>>>> > "Lawyers typically aren't funny -- unless by accident. >>>> > Case in point: The following questions from lawyers were >>>> > taken from official court records nationwide... >>>> > >>>> > 1) Was that the same nose you broke as a child? >>>> > >>>> > 2) Now, doctor, isn't it true that when a person >>>> > dies in his sleep, in most cases he just passes >>>> > quietly away and doesn't know anything about it >>>> > until the next morning? >>>> > >>>> > 3) Q: What heppened then? >>>> > A: He told me, he says, 'I have to kill you because >>>> > you can identify me.' >>>> > Q: Did he kill you? >>>> > >>>> > 4) Was it you or your brother that was killed in the war? >>>> > >>>> > 5) The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he? >>>> > >>>> > 6) Were you alone or by yourself. >>>> > >>>> > 7) How long have you been a French Canadian? >>>> > >>>> > 8) Do you have any children or anything of that kind? >>>> > >>>> > 9) Q: I show you exhibit 3 and ask you if you recognize >>>> > that picture. >>>> > A: That's me. >>>> > Q: Were you present when that picture was taken? >>>> > >>>> > 10) Were you present in court this morning when you were >>>> > sworn in? >>>> > >>>> > 11) Q: Now, Mrs. Johnson, how was your first marriage >>>> > terminated? >>>> > A: By death. >>>> > Q: And by whose death was it terminated? >>>> > >>>> > 12) Q: Do you know how far pregnant you are now? >>>> > A: I'll be three months on November 8. >>>> > Q: Apparently, then, the date of conception was >>>> > August 8? >>>> > A: Yes. >>>> > Q: What were you doing at that time? >>>> > >>>> > 13) Q: Mrs. Jones, do you believe you are emotionally >>>> > stable? >>>> > A: I used to be. >>>> > Q: How many times have you committed suicide? >>>> > >>>> > 14) So you were gone until you returned? >>>> > >>>> > 15) Q: She had three children, right? >>>> > A: Yes. >>>> > Q: How many were boys? >>>> > A: None. >>>> > Q: Were there girls? >>>> > >>>> > 16) You don't know what it was, and you didn't know what >>>> > it looked like, but can you describe it? >>>> > >>>> > 17) Q: You say that the stairs went down to the basement? >>>> > A: Yes. >>>> > Q: And these stairs, did they go up also? >>>> > >>>> > 18) Q: Have you lived in this town all your life? >>>> > A: Not yet. >>>> > >>>> > 19) A Texas attorney, realizing he was on the verge of >>>> > unleashing a stupid question, interrupted himself >>>> > and said, "Your Honor, I'd like to strike the next >>>> > question." >>>> > >>>> > 20) Q: Do you recall approximately the time that you >>>> > examined the body of Mr. Edington at the rose >>>> > Chapel? >>>> > A: It was in the evening. The autopsy started about >>>> > 8:30 p.m. >>>> > Q: And Mr. Edington was dead at the time, is that >>>> > correct? >>>> > A: No, you stupid, he was sitting on the >>>> > table wondering why I was doing an autopsy! > > >>Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same. -- Oscar Wilde >> >>The graduate with a Science degree asks, "Why does it work?" >>The graduate with an Engineering degree asks, "How does it work?" >>The graduate with an Accounting degree asks, "How much does it cost?" >>The graduate with a Liberal Arts degress asks, "Do you want fries with >>that?" >> >>I am not a vegetarian because I love animals; I am a vegetarian because I >>hate plants. -- A. Whitney Brown >> >>A great many people think that they are thinking when they are merely >>rearranging prejudices. -- William James >> >>The Lord's Prayer is 66 words, the Gettysburg Address is 286 words, there >>1,322 words in the Declaration of Independence, but the government >>regulations on the sale of cabbage totals 26,911 words. -- From an article >>on the growth of federal regulations in the Oct.24th Issue of the National >>Review. >> >>Half of the people in the world are below average. >> >>There is so much comedy on television. Does that cause comedy in the >>streets?? -- Dick Cavett, mocking the TV-violence debate. >> >>If a woman has to choose between catching a fly ball and saving an infant's >>life, she will choose to save the infant's life without even considering if >>there are men on base. --Dave Barry >> >>On a tombstone: "I TOLD YOU I WAS SICK" >> >>Somebody hits me, I'm going to hit him back. Even if it does look like he >>hasn't eaten in a while. -- Charles Barkley, after blatantly elbowing an >>Angolan basketball opponent in the Olympics. >> >>Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I >>repeat myself. -- Mark Twain >> >>Calvin: People think it must be fun to be a super genius, but they don't >>understand how hard it is to put up with all the idiots in the world. >>Hobbes: Isn't your pants' zipper supposed to be in the front? >> >>Laundry instructions on a shirt made by HEET (Korea) >>For best results: Wash in cold water separately, hang dry and iron with >>warm iron. >>For not so good results: Drag behind car through puddles, blow dry on roof >>rack. >> >>The dumber people think you are, the more surprised they're going to be >>when you kill them. -- William Clayton >> >>When authorities warn you of the sinfulness of sex, there is an important >>lesson to be learned. Do not have sex with the authorities. -- From "Basic >>Sex Facts For Today's Youngfolk" in "Life in Hell" by Matt Groening >> >>"Time's fun when you're having flies." Kermit the Frog > > > >