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Friday Funny: Disorder in the Court



        >
        > These are from a book called Disorder in the Court.
        >
        > These are things people actually said in court, word for word,
taken
down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying
calm while these exchanges were taking place. Some of
        > these are excellent - don't miss the last one.
        >
        >             ===
        >
        >             Q: What is your date of birth?
        >
        >             A: July fifteenth.
        >
        >             Q: What year?
        >
        >             A: Every year.
        >
        >             ===
        >
        >             Q: Are you sexually active?
        >
        >             A: No, I just lie there.
        >
        >                 ===
        >
        >             Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
        >
        >             A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
        >
        >             ===
        >             Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory
at
all?
        >
        >             A: Yes.
        >
        >             Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
        >
        >             A: I forget.
        >
        >             Q: You forget. Can you give us an example of something
that you've forgotten?
        >
        >             ===
        >
        >             Q: How old is your son, the one living with you?
        >
        >             A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember
which.
        >
        >             Q: How long has he lived with you?
        >
        >             A: Forty-five years.
        >
        >             ===
        >             Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you
when
he woke up that morning?
        >
        >             A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
        >
        >             Q: And why did that upset you?
        >
        >             A: My name is Susan.
        >
        >             ===
        >
        >             Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved
in
voodoo or the occult?
        >
        >             A: We both do.
        >
        >             Q: Voodoo?
        >
        >             A: We do.
        >
        >             Q: You do?
        >
        >             A: Yes, voodoo.
        >
        >             ===
        >
        >             Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies
in
his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
        >
        >             ===
        >
        >             Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is
he?
        >
        >             ===

        >             Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
        >
        >             ===
        >              Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August
8th?
        >
        >             A: Yes.
        >             Q: And what were you doing at that time?
        >
        >             ===
        >
        >             Q: She had three children, right?
        >
        >             A: Yes.
        >
        >             Q: How many were boys?
        >
        >             A: None.
        >             Q: Were there any girls?
        >
        >             ===
        >
        >             Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
        >
        >             A: By death.
        >
        >             Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
        >
        >             ===
        >             Q: Can you describe the individual?
        >
        >             A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
        >
        >             Q: Was this a male, or a female?
        >
        >             ===
        >             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.
        >
        >             ===
        >             Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on
dead
people?
        >
        >             A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
        >             ===
        >             Q: All your responses must be oral, OK? What school
did
you go to?
        >
        >             A: Oral.
        >             ===
        >             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.
        >
        >             ===
        >             Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample
        >
        >             ===
        >             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: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive
and
practicing law somewhere.

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