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Drama and hysteria in the Court!

GENTS AND LADIES: These are Hysterical!
by Nabeelat

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These are from a book called Disorder in the Courts of America , 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.   ATTORNEY:   Are you sexually active?   WITNESS:      No, I just lie there.   ______________________________   ATTORNEY:   What is your date of birth?   WITNESS:       July 18th.   ATTORNEY:   What year?   WITNESS:       Every year.   _____________________________________   ATTORNEY:    What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?   WITNESS:       Gucci sweats and Reeboks   ______________________________________   ATTORNEY:    This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?   WITNESS:       Yes.   ATTORNEY:   And in what ways does it affect your memory?   WITNESS:      I forget.   ATTORNEY:   You forget? Can you give us an example of something you forgot?   _____________________________________   ATTORNEY:    How old is your son, the one living with you?   WITNESS:      Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.   ATTORNEY:    How long has he lived with you?   WITNESS:       Forty-five years.   _____________________________________   ATTORNEY:   What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?   WITNESS:      He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"   ATTORNEY:   And why did that upset you?   WITNESS:     My name is Susan.   ______________________________________   ATTORNEY:   Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?   WITNESS:     We both do.   ATTORNEY:   Voodoo?   WITNESS:     We do.   ATTORNEY:   You do?   WITNESS:      Yes, voodoo.   ______________________________________   ATTORNEY:    Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his                sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?   WITNESS:      Did you actually pass the bar exam?   ___________________________________   ATTORNEY:   The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?   WITNESS:      Uh, he's twenty-one.   ________________________________________   ATTORNEY:    Were you present when your picture was taken?   WITNESS:      Would you repeat the question?   ______________________________________   ATTORNEY:    So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?   WITNESS:       Yes.   ATTORNEY:    And what were you doing at that time?   WITNESS:       Uh....   ______________________________________   ATTORNEY:   She had three children, right?   WITNESS:      Yes.   ATTORNEY:   How many were boys?   WITNESS:       None.   ATTORNEY:    Were there any girls?   ______________________________________   ATTORNEY:    How was your first marriage terminated?   WITNESS:       By death.   ATTORNEY:    And by whose death was it terminated?   ______________________________________   ATTORNEY:   Can you describe the individual?   WITNESS:      He was about medium height and had a beard.   ATTORNEY:   Was this a male or a female?   ______________________________________   ATTORNEY:   Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?  WITNESS:       No, this is how I dress when I go to work.   ______________________________________   ATTORNEY:   Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on                         Dead people?   WITNESS:      All my autopsies are performed on dead people.   ______________________________________   ATTORNEY:   ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?   WITNESS:      Oral.   ______________________________________   ATTORNEY:    Do you recall the time that you examined the body?   WITNESS:       The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.   ATTORNEY:    And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?   WITNESS:       No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!   ______________________________________   ATTORNEY:    Are you qualified to give a urine sample?   WITNESS:       Huh?   ______________________________________   ATTORNEY:   Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?   WITNESS:       No.   ATTORNEY:    Did you check for blood pressure?   WITNESS:      No.   ATTORNEY    Did you check for breathing?   WITNESS:      No.   ATTORNEY:    So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?   WITNESS:      No.   ATTORNEY:    How can you be so sure, Doctor?   WITNESS:       Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.   ATTORNEY:    But could the patient have still been alive,nevertheless?   WITNESS:      Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and                         practicing law.   Watch the latest videos on YouTube.com