http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080611/od_nm/sudoku_dc

Quote :

" SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian drugs trial lasting more than three months and costing taxpayers over A$1 million ($947,000) has been aborted after a number of jurors were found to have spent up to half the time playing Sudoku puzzles. ADVERTISEMENT Sydney District Court Judge Peter Zahra cancelled the trial of two men on drugs conspiracy charges after the jury foreperson admitted that four to five jurors had been playing the addictive number sequence game, local media reported. The judge was alerted after some of the jurors were observed writing their notes vertically, rather than horizontally. The game involves completing a grid of numbers in the correct sequence. One juror said the game helped them to pay more attention by keeping their mind busy. "Some of the evidence is rather drawn out and I find it difficult to maintain my attention the whole time," the juror was quoted saying by the Australian Associated Press. A new trial is expected to begin in a few weeks once a new jury has been called."

6/15/2008 12:28:18 AM

ha

6/15/2008 12:57:18 AM

haha our boss caught 6 of us doing a sudoku challenge at work..

then my supervisor told us we should take our sudoku down to the smoking area and tell him we're on a smoking break

6/15/2008 12:59:39 AM

lol

6/15/2008 1:02:03 AM

this is funny

6/15/2008 12:26:59 PM

It's funny to waste taxpayer money!

6/15/2008 12:31:37 PM

i see no problem with this

6/15/2008 12:33:24 PM

yeah those drugs trials are a huge waste of our collective resources

6/15/2008 12:34:31 PM

Agreed!!1!

6/15/2008 12:34:52 PM

lol

6/15/2008 12:34:52 PM

been eligible fpr jury duty for 11 years now, never been called in. guess they heard i'm voting not guilty no matter what

i'll call it conscientious objection, shit's worse than vietnam

6/15/2008 12:37:42 PM