[thelist] Disorder in the Court OT

dn at dittodesign.co.uk dn at dittodesign.co.uk
Wed Sep 10 07:56:18 CDT 2003


 These are from a book called Disorder in the Court, and 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 actually taking place.
    ________________________________________
    Q: Are you sexually active?
    A: No, I just lie there.
    ________________________________________
    Q: What is your date of birth?
    A: July 15th.
    Q: What year?
    A: Every year.
    _______________________________________
    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.                                   An absolute
    gem !! _______________________________________ 
 

    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: And, how was your 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
        started 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
        practising law somewhere.


regards,

Darren Yates
dn at dittodesign.co.uk
http://dittodesign.co.uk


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