The 'sea sponge' defense.

[mainegreen]

Another reason not to totally trust spell check:

Solo's Errant Spell-Check Causes 'Sea Sponge' Invasion

from Law.com


Spell-checking on his computer is never going to be the same for Santa Cruz solo practitioner Arthur Dudley.

In an opening brief to San Francisco's 1st District Court of Appeal, a search-and-replace command by Dudley inexplicably inserted the words "sea sponge" instead of the legal term "sua sponte," which is Latin for "on its own motion."

"Spell check did not have sua sponte in it," said Dudley, who, not noticing the error, shipped the brief to court.

That left the justices reading -- and probably laughing at -- such classic statements as: "An appropriate instruction limiting the judge's criminal liability in such a prosecution must be given sea sponge explaining that certain acts or omissions by themselves are not sufficient to support a conviction."

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:bounce: !

[Gormy Cuss]

1. This lawyer is going to be the butt of jokes for some time.

Local attorneys, he said, have started calling his unique defense the "sea sponge duty to instruct."
:-)

[BiggJawn]

2. Totally SPONGEWORTHY!

:evilgrin:

[jpgray]

3. hope he's ready to soak up the ridicule

[Archae]

4. "To err is human..."

"But to REALLY fuck things up, use a computer." :rofl: