Welcome to the Judge John Hodgman podcast. I'm bailiff, Jesse Thorne. This week,

persimmin to approach the branch. Matt brings the case against his fiance, Vera. While on a drive,

Vera wanted to stop and pick some persimmons from a random tree. Matt said, no, they don't know the owners of that tree.

Those persimmons are forbidden fruit.

But Vera really wants those persimmons.

They've been holding a grudge against Matt ever since.

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. Podcast's ingestion should be the treatment of choice,

considering that fewer endoscopies and accessories are needed, and patients spend fewer days at the

hospital.

Moreover, availability low cost, rapid way of action, simplicity and administration,

and safety renders podcasts a cost-effective therapy for gastric phytobesawars.

Baylor if Jesse Thorne, please swear the litigants in.

Matt and Vera, 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?

I do. Yes, I do.

Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling, despite the fact that he's never had my mother's famous persimmon

pudding. Yes, I do. Judge Hodgman, you may proceed. Bail of Jesse Thorne, thank you. Indeed,

I have never ingested a single persimmon in my life. So I should recuse myself, but I'm not going to

because we've got a podcast to make. And as you recently heard,

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