A Lawyer's Question

In a court case, the lawyer for the prosecution called his first witness to the stand, a grandmotherly, elderly woman. He approached her and asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know me?"

She responded, "Why, yes, I do know you, Mr. Williams. I've known you since you were a young boy. And frankly, you've been a big disappointment to me. You lie, you cheat on your wife, you manipulate people and talk about them behind their backs. You think you're a rising big shot when you haven't the brains to realise you never will amount to anything more than a two-bit pen pusher. Yes, I know you."

The lawyer was stunned, and not knowing what else to do he pointed across the room and asked, "Mrs. Williams, do you know the lawyer for the defence ?"

She again replied, "Why, yes I do. I've known Mr. Bradley since he was a youngster, too. I used to baby-sit him for his parents. And he, too, has been a real disappointment to me. He's lazy, intolerant and he has a drinking problem. The man can't build a normal relationship with anyone and his office is one of the shoddiest law practices in the entire county. Yes, I know him."

At this point, the judge rapped his gavel and brought the courtroom to silence, and called both counsellors to the bench. In a very quiet voice, he said with menace, "If either of you asks her if she knows me, you'll be in jail for contempt within 5 minutes!"

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The Brain Teaser (Answers from page 10)

 

Turn on switch "A" for a few minutes. Turn it off and turn on switch "B". Open the door, and if the light is out, touch the light bulb.

1. If the light is on, it is switch "B"

2. If the light is off and hot, it is switch "A"

3. If the light is off and cold, it is switch "C"

 

Paul Nagai

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