I like this judge!

TAMPA, Fla. - A federal judge, miffed at the inability of opposing attorneys to agree on even the slightest details of a lawsuit, ordered them to settle their latest dispute with a game of "rock, paper, scissors.

The argument was over a location to take the sworn statement of a witness inan insurance lawsuit.In an order signed Tuesday, U.S. District Judge Gregory Presnell scolded both sides and ordered them to meet at a neutral location at 4 p.m. June 30 to play a round of the hand-gesture game often used to settle childhooddisputes.

If they can't agree on the neutral location, he said, they'll play on the steps of the federal courthouse. The winner gets to choose the location for the witnesss tatement. "We're going to have to do it," said David Pettinato, lead attorney for the plaintiff, Avista Management. "I guess I'd better bone up on 'rock, paper, scissors' rules."

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I love this judge. I truly think if you're going to act like a spoiled brat, hey, you'll get treated like a spoiled brat. Of course, it's just like an attorney to think 'rock, paper, scissors' has rules.