
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