legal system product placement

Doug: George Foreman wrote a letter to the judge sentencing Michael Vick that begins, “I’m a fulltime minister in Houston Texas, former two-time Heavyweight Champion of the world, and known all over the world as the king of the grills because of the George Foreman Lean Mean Fat Reducing Grilling Machine.”
me: and thus began the trend of product placement in the legal system
Doug: rofl. he’s taken self promotion somewhere it’s probably never been before
me: Your honor, I move that the defendant’s copious mentions of the Nissan Versa be stricken from the record
Doug: “Did you, or did you not, see the defendant through the window of your all-wheel drive, 30 mile per gallon, 10-year drive train warranty, leather interior BMW 17T?”

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