Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm bail of Jesse Thorne. This week, Justice is Blinds.

Alex brings the case against his wife, Kim. Alex and Kim recently bought a house in Maine.

Kim wants to install blinds in the windows. Alex is opposed. He loves waking up to the sunlight. Alex says blinds will cast a shadow on his

sunny mornings. But Kim doesn't want any nosy Mainers looking in her windows at night. Who's right,

who's wrong? Only one can decide. Please rise as Judge John Hodgman enters the courtroom and presents an obscure cultural

reference. Dad still lives in the town where he was born, says he's got nowhere else to go.

He's been working the same jobs since 62, knows everything he'll ever need to know.

Every day at five, he come home from the plant, pull up and honk his horn,

he'd go into the kitchen, come out with a beer, and unbutton his uniform.

And I never understood the expression on his face, but finally it's making sense to me.

Because when Grandpa passed away, I inherited his clothes and a job down at the factory,

living second-rate, working second shift, and somehow 20 years

went by, I ended up like dad in the town where I was born, and I'll never question why.

bailiff, Jesse Thorne, please swear the litigants in.

Alex Kim, please rise and raise your right hands.

Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth?

So help you. God or whatever? Yes, I do. Yes. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth? So help you. God or whatever?

Yes, I do.

Yes.

Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling, despite the fact that we've been struggling with the flat, cold, outdoor light that comes through his blindless office window?

Yes.

I do.

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