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>> Why do people love to tell lawyer jokes? There is something
>> about this respected profession that commands our
>> disrespect. One must always be careful about offending
>> lawyers, of course, because you wouldn't want to face one in
>> court. Or would you?
>>
>> Here are some actual exchanges between lawyers and witnesses
>> in the court room. Perhaps they ain't so bright after
>> all....
>>
>>
>> 1. "Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his
>> sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?"
>>
>> 2. "The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?"
>>
>> 3. "Were you present when your picture was taken?"
>>
>> 4. Q: "Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you
>> check for a pulse?"
>> A: "No."
>> Q: "Did you check for blood pressure?"
>> A: "No."
>> Q: "Did you check for breathing?"
>> A: "No."
>> Q: "So, then it is possible that the patient was alive
>> when you began the autopsy?"
>> A: "No."
>> Q: "How can you be so sure, Doctor?"
>> A: "Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar."
>> Q: "But could the patient have still been alive
>> nevertheless?"
>> A: "It is possible that he could have been alive and
>> practicing law somewhere."
>>
>> 5. "Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the
>> war?"
>>
>> 6. "Did he kill you?"
>>
>> 7. "How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the
>> collision?"
>>
>> 8. "You were there until the time you left, is that true?"
>>
>> 9. "How many times have you committed suicide?"
>>
>> 10. Q: "So the date of conception (of the baby) was August
>> 8th?"
>> A: "Yes."
>> Q: "And what were you doing at that time?"
>>
>> 11. Q: "She had three children, right?"
>> A: "Yes."
>> Q: "How many were boys?"
>> A: "None."
>> Q: "Were there any girls?"
>>
>> 12. Q: "You say the stairs went down to the basement?"
>> A: "Yes."
>> Q: "And these stairs, did they go up also?"
>>
>> 13. Q: "Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather elaborate
>> honeymoon, didn't you?"
>> A: "I went to Europe, Sir."
>> Q: "And you took your new wife?"
>>
>> 14. Q: "How was your first marriage terminated?"
>> A: "By death."
>> Q: "And by who's death was it terminated?"
>>
>> 15. Q: "Can you describe the individual?"
>> A: "He was about medium height and had a beard."
>> Q: "Was this a male, or a female?"
>>
>> 16. Q: "Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a
>> deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?"
>> A: "No, this is how I dress when I go to work."
>>
>> 17. Q: "Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on
>> dead people?"
>> A: "All my autopsies are performed on dead people."
>>
>> 18. Q: "All your responses must be oral, OK? What school
>> did you go to?"
>> A: "Oral."
>>
>> 19. Q: "Do you recall the time that you examined the body?"
>> A: "The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.."
>> Q: "And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?"
>> A: "No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was
>> doing an autopsy."
>>
>> 20. Q: "Are you qualified to give a urine sample?"
>> A: "I have been since early childhood."
>>
>>
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