We're the Military and Airpower Guys of Jonah Goldberg of National Review Online + a stray we found wandering around looking lost. All original material JHD, BHD, JR, WT, and KA 2003-2010 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/disorder_in_the_court.html Sat, 24 Mar 2012 15:54:35 Z Movable Type 4.12 en Copyright 2012 http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification For your ponderification: some selected excerpts from Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History by Charles M. Sevilla. Verbatim transcripts from court reporters who were professional enough to remain calm while these exchanges were actually taking place. Now I know why trial lawyers contribute so heavily to the Party of Entitlements... ______________________________ 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... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/disorder_in_the_court.html http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/disorder_in_the_court.html Fri, 31 Mar 2006 06:42:25 -0600 Damn. I think I hurt myself laughing. And I think Bill owes me a beer for the one I spewed all over my monitor... http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/disorder_in_the_court.html#comment-43370 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/disorder_in_the_court.html#comment-43370 Sat, 01 Apr 2006 23:25:25 -0600 These quotes are why I dropped out of law school. I could never learn to think like a lawyer :-) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/disorder_in_the_court.html#comment-43353 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/disorder_in_the_court.html#comment-43353 Sat, 01 Apr 2006 14:00:13 -0600 Guy walks into a bar, pushes open the swinging doors, and yells at the guy flipping burgers, "Pour me a Scotch and Soda!" The guy flipping burgers just looks at him and says, "Dude, I'm the cook. The drinks are back that way." "Well, duh!" says the guy. "I'm a lawyer. Of course, I passed the bar." ta-boom-tish :-) http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/disorder_in_the_court.html#comment-43340 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/disorder_in_the_court.html#comment-43340 Sat, 01 Apr 2006 04:50:52 -0600 While most of the jokes are the tripping of the witness, I am actually acquainted with the lawyer who asked the question in a string of questions "and you can confirm you are a woman..." http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/disorder_in_the_court.html#comment-43318 http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2006/03/disorder_in_the_court.html#comment-43318 Fri, 31 Mar 2006 11:49:13 -0600