Sounds Like An Episode of Jerry Springer

This article appeared in our local newspaper today. Where to begin? I started reading bits of it to my co-worker during lunch, and about every paragraph brought something else I had to tell him. Here are some of my favorite parts.

Carla Hartman called police to accompany her when she returned to the home Nov. 28, the reports said. While in the home, she became upset after discovering Douglas Hartman had taken her birth certificate, law degree and other documents, reports indicate. She then told officers her husband had been growing marijuana in the basement, the reports said.

Comment: She was following the axiom "don't get mad, get even". Of course, she probably should have thought it through a tad bit more. It's HER house too.

Douglas Hartman told officers he used the equipment to grow cactuses.

Comments: 1. Really? That's the best you've got? 2. I think the cops *probably* can tell the difference between pot and cacti (another plural of cactus). I seriously doubt that the suspected marijuana they found will turn out to be cacti.

He said he had not smoked marijuana since his wife purchased some for him two years ago, the reports said.

Carla Hartman told officers she gave her husband some marijuana two years ago as a birthday present, the reports said.

Comments: 1. You're a lawyer and you don't know when to stop talking? 2. You're a lawyer and you bought your husband pot for his birthday? Seriously?

Other thoughts:
1. This couple so deserves each other
2. I sent this article to some of my co-workers because I enjoyed it so much. I told them it read like an episode of Jerry Springer. When I went to Comments page of the paper that originally published the article, I saw that I wasn't the only person who held this opinion
3.  You're a lawyer and you only make $38,000? I think there's got to be some good background on why that's the case

Hope you enjoyed the article as much as I and my coworkers did.