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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread pick my pickles #49510 12/07/2001 8:11 PM Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 Sparteye Pooh-Bah Sparteye Pooh-Bah Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 1,773 From a sentencing transcript, the trial court Judge speaking: It has been claimed that the representations made in the report, and the conclusions made by the agent that the individual before the Court is a drug dealer are inaccurate ... But, you know I can draw my own conclusions as a Judge. I don't throw my common sense out the window when I get on the bench. And I mean I pick my pickles and I come to work. I can use my common sense when I arrive here .... Pick my pickles? Is anybody familiar with this phrase? What, exactly, does it mean? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pick my pickles #49511 12/07/2001 10:21 PM Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Wordwind Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 6,296 Piedmont Region of Virginia, U... Sparteye: Nothing on Google. So, the expression may be up for grabs. I'll take a shot at it... Pickles are a fairly common condiment--nothing rare here. Maybe the judge was throwing on the garb of Everyman, common sense, common tastes, no baloney temperament. He doesn't pick at escargot; he's a pickle picker with no wool over his eyes. Hope you get something better, but maybe this will help screw the lid off the jar. Best regards, WW Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: pick my pickles #49512 12/08/2001 3:21 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky I think maybe he means pickles as predicaments. He chooses what he's going to spend time making decisions on: what is worthy of consideration, and what is not. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Threaded Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary

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