Cat Summoned for Jury Duty

Me: Perfect. Sent it in. Got another rejection. "Summons is mandatory. Failure to appear will result in contempt of court." My roommate thought this was hilarious. Roommate: Felix is going to jail. Me: This is serious. Roommate: Bring him to court. See what happens. Decided that was actually the only option left. Day of jury duty, put Felix in his carrier. Brought the entire paper trail of rejection letters. Checked in at the courthouse. Clerk: Name? Me: Felix Martinez. Clerk: (looked at the cat carrier) Is that Felix? Me: Yes. Clerk: (long stare) He's a cat. Me: I've been saving that for six weeks. Clerk: Why didn't you file an exemption?

A person receives repeated rejection letters after trying to excuse Felix from jury duty, so they bring their cat Felix in a carrier to the courthouse with all the paperwork. The clerk is stunned to discover that Felix is a cat, while the narrator has been seriously treating the summons as mandatory for six weeks. The joke comes from taking bureaucratic instructions literally and treating a cat like a human juror. EN: A person receives repeated rejection letters after trying to excuse Felix from jury duty, so they bring their cat Felix in a carrier to the courthouse with all the paperwork. The clerk is stunned to discover that Felix is a cat, while the narrator has been seriously treating the summons as mandatory for six weeks. The joke comes from taking bureaucratic instructions literally and treating a cat like a human juror.

• @memetutorial / 20812 2026-07-08