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What does it mean?
The speaker is on jury duty for a nonsensical case involving ants dressed as rice robbing a restaurant.
In plain terms
He is judging a fake case about ants in costumes.
What can you take from it?
Jury duty can involve strange cases.

Where it applies

  • jury duty
  • legal proceedings

Putting it to work

  • accept unusual situations
  • use imagination

Questions to consider

  • Would you believe this case?
  • What is the strangest case you heard?

Another view

It is a fictional scenario.

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