MY DAY OF JUDGMENT

The high court judge seems like a pretty sweet gig because you get to wield that little hammer.

Every job would be made more bearable by the simple addition of the little hammer, I feel. With the hammer you get to set your own agenda. If you don't want to answer the phone, it's bang-bang-bang "let's have a recess for one hour." If the paperwork's mounting up you can just bang-bang-bang "I'll see everyone back here at 4 p.m." - take a walk in the park, go see a movie, the afternoon is yours.

It would be great for team meetings, too, wouldn't it? Your boss is raising points, talking about the business plan, pointing out where everyone needs to be and you get a little confused, a little lost. No need to embarrass yourself asking the boss to repeat the whole thing in front of everyone. It's just bang-bang-bang "Approach the bench." And they'd have to. It's the law.

He who wields the hammer runs the world, my friends. In the words of MC Gavel: "Gaveltime!"