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In March 1991, Florence Schreiber Powers, 44, a Ewing, N.J., administrative law judge on trial for shoplifting two watches, she called her psychiatrist to testify that she (Powers) was under stress at the time of the incidents. The doctor said Powers did not know what she was doing “from one minute to the next,” for the following reasons:
recent auto accident
traffic ticket
new-car purchase
overwork
husband’s kidney stones
husband’s asthma (and noisy breathing machine in their bedroom)
menopausal hot flashes
“ungodly” vaginal itch,
bad rash,
fear of breast and anal cancer,
fear of dental surgery
son’s asthma
mother’s and aunt’s illnesses
need to organize parents’ 50th wedding anniversary
need to cook Thanksgiving dinner for 20 relatives
purchase of 200 gifts for Christmas and Hanukkah
attempt to sell her house without a broker
lawsuit against wallpaper cleaners
need to return newly purchased furniture
and toilet constantly running.
(Nonetheless, she was convicted.)
The ungodly vaginal itch would definitely send me on a crime spree. ;0)
Oh the things we women have to endure!
March 25, 2009 at 2:52 pm
Would have been cheaper to buy the two watches. I won’t even attempt to comment on the reasons–call me chicken.
March 25, 2009 at 6:11 pm
I wonder if Winona Ryder had the same problem when she stole
stuff.
March 26, 2009 at 1:31 am
Lala, -P
Ahhhh come on you live with a house full of women-girls….
Sneaker,
I am going to send Winona some jock itch cream for her birthday.
March 26, 2009 at 2:28 pm
I have learned, through the school of hard knocks, that there are certain subjects guys should just throw their arms up and walk away. Some of those subjects were covered in your blog.
March 26, 2009 at 3:49 pm
Aw come on Lala-P. Sneaker- Winona is history man
March 26, 2009 at 9:29 pm
That woman has beaucoup problems. She an she lawya head na good.
April 10, 2009 at 4:55 pm
I’ll admit that’s a lot of problems, I doubt it would drive me to shoplifting though. Awesome story, I have some weird stories as well for those who can’t get enough.