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

sole beneficiary. Greg brings the case against his wife, Melinda. Greg and Melinda live on a sailing

catamaran, but life at sea isn't busy enough for Melinda.

She says they need a new hobby.

She wants that hobby to be fishing.

Greg thinks it's a bad idea.

He says fishing is boring and gross.

Live aboard sailing involves a lot of upkeep and chores.

Greg doesn't want to add cleaning fish to that

list. 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. This day after we were committed to go around the islands,

the fog rolled back in thick.

Typically, after rounding the second Babson Island, the course back home was a straight line,

heading off 90 degrees. But now the breeze was right on the nose. I took the lead, told the others to follow close behind. We had to make five tacks to get back, and for each tack, I used the ledges and my guide.

I felt very lucky it was low tide, and they were visible.

Those ledges were like bases on a baseball field, guiding me back home through these familiar waters.

The other two boats followed me like ducklings,

and we found our moorings with no problem. Bayeliff, Jesse Thorne, please swear the litigants in.

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. I do. Do you swear to abide by Judge John Hodgman's ruling,

despite the fact that he insists on doing that voice?

I do.

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