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11/8/2004 9:20:13 AM EDT



These are reportedly from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, taken down and published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while the exchanges were actually taking place. If at least one doesn't make you laugh out loud, you are taking life way too seriously.
Q: Are you sexually active?
A: No, I just lie there.
_______________________________
Q: What is your date of birth
A: July 15
Q: What year?
A: Every year.
_____________________________________
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: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he
doesn't know about it until the next morning?
A: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
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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: 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: 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

11/8/2004 9:23:04 AM EDT
[#1]
 That's pretty funny!!!
11/8/2004 9:24:26 AM EDT
[#2]

11/8/2004 9:28:12 AM EDT
[#3]
I had to add this one, it was not an answer in court but...

I was at the Tulsa District Courts to testify in a case last year and saw a juror answering for jury duty. The prospective juror came dressed in orange surgical scrubs, top and bottoms. He probably got sent home to change or he may even have been held in contempt of court. Anyway, I about blew coffee out of my nose laughing so hard when I saw that one!
11/8/2004 9:29:16 AM EDT
[#4]
precious.



On a local note:

Atty: Are you sure that you used that car for surveillance?

LEO:yes.


Positive?


LEO:yes.

The defense doesn't think so. We think you used another surveillance vehicle.

LEO:We didn't. We used that one.

Can you prove it?

LEO:Not really.

Then why are you so sure that that particular vehicle was used for the surveillance?

LEO:We only have one.



the courtroom exploded into laughter.
11/8/2004 9:41:19 AM EDT
[#5]
That last one is classic!