Quoting%20commentary for Ketubot 210:10

אמימר הוה יתיב וקא דאין דינא פרח גדפא ארישיה אתא ההוא גברא שקליה א"ל מאי עבידתיך א"ל דינא אית לי אמר ליה פסילנא לך לדינא מר עוקבא הוה שדי רוקא קמיה אתא ההוא גברא כסייה א"ל מאי עבידתיך א"ל דינא אית לי א"ל פסילנא לך לדינא

Amemar was once sitting and adjudicating when a bird flew down upon his head. A man came and removed it. ‘What is your business here?’ [Amemar] asked him, “What is your business here?” He said to him, “I have a court case.” [Amemar] replied, “I am disqualified from acting as your judge.” Mar Ukba once spit and a man came and covered it. ‘[Mar Ukba] asked him, “What is your business here?” He said to him, “I have a court case.” [Mar Ukba] replied, “I am disqualified from acting as your judge.”

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