In the absence of Quids. DECISION: Diplomatic Immunity Plea rejected. Grounds: failure of the defendant to satisfy this Court that he is entitled to diplomatic immunity. Moreover, Exhibit A (threads from the EDF) corroborates this by providing irrefutable evidence of an inability to conduct himself remotely diplomatically contrary to the EDF Regulations as laid out by Mark. Sentence: (1) Community Service Order: You are required to keep the streets of ED free of snow, ice and dog poo for a period of one month. You are to assist cooking-challenged forumites with various cooking tasks. Tasks to include: - showing Katie1997 how to cook rice without the benefit of a rice cooker - demonstrating to HAL9000 how to peel/crush garlic and extract juice from lemons - aiding Helen Graves with the peeling of some 5 billion chick peas. Furthermore, you are to give a demonstration on how to bake the best Irish Soda Bread. This demonstration to take place at 8pm 10th December at the next EDF Drinks. (2) Exclusion Order: You are to refrain from posting in The Lounge for a period of one month. Conversely you are obliged to post in the Drawing Room at least 50 times a day. Any inappropriate postings will result in your facing a specialist panel comprised of: Huguenot, Mockney Piers and DJKillaQueen. (3) Curfew Order: You are not at liberty to attend the EDF's offices for a period of one month except for the purpose of feeding and combing the Forum's mangey and flea-ridden pet dog: Woofmarkthedog. (4) Probation order: You are required to report to SeanMacGabann twice daily. (5) Supervision Order: Power is hereby given to Quids who will take overall responsibility for your supervision. Should you fail to keep the peace and/or conduct yourself in a manner appropriate to ED folk, Quids may issue whatever further penalty he deems appropriate. This could include, but is not limited to, installing you in the specially erected stocks on Goose Green where the yummy mummies of ED and their sprogs would be encouraged to have a field day (egged on by the likes of HonaloochieB, karter and VerryBerryCherry). Such an "event" would be supervised by Mick Mac. ( 6) Forfeiture Order: For breach of Rule 5.6(A)III(xi) of Master Quids' 100s Game, your falsely claimed 100 is to be surrendered immediately and given instead to the more worthy player: Ladymuck. You have 7 days in which to lodge an appeal with Legalbeagle.