Subject: Do You Know Me?
From: Unicorn (unicorn@indenial.com)
Date: Sat Mar 18 2000 - 03:27:51 EST
"Art" (For Dr. M. at NYU)
A tiny but dignified old lady was among a group
looking at an art exhibition in a newly opened
gallery. Suddenly one contemporary painting
caught her eye.
"What on earth," she inquired of the artist
standing nearby, "is that?"
He smiled condescendingly. "That, my dear
lady, is supposed to be a mother and her child."
"Well, then," snapped the little old lady, "why
isn't it?"
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"Do You Know Me?"
A small town prosecuting attorney called his
first witness to the stand in a trial - a grand
motherly, 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, 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 realize you never will amount to anything
more than a two-bit paper pusher. Yes, I
know you."
The lawyer was stunned. Not knowing what
else to do, he pointed across the room and
asked, "Mrs. Jones, do you know the defense
attorney?"
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, bigoted, and he has a drinking problem.
The man can't build a normal relationship with
anyone and his law practice is one of the
shoddiest in the entire state. Yes, I know him."
At this point, the judge rapped the courtroom
to silence, and called both counselors 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 jailed for contempt!"
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